LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 08-10-2007, 03:50 PM
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my low trac light actually came on! i was braking over a rough area of street and it lit up. i thought my car didnt even know what low trac meant.
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Mine came on the other day when I was rompin on it..I was like ok..
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what about your low coolant light?
Old 08-10-2007, 04:15 PM
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my coolant light is on always... As for the low traction light, I saw that on mine a few days ago too.. I didn't even think I was braking fast, didn't feel like I slid or anything. Weird. Only other time I've seen it was when I first got the car and was playing around in an empty parking lot in the rain.
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I see mine light up from time to time, which is odd since I have a 93.
I didn't think I had traction control.
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Mine always comes on when breaking over railroad tracks, but I can also feel the ABS working too... Railroad track crossing is always slick for some reason??
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Originally Posted by alconk
Mine always comes on when breaking over railroad tracks, but I can also feel the ABS working too... Railroad track crossing is always slick for some reason??
yep mine lit up right before the tracks.
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Originally Posted by Revelation Z28
what about your low coolant light?
I saw it leaking before that light came on..it doesn't work any more either..
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my low trac comes on when i down shift
Old 08-10-2007, 07:58 PM
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lol thats cause when you down **** with you TH350 tranny and ******* chirps the tires lol...
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mine never came on when spinning while shifting or burnouts.

its wierd.
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Originally Posted by James Montigny
I see mine light up from time to time, which is odd since I have a 93.
I didn't think I had traction control.
You don't. All lt1 models have that light even if they don't have TC. I have a 94 which also didn't come with TC but still has that light.
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Originally Posted by infinitebird
You don't. All lt1 models have that light even if they don't have TC. I have a 94 which also didn't come with TC but still has that light.
96+ have ASR/TC

OBDII models had that option
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I'm pretty sure the lowtrac light comes on if your abs is active, or if you brake extremely hard right before the ABS kicks in, only time I've seen it. I've never seen it come on when you have wheelspin, or else we would all see it on the 1-2 shift.

Oh I saw it on one other occasion, there are some twisty mountains south of Fresno, when I was out there I had one rear wheel leave the ground while the other still was grabbing, that was the first time I had ever seen the low trac. light, I felt pretty good to make it pop on. My passenger was lucky they were asleep, they probably would have **** themselves if they saw how I was driving.
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I have 95 z28 and it has ASR/TRAC control I saw lit up one time in San Diego while going around a curve on a overpass I felt the *** end of the car start to slide and saw the trac light lite up and felt the car get traction, I was like wtf just happened, then there was the other time in Tucson,az when i was on my way home from work one night I remember it was raining really bad on the interstate and saw the light come on again didnt think much until the *** end came around then I realized that I was Hydroplating..that was some scary ****........well long story short roll into the median wich in AZ are very big its basically like a ditch about 15 to 20 feet long, got the car stopped and just went about my buisness after checking my pants....
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i have a 93 and my light comes on when i take off.not fast or anything,just a normal take off,every so often though.(its an m6 too)
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Originally Posted by YngBird
i have a 93 and my light comes on when i take off.not fast or anything,just a normal take off,every so often though.(its an m6 too)
maybe to make you think youre spinning
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Mine comes on if I powerbrake. But I dont do that anymore. On the 1-2 shift my abs inop light comes on cause the tranny slips but it really doesn't make sense to me.
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Originally Posted by Revelation Z28
96+ have ASR/TC

OBDII models had that option
yeah I know, I said "even if they don't" have it, cause some do and some don't
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It comes on when one of the wheels starts spinning faster or slower than the wheel on the opposite side of the car. If your doing a burn out your wheels are probably spinning at the same speed, thus no light..



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