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Originally Posted by The359
The only way to fully disengage the traction control on an 86 is to disable the ABS, as the two are interconnected. This can be done with the "foot dance" every time you start the car, putting the car into a diagnostics mode that disables ABS, or simply pulling the fuse for the ABS from under the hood. Of course, you now have no ABS system, so doing these methods can be to your disadvantage performance-wise.
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Huh, I thought I remembered reading that the pedal dance disabled everything *but* ABS, and that people were still encountering "ice-mode" ABS nonsense on the track while in the diagnostic mode.
If what you're saying is true then this is a major disappointment, since having ABS was one of the reasons I opted for a BRZ over an old, cable-throttle 911.
How sad. I guess the good news is that it only happens rarely. The bad news is that it always seems to happen just when I find an appropriate corner (one that will destabilize the car and that I can see through properly)... guess I'll have to plan on being less immature than I'd like to be
The funny thing about having omnipresent VSC is that this car is so easy to drive, lol. I'm waiting for a rainy day because the car has so much grip its hard to get it really sliding around in the dry, and when it does slide its so controllable...
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Originally Posted by Gunman
From what I've read, the bumps are telling the computer you have wheel hop, so VSC steps in, even though you *think* you have it completely off.
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This sounds highly plausible based on my experiences. I've been able to get the car super sideways on flat surfaces just fine, but when I hit bumps in uphill corners and the back end "bounces" even a tiny bit, I get the stability control light flashing at me whether I'm sliding around or not. Isn't wheel hop something that happens to high-torque drag cars? Pretty funny that the computer thinks this can happen on a BRZ :P