Mustang GT Better Traction on the Street

[tdstuart]

Traction control isn't disabled is it ? IIRC, you bought the car used. You might want to make sure someone didn't use forscan to shut it off electronically. https://forscan.org/home.html

Traction control doesn’t help much and feels like a bottle neck if anything. Found I can get better times by turning it off and controlling throttle myself.

And car was stock when I bought it so not worried about people messing with it.

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[tdstuart]

I second double checking the tire pressure instead of just assuming. My tps sensors read about two psi low compared to my mechanical gauge so I set accordingly. My ps4s feel like ice skates at anything above 35 psi (warm) around 70+ F ambient temp. Just setting them to 32/33 is enough to let me punch it in first, even when it's 55° F out. All assuming during the day. At night it's a bit more trouble. My state has had some fun temp swings the last few weeks. I added air to accommodate the temp drop but the temp shot back up so I was painfully reminded how bad these tires are at higher pressure.

Also, are you giving your tires a chance to warm up or are you gunning it the moment you leave your neighborhood? I let my car reach operating temp which is long enough but there's been a couple moments where I've had to get on it sooner and I'm all over the place.

Disclaimer. I almost exclusively drive with advance track off.

I’ll try checking tire pressure but I don’t know what I should put it at. And ya the tires were warm. Did like 10 attempts and 4.9 was the best I got.

 

[NightmareMoon]

20k miles doesn’t sound too bad. I spin the shit of the tires on the car daily so it might even last longer. Tires were supposedly brand new when I bought the car 6 months ago. How wide tires are you running?

my daily set are square 285/35 MP4S on 10” wheels all round. I have an 11” square set for 305s but those are for autox/track.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

I didn't like the 555s when I had them on my 2016. The PS4Ss are much better.

 

[cactus_kid]

Traction control doesn’t help much and feels like a bottle neck if anything. Found I can get better times by turning it off and controlling throttle myself.

And car was stock when I bought it so not worried about people messing with it.

Well yes, it is a hindrance. OTOH, it is doing what it is supposed to do.

 

[tdstuart]

Well yes, it is a hindrance. OTOH, it is doing what it is supposed to do.

Ah no not really lmao. Traction control let’s it spin freely, just harder to control the spin so it makes the car slower. Idk maybe I got the handicapped traction control but I swear that thing just doesn’t care.

 

[cactus_kid]

We need an off road mode like the Explorer ....

 

[tdstuart]

Every RWD car I've had cannot get more than 350 HP down without triggering traction control.

I personally would drop the rear tire pressure a couple lbs, and try every drive mode on the same strip to see what works best.

One of them should be the perfect balance or close to it for max acceleration. The computer reacts exponentially faster than any human.

I personally like snow mode haha.

Hmm personally have found traction control to be almost useless on this car. Only time I thank it is when I spin on the 2-3rd shift. It does a good job of cutting power to save the car from spinning too much but not too much to make the car noticeably slow down. Any other time whether that be in sport or drive, rain or shine, traction control doesn’t seem to care. I can fully spin the tires in the rain and traction control just blinks at me.

 

[bnightstar]

To add my 2 cents Alignment factory alignment on this cars is so bad that with the factory PZero's my car was sliding on every corner. Ones I fixed the alignment the car is way more plainted mostly consider adding something like +0.2 degrees of total toe in on the rear tires .

 

[Hack]

I find usually if it's over 80 F I hook fairly well in second and up. If it's cooler than 60 it's hard to get any tires to stick.

 

[m3incorp]

I can confirm they do....but yikes they wear pretty fast.

NT555RII's will help a lot if not over 650rw, and still be drivable in the rain.

 

[LSchicago]

I can confirm they do....but yikes they wear pretty fast.

So do street tires when they are spinning through 5 gears.

 

[K4fxd]

The mustang TC does allow some wheel spin.

Try driving a F150 It allows zero and IMO is dangerous.

 

[Vlad Soare]

The mustang TC does allow some wheel spin.

I wonder whether Euro and US models are set up differently, because I keep hearing this, but it's completely unlike my experience.
My Euro GT will cut off the gas extremely fast and abruptly at the very first sign of slippage. I find it very annoying, which is why I got into the habit of turning it off first thing after starting the engine.

 

[K4fxd]

My Euro GT will cut off the gas extremely fast and abruptly at the very first sign of slippage.

That is how the US F150's operate. Pull into traffic with some throttle and if the wheels spin at all the throttle is chopped.

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