What are the advantages of having traction control on versus it off?

 

Was doing 1/4 mile times the other week with it off and could'nt keep the wheels from spinning. Then tried it earlier on (private road) with it on and had no wheel spin and the take off was so much quicker.

 

I always thought having traction off is better for a better start?

I always thought having traction off is better for a better start?

 

Depends how good the traction control system is and how good (or not) the driver is.

 

If you're spinning the wheels then you're using too many revs and/or letting the clutch out too quickly. On a turbo FWD car you should be able to get a good launch by revving to about 3k then applying more throttle as you release the clutch. If you rev to 5k, dump the clutch and nail the throttle you're bound to spin up. The sweet spot is somewhere between the two when the tyres are on the edge of losing traction.

 

What tyres do you have?

 

Have you thought about trackdays? Much more fun than living your life 1/4 mile at a time and less likely to result in needing new transmission parts.

off. always off. it cuts power, so you are slower, simple. agreed that it may be stopping your wheels spin and you may find it faster, BUT there are other ways of stopping wheelspin, driving method and tyres being the primary ones.

Got 4 brand new Goodyear Eagle F1 Ay2s so tyres ain't the issue. When i went a few weeks ago i was wheel spinning the first 2 gears and reving it to around the 3000 mark seemed to make it worse! Tried one lap when i took of normal and change to 2nd and then 3rd quick but it felt really slow but it turned out to be around 0.3 seconds faster than my other times haha.

 

Was thinking of doing 2nd gear but not wanting to destroy the clutch. Once i'm in 3rd gear it's great and i was flying past the majority of cars but just need to master that start to lower my time significantly.

do you understand the concept of the "granny start?" finding that point between too much power and wheelspin, and not enough and bogging down...... you need to aim for a "chirp" from the tyres!

 

you could always go to a mapper and look for launch control ?

Off.   Wear some thin soled shoes or none at all, and teach yourself how to modulate the throttle..  Apart from that not much else you can do, it's always problem on high powered front wheel drives. 

 

  Fit an LSD?