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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Is it better to find a ws6 trans am with traction control or not? If I got on without the traction control is it worth it to put one on myself?
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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youll drive with it off most of the time anyway. i only drive with it on in the rain. which then its useful to me.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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without is better, you'll never use it anyway, and, you'll have less stuff in your engine bay because of it.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Yea I def wouldnt add it. We are going to be removing it from my bros TA soon
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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Thanks then I will not worry about it
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Old May 1, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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nope i mean u know ur going outa control wen the *** does not follow the front LOL
common sense to let go of the gas.....Thats all it does
and make u look stupid when u try to burn out with it on LOL

i don't have it and i love it! Just be more carful driving in dirty roads and rain..
my bro forgets to turn his off sometimes and if u took it off a warning sign comes on all the time u have it off annoying.
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Old May 1, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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tcs is off most of the time in my car
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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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I wish my car didn't have TCS...
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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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If you really hate the way it looks under the hood but you wanna keep it you can move it up above the pcm. There is a write up somewhere on here. There is a space right above the pcm that it fits just fine. Mkaes the engine bay look much cleaner
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Old May 1, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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They put a switch on the dash to turn it off. It keeps the law off your butt when your in law infested city. Its an option worth having.
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Originally Posted by Apoxi
I wish my car didn't have TCS...
It shouldn't be hard to convert to cable.

You wouldn't think.
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Traction control is junk. Wish I dind't have it. It doesn't do **** to help traction & just hurts when driving hard.
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Originally Posted by 95GreenZ28
We are going to be removing it from my bros TA soon
Make a How-To thread on this when you guys do it.
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Old May 2, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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What's TC.. Wait, better question.. What's Traction..
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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ok i am swapping my buddy out for his 95 trans am rear end with traction control but he has it under a 87 camaro and doesnt have it plugged in, so whenever i put it in my 96 which doesnt have traction control, will it be ok with it not plugged up?
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