I just realized why I couldn't throw my car into doing donuts.
I left the traction control on.
Turn that little button off and WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO complete 360s no problem.
Do you think traction control also limits you from doing brake stand burnouts?
Because I've tried in a small puddle and all I get are the brakes being applied. Maybe I'll try sometime when we don't have snow and when I have plenty of bleach. Are they any other good agents to help provide more smoke and less tire burn when doing brake stands? And do break stands burnout your brakes as well?

 

where is the trac button located

 

Next to the seat warmers.

 

What year are you talking about? All years?

 

Mine is a 94 SC400. I think it was standard for the SC400s

 

Thank the Lexus Gods for the 5-speed!

Brake stands, donuts, and drifting No Problem.

 

HAHA - that's funny, the last thing I read about was you saying the car is your dad's, then I read you are doing burnouts and 360's!!! Hope your dad doesn't read CL!!!

Yeah, no trac makes for fun times. Put the car in N, rev it and drop it into D and you can do a hell of a burn out!! I used to do it in my Infiniti all the time. Try not to do it in the Lex!!

Peace,
Jonny

 

ouch- thats hard on the tranny- I just brake torque it till it burns out if Im looking for a burn out- (similar maneuver at the track for launching but not till I get rubber...)

My car has no trac, is an auto- and has no issues with doughnuts, burnouts, or drifting...

 

Well I plan on buying it from him so, it's sorta mine. Heh

 

Well that's better. Traction control basically is a braking mechanism, if the computer realizes that your rear wheels are spinning and your front tires aren't moving, it brakes the rear wheels for you also. This helps so when your losing traction your car can balance itself out and avoid spinning out completely.

 

TC limits the power of the engine. Cut's back the injectors, fuel, and air.

 

Bingo. On newer cars, T.C. will activate brakes, but not on the older SC's - it only limits the engine output via the 2cd coumputer controlled throttle butterfly, visible on the intake.

 

Heated seats and TC are optional items on SC400, My 95 SC4 does not have these options.

 

My 94 SC300 has a TRAC button just to the top right of the shifter, and to the top left are the seat heaters. When i push that little button, i get a beautiful orange light in the bottom left of my dash that says

TRAC
OFF

This makes burnouts/donuts much easier. I find sometimes on a full tank of gas or with another person in the car its a hell of a lot harder to burnout from a standstill with my auto. Damn that extra weight!

 

correct me if im wrong but i don't believe you can do a break stand in the SC cuze it has 4 wheel breaks ,a break stand i when you apply the breaks if you have 2 in the front or the back and you hit the gas and the wheels without breaks spin while you stay in place.