attessa, does it work?

[danh]

hey all, just picked up my r32 GTR today,

got a few probs/queries

firstly, how do you know if the attessa system is working???

i see the gauge doing its thing when i accellerate hard, but on corners etc it doesnt seem to really do much.

is it possible that i don't have a hicas steering boss?

and how can i tell if the boss is a hicas one or not?

cheers guys

Dan

[pentae]

Hi dan. The best way to tell the difference is to pop your fuse box and remove the "4wd" fuse. Take it for a drive for 20 minutes.. then put the fuse back in.

Be very careful with the fuse out

Have fun.

[danh]

does taking the fuse out have any negative effects on the car or its systems etc?? apart from making it rwd!!

and just to make my life easier, what amp rating is the fuse i'm looking for or is it easy to find?

dan

[flagger]

i thought i read that attessa will kick in when the backend starts to kick out, then torque (amount depending on how much lateral g's there is, amount of loss of traction, etc) is delivered to the front wheels to "drag" the car around the corner...time for some dorifto

[pentae]

danh: No negative effects on the r32s. What flagger said.

[danh]

mmm ok fair enough, will give it a go, but first i need a new clutch! great woopti doo day old new car and clutch dies in traffic...

any suggestions for type and price? nothing ott just a bit better than stock would be nice!

dan

[ferni]

As for the ATTESA, if you take off slowly in 1st, then plant your foot, you may get a tiny bit of wheel spin, but not much compared to if it was in rwd. In rwd it wouldn't stop spinning.

[danh]

yeh i see it working heaps when i take off in a straight line, but hardly at all in corners,

but i guess i havent been going sideways! i did do a massive fishy, tail went out to right, then left, then right again, then straightened up but i think that was just the tyre black on new tyres.??

[Duncan]

danh the system was deliberately designed to reduce its front torque in corners, particularly in the r32. The group A cars ditched that and ran more front torque, and the 33 and 34 had progressively more as well.

An ATESSA controller like the ones I can get make a brilliant difference to the front torque in corners

[danh]

yes i had a quick read about those, im very interested! but need to save some mulah as my clutch kinda died last night and slips from 2k rpm and that needs replacing first.

just curious duncan, do you have any suggestions for clutch work in syd?

PM me if you wish..

[mk_drums]

duncan are you saying the 34s have more front torque than the earlier models did

if this is the case do they still benefit from one of them dang fangled controller devices :wavey: