2019 991.2 T - Disable Traction Control?
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Being that I am a Noob... But being that our T's only have 370 hp... and we almost have as much rubber as a GT3, is there really enough power to lose grip?
Edit: Ah, yes. The torque vectoring / mechanical slip differential?
Edit: Ah, yes. The torque vectoring / mechanical slip differential?
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Ive tried sport, sport plus and custom. Ive probably spent an hour sitting in a parking lot trying. Porsche Colorado Springs got back to me a few minutes ago and said it is impossible to disable the PSM. Turning it off will not allow the tires to spin.
New question: I need a turner that can turn this crap off. Anyone know of a shop that can get rid of the safety crap?
New question: I need a turner that can turn this crap off. Anyone know of a shop that can get rid of the safety crap?
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I think in the Carreras they don't allow a full disable. There is ESP and traction control. I believe one stays on at all times, the traction component. Whereas in the GT cars there are two buttons for a full defeat of both systems. The only thing I don't understand is there is a video of Randy skidding a base 991.2 on the track. It appears nothing is on to allow the skids he was doing. Possibly they pulled a fused. I can skid my T a little, but something kicks in and shuts it down after a second. The Carrera owner can't be trusted.
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I can imagine if some traction control is retained even if you turn off traction control, but that would only keep your tires from slipping and try to keep grip on to pavement, I can’t imagine traction control kicking in and bring car to complete stop? That seems odd
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My car will not allow the rear tires to spin in anyway. Just dump the clutch from a stand still and your not moving. Just as the tire starts to spin the brakes grab and the car is pulled to stop. Is there some fuse that will stop the ECU from controlling my car. I'm very disappointed in this little detail that kills the car for me. $100,000 sports car that cannot spin the tires or drift or do a donut.
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There is unfortunately no fuse, and when I built my 997S (keep in mind this car has over 380K in modifications and it was completely taken apart and took 18 months to complete with only 25% of the original parts still in it), I programmed a second ECU (the programming took months to get right) and the car has no nannies. I would imagine that tuning the ECU in a more modern 991 would be even more complex since there are multiple systems act work to keep the car planted. My guess is most tuners would not want to try and do this In my Targa (which I use as a winter fun car), I can get the rear tires to slide, but it takes a lot.
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I have no problem drifting my T in Sport Plus w a long press till the dash says “PSM Off”. I can also spin the tires on a cold day with a full throttle take off and 1-2 shift.
What’s the outside temp when your trying this ama why tires do you have?
What’s the outside temp when your trying this ama why tires do you have?
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I have already talked to Porsche. You cannot spin the tires from a stop on a T and it is almost impossible to drift one. If someone is able to spin the tires on there T then that T is the one working incorrectly or modified. Anyone who disagrees please take it up with Porsche as they designed the car not me.
Thanks for trying to those who actually tried to helped. I see another reason the older ones are going up in value. My next one will most likely be from the air cooled era.
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Not angry... but I don't chat nicely with idiots who imply I need a hellcat, cannot read and cannot drive. I have as much right to ******* comments as they do.
I got the answers in this thread and Porsche called me back after this thread was started.
Very simple answer... You cannot turn the traction control off on a 991.2 Carrara T. Yes, the dash will say it is off however it is not truly off as it is in a Corvette or Hellcat. It is only reduced.
I got the answers in this thread and Porsche called me back after this thread was started.
Very simple answer... You cannot turn the traction control off on a 991.2 Carrara T. Yes, the dash will say it is off however it is not truly off as it is in a Corvette or Hellcat. It is only reduced.