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Traction Control User's Guide

Table of contents

Introduction

What is Traction Control?

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Configuring Traction Control

Wiring Tab

Settings Tab

General Settings

Conditional Activation

TABLES AND TUNING

Desired Slip Table

Cut Percentage

Introduction
This is a guide on how to use the Traction Control Function for typical street or mild racing use. This guide will focus on the newer
Percentage Cut system found on Nexus VCU and Elite ECU with firmware v2.34-onwards. The Percentage Cut method allows for
smoother intervention and easier tuning. As such it is the preferred method and the older PID Method should not be used.

The guide also assumes that wheel speed sensors have already been installed and calibrated.

What is Traction Control?

Traction control is a control system whereby the ECU will detect wheel
spin by comparing the driven wheel speeds to the undriven wheel speeds,
and if sufficient slip is detected it will attempt to limit engine power output
by cutting fuel or ignition outputs.

Traction Control not only aids with getting power to the ground more
effectively but also can help maintain vehicle stability by preventing
excessively yaw (sideways drift) which assists in keeping the vehicle
pointed straight. For times when some sideways action is wanted, the
system can be disabled with a hardwired switch or via an ECU condition or
channel of the tuners preference.

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 For Traction Control to work there needs to be a speed sensor mounted on
Ford G6E Turbo - T/C OFF with insufficent grip available
at least one front wheel and one rear wheel, with better control possible
with all four wheels supplying a speed signal. When the vehicle is driven in a straight line with no possibility of wheel slip then all speed
sensors should be reading the same speed. If one or more are not matching they need to be calibrated so that they are.

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Configuring Traction Control

There is very little that needs to be done to configure traction control. It just simply requires the function to be enabled.

Wiring Tab
in the Wiring tab select the Traction Control Type as Percentage Cut. At this point, you can select whether you want to use a switch to
disable the Traction Control.

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 Settings Tab

General Settings

Setting Description

Driven Wheel Speed Sets the speed that must be exceeded before traction control will intervene. If set too low the engine may bog
Minimum Speed down and lose forward drive, or possibly even stall.

Only used when the Traction Control Type is set to PID Control From Vehicle Speeds. Otherwise it has no
Ramp Out Rate
effect when Percentage Cut is used.

Allows you to select if Fuel or Ignition will be cut. Ignition can act a little faster, however it can lead to excess
Cut Method fuel passing through the engine and into the exhaust. Fuel cut is very slightly slower but results it less fuel
washing the engine or pooling in the exhaust.

Conditional Activation

This allows a certain condition to be used as a way to switch on or off the Traction control. This can be any channel of information present
in the ECU that the tuner prefers.

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 TABLES AND TUNING
Desired Slip Table
The Desired Slip Table sets the amount of slip percentage before Traction Control will intervene. Setting this with values that are too low
can result in false tripping of the traction control system. Setting the values too high results in large amounts of wheel slip before any
intervention occurs.

In the below example a Haltech Rotary Trim Module (HT-010504) was added to the system to allow 12 levels of traction control. This
allows the driver to set large variations in tyre slip that can be selected from the dial and makes initial configuration much easier. The drive
will simply move the dial until the amount of slip feels suitable for the conditions. In the example position 1 has been set to disable
traction control by allowing 100% slip.

A sample Desired Slip Table using a Rotary Trim Module

The Haltech Rotary Trim Module (HT-010504)

After testing has been performed some of the higher or lower extremes of the table can be trimmed away to make the system more suitable
for the vehicle.

Cut Percentage
The Cut Percentage table control the percentage of fuel or ignition pulses that are cut from the engine based on the amount of Slip Error.
The Slip Error is the amount of slip that exceeds the values used in the Desired Slip Table (above). As more Slip Error is produced the
Percentage Cut should also increase to reduce engine power output.

In the below example a Haltech Rotary Trim Module has been used to allow 12 levels of Cut Percentage. Level 1 disables any cut from
occurring, and level 12 intervenes more heavily. This can be a very useful way to tune the Traction Control by allowing the driver to select
the level that suits the vehicle and conditions more easily.

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 A sample Cut Percentage Table using a Rotary Trim Module

As a starting point, a higher level of cut should be used, and then gradually reduce the amount of cut percentage until correct vehicle
control is achieved.

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