Snow Mode In The Evo

[saff_cossie]

Hi all

Having owned the Evo for just over a year now, I thought it was time to try the Snow mode for real in preparation for a planned trip to the snow in a few weeks.

I went up Mt Donna Buang (a recent SAU cruise also went up there) after lunch in Healesville yesterday.

Despite having to pay to go up the mountain at this time of year and having no parking at the last car park before the summit, we had a great time. Took a few pics in one of the lower carparks as all the roads were pretty well salted.

Having only used Snow mode on the DECA skid pan in the wet to any benefit, I was keen to see what it can do and I must admit although I was far from driving hard, it felt a lot more balanced than any other mode.

So to conclude, yes it feels like it makes a difference and gave me a good opportunity for some pics

[Jetdat]

awesome pics mate..

i bet it was fun.. and the evo looks to be home amongst the snow.

[RNGTR]

The Blue looks great in the snow Alan. Great Pic's!

[Al]

Looks very nice!

[eMsta]

nice....whats the actual difference between driving it as a std awd to how it drives in snow mode with awd?

[Mavric]

dude that looks NUTS!!!!

I would love to take the banana up to the snow but it would be all over

[Ronin 09]

cool!

[Ant97GTR]

Good work Al

...and I agree, the blue evo seems strangely at home in the snow

[Jamezilla]

Emsta - the ACD settings (Tarmac, Gravel, Snow) adjust the way the car behaves depending on the surface you are on.

By telling the car you are on snow, it limits throttle response and forces a tendancy to understeer when pushed. Basically meaning you just continue to drive the car as you would normally - it makes all the adjustments for the change in surface.

[ferni]

Cheaters.

I drove Beefy's EVO9 on the weekend, very nice i like it. Very punchy/responsive, but lacks top end - but that is to be expected being stock... didn't get a chance to throw it around any corners but it felt responsive steering wise as well.

[RCHOO]

dude that looks NUTS!!!!

I would love to take the banana up to the snow but it would be all over

That would make it a cool Banana... :laughing-smiley-014:

[saff_cossie]

After losing my last reply to a database error!

Thanks all, I had a lot of fun all be it driving quite cautiously due to the weather and having the g/f on board. There is a taboggan run at the top but couldnt get a park so had to come back down unfortunately.

Emsta - As James says.

My understanding is the Tarmac, Gravel, Snow splits the bias to front and rear wheel drive percentage. Snow 50/50, Gravel 60/40, Tarmac 70/30 (rear/front). There are more agressive mods out there to split it further such as MOTEC and there is a Ralliart ACD controller also.

[West]

HOON

[Blade]

My understanding is the Tarmac, Gravel, Snow splits the bias to front and rear wheel drive percentage. Snow 50/50, Gravel 60/40, Tarmac 70/30 (rear/front). There are more agressive mods out there to split it further such as MOTEC and there is a Ralliart ACD controller also.

ratio is always 50:50, acd just controls release time of diff, tarmac - fast / gravel - medium / snow - slowest

[AGE]

What time does the diff react to this setting??

[eMsta]

Emsta - the ACD settings (Tarmac, Gravel, Snow) adjust the way the car behaves depending on the surface you are on.

By telling the car you are on snow, it limits throttle response and forces a tendancy to understeer when pushed. Basically meaning you just continue to drive the car as you would normally - it makes all the adjustments for the change in surface.

ah...so its similar to the Dynamic stability control that we find on BMWs and alike and also like the GTR's, when the front wheels lose traction, the rears hold the traction?

[West]

ah...so its similar to the Dynamic stability control that we find on BMWs and alike and also like the GTR's, when the front wheels lose traction, the rears hold the traction?

I'm pretty sure its not,

Its the actual torque transfer to individual wheels and its only available from R33Gtr V-spec onward. I don't know much about the Dynamic Stability control, is it a bit like the what they call Brake Distribution Force something?