P01 Red Pin 53 for Traction Control - Has Anyone Used It?

[Scott68B]

Hello,

I recently became aware of this functionality and have been looking into it. I was thinking about adding a switch or two on the shifter to enable it on first and second but it appears that there is a 4 second maximum on-time once it is enabled, which I don't believe will work for me. Has anyone played with this?

I have a 5.3 LS with a T5 transmission in my MGB and it is traction challenged being such a light car.

Thank you!

[antus]

Just my 2c here.. havn't played with this feature and didnt know it existed until I did some research after seeing your post.

First, it's designed to work with the ABS module, so if you want real traction control, you'll probably want that from a donor vehicle too. Then it can trigger when it detects wheel spin as intended.
Second, there is a bunch of other torque control settings in the tune designed for full time use. You could look in to the tip-in spark and other torque limit functions. That is likely hard to tune for an MG, but its there.
Third if you decide to continue down this path you'll need to make sure the operating system you choose has it (so find a tune and operating system from a vehicle that has it turned on as your starting point).
Perhaps someone else will be able to add more detail.

[Scott68B]

Just my 2c here.. havn't played with this feature and didnt know it existed until I did some research after seeing your post.

First, it's designed to work with the ABS module, so if you want real traction control, you'll probably want that from a donor vehicle too. Then it can trigger when it detects wheel spin as intended.
Second, there is a bunch of other torque control settings in the tune designed for full time use. You could look in to the tip-in spark and other torque limit functions. That is likely hard to tune for an MG, but its there.
Third if you decide to continue down this path you'll need to make sure the operating system you choose has it (so find a tune and operating system from a vehicle that has it turned on as your starting point).
Perhaps someone else will be able to add more detail.

Thanks for your input! It doesn't appear this will work in the way I thought it would. I had visions of enabling it only on first and second gear and only when switched on with a switch on the dash. I wasn't thinking about doing formal "traction control " but just reducing spark with the hope of reducing torque for that specific event.
I'm currently running the 12202088 OS. I might look into the launch control that is implemented in an early version of the LS Boost OS but it looks like I would to go to 12212156 to do that. That might be a winter project at some point.

Thanks again!