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Old Dec 15, 2003 | 08:16 AM
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Has anyone removed their traction control system from under the hood?

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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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Good question, I will be doing this soon. I think all you need to do is remove it from the fender well and get a new throttle cable (one for an f-car w/o tcs). Has anyone done this?
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 05:50 PM
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I hear this is worth some weight. I'd like to hear more on this if someone can chim in on the process's details.
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 06:44 PM
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If the servo is gone your ASR OFF light will be on full
time. The cruise control cable also runs through this
pulley cluster. I expect you would want both throttle
and cruise cables off a non-TCS car.

Dunno if removing the TCS "brain" from under the dash
would make the ASR OFF light go away...and lose
another pound.
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 06:50 PM
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I don't know if I want Cruise control either?
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 10:29 PM
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Any writeups on this delete? I'd love to see exactly what needs to be done and torn off.
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anyone? im thinking of taking mine out also
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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is it really worth the hassle? seems like the only benifit would be fewer cables under the hood. our SS is a non ASR and cruise car, and the one cable is very clean lookin.
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how do you tell if you got traction control, My 99 m6 has no buttons or witches to turn it off, I was powersliding around a curve a while back and some low-trac light came on, but no losss of power or anything.
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i have a button above my ashtray that says "tcs" i think it should be listed in the car's options
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BULLET99Z28
how do you tell if you got traction control, My 99 m6 has no buttons or witches to turn it off, I was powersliding around a curve a while back and some low-trac light came on, but no losss of power or anything.
If you don't have the switch to disbale the TCS, then you don't have TCS.
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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I want to remove it just to further de-clutter my engine bay.

I've already relocated the coil packs and did the !wire mod, that tcs junk is really the only eyesore left. TCS
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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where did you relocate your coil packs to?just wondering..
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he probably used the thunder racing coil relocation kit i have. also, some times the low trac lite will come on even on a non TCS/ASR cars.
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BULLET99Z28
how do you tell if you got traction control, My 99 m6 has no buttons or witches to turn it off, I was powersliding around a curve a while back and some low-trac light came on, but no losss of power or anything.
ABS will trigger the low-trac light as well.
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Originally Posted by paper doll
where did you relocate your coil packs to?just wondering..
I made my own kit. Under the cowl back by the firewall. Polished brackets, did my own plug wires, much better than the Thunder Racing kit.

4 coils per block, one over each valve cover, no splicing of the harness wires, no drilling, plug and play. I'm going to start making my own kits for sale.
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you make a kit and i'll buy it
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Originally Posted by paper doll
you make a kit and i'll buy it
I'll keep in touch.
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Originally Posted by jimmyblue
Dunno if removing the TCS "brain" from under the dash
would make the ASR OFF light go away...and lose
another pound.
Is there any negative effect from removing the TCS "brain"? Does it run anything else? I don't particularly care about the light being on I just want to lighten the car up and don't want something else to shutoff from removing it.

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-maintenance-repairs/336981-lt1-lt4-ls1-ls6-f-body-part-numbers.html

About half way through the 18th post. (part numbers)

LS1 throttle cable (98-99, without TCS) = 12565559
LS1 throttle cable (00-02, without TCS) = 12565560

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