GTS4(SLIP and 4WD lights near speedo)?

[luke_3891]

i have been told the "SLIP" is for traction control and flashes sliding but when does the "4WD" gets used? i thought it uses it when you loose traction in the back wheels and then uses the fronts like the GTR.it has never been used yet.does it get used when it looses complete traction with the back wheels?

[blind_elk]

it's a warning light, for when there's a problem in the 4WD system

[luke_3891]

so the 4WD is actually working when it slides a little i presume?

what about the SLIP light? it comes on when im sliding its tail a little?is that telling im using it or something wrong with it?

[akeenan]

slip is not traction control it simply lets you know when you dont have traction at the wheels.

[luke_3891]

does it have traction control at all?

[akeenan]

? , i dont know if your car has traction control i would assume not, the slip light when lit only means you dont have traction.

[Ryan D]

since i own a gts4 ill help out

it has no traction control, its just a slip warning light, cause sometimes your slipping and you dont even know it

4wd is working 100% of the time

so if all goes well you should never see the 4wd light

the only bad thing bout those lights is i cant find the illumnated dials to fit the gts4

[aza]

the 4wd isnt working all the time

the car has a eletric senser that throw the power to the frunt wheels as the harder u punch the right foot the more power gos for wood thats y u can pull out the fuse and dino the car on a 2wd dino if it was 4wd all the time u wood not b a bell to do this well thats haw a r32 gts4 is set up dont no haw the 33 is

[luke_3891]

so i guess it wouldnt have the take off like an evo or wrx,with quick off the mark accleration.i watched the GT championships in aus with the evo's and wrx's launching off the start line compared to the rest of the field.

[AeroGrace]

Originally posted by Ryan D

it has no traction control, its just a slip warning light, cause sometimes your slipping and you dont even know it

got that right, once on a wet night on a long straight stretch on the freeway doing 140 on fifth, when the slip light come on...wtf? real spooky...didn't even know there's any wheelspin...probably very mild. took it easy after that...

[Ryan D]

lol roundabouts are the big killer for me, jesus, the amount of times ive come close to loosin it while "attempting" to drift

[Ryan D]

the 4wd isnt working all the time

the car has a eletric senser that throw the power to the frunt wheels as the harder u punch the right foot the more power gos for wood thats y u can pull out the fuse and dino the car on a 2wd dino if it was 4wd all the time u wood not b a bell to do this well thats haw a r32 gts4 is set up dont no haw the 33 is

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Wouldnt that require a variable diff? im pretty sure is all time 4wd

cause many people have told me that it is. and it sure handles like it is. Cause even at top speed i can fly round sweeping bends that are a little harder than average

[blind_elk]

Doesn't the R33 GTS4 have a torque-split gauge? The R32 version certainly does - it indicates how much torque is being applied to the front wheels. Most of the time, it sits on '0'.

The Nissan 4WD system uses G-sensors and the ABS sensors to determine if / when any power should be fed to the front wheels, either because of wheel slip (ABS) or acceleration loads (lateral / longitudinal G-sensors)

The transfer case has a hydraulic clutch fed from the reservoir in the boot (RH rear corner), to apply 4WD as required.

R33s (GT-Rs at least) tend to go to a sort of limp-home mode if you pull the 4WD fuse.

[Ryan D]

Nope it doesnt, the gauges are really simple man

[GTS-4OrCeD]

r33 gts-4 is NOT 4wd on all of the time, it uses atessa just like the GTRs.

Greg.

[Ryan D]

So the GTS4 is basically a baby GTR without the turbos and shit

[GTS-4OrCeD]

You hit the nail on the head buddy.

Greg.

[luke_3891]

the R32 GTS4 are turbo's but the R33 didnt come out with a turbo at all.thats why i have to get an RB25det with the turbo bolted on and ecu with the wiring to change it to a turbo.

[blind_elk]

If the R33 is anything like the R32, then you can't simply bolt a RB25DET from a RWD in the 4WD version. In the R32, the sump pans are different between the RWD and 4WD versions of the RB20DET engine, I'm just guessing the same with the R33, but I could be wrong.

[luke_3891]

have to ask about that.or i will have to go the RB20 or RB26,which i will not be willing to pay that much for a motor.