R32 Gtr In Rwd

[DS-ZILR]

Gday crew wonderin if by running my gtr in rwd not 4wd will do any damage to any components of the car in particular transfer cases atessa system etc?

I have air in the atessa system at the moment and am changing the clutch soon so wont bleed it till that is over, just want to check that im not doing any harm at the same time.

Cheers

[GTS4WD]

Covered many times..

Nope, its fine.. R32's you can pop the 4WD fuse in the engine bay on the drivers side.. And shes a go-er

You can't do the same with 33's and 34's

[PAV34]

I have asked this question before and am always hearing conflicting opinions

[shepo]

the other thing to bear in mind is that the ABS uses the same fuse, so that wont work either.

[Angus Smart]

the other thing to bear in mind is that the ABS uses the same fuse, so that wont work either.

Yerrrp a good thing to remember ABS will also be disabled!! not the best in this wet weather!

[shepo]

i dont know why you would run a gtr in rwd mode anyway, i think one of the things ( if not the best thing) i love about the GTR is the kick arse awd system, its MAD!

[GTS4WD]

Yerrrp a good thing to remember ABS will also be disabled!! not the best in this wet weather!

Your popping the wrong fuse..

Are you popping the one in the car, on the right of the steering wheel?

If you take out the one in the little kicker pannel on the right of the steering wheel, it will disable both ATTESSA and ABS

Try taking out the one from the engine bay.. I havent had any problems with ABS being disabled with that one..

In terms of conflicting stories is that you can't do the same with R33's and R34's GTR's. Thats where it gets blurry.

With R32's its fine. I have run my GTS4 for long periods of time in RWD and have heard many stories of GTR's being run in RWD aswell for long periods of time without any problem.

If you take out the fuse, you make the ATTESSA circut incomplete. If it is incomplete, it will not sence the diffrence in G forces (which is what activates the front wheel torque) and will not engauge the transfer case and hence, front drive shaft, diff and wheels.

[Beer Baron]

GTS4WD is spot on. there is no need to disable ABS to disable the AWD. the reason people do is that they are lazy and just remove the fuse from the in cabin fuse panel. if you remove the AWD fuse from the engine bay all it disables is AWD. ABS is left intact. and no it won't harm your R32 GTR to do it.

[ZENNON]

i dont know why you would run a gtr in rwd mode anyway, i think one of the things ( if not the best thing) i love about the GTR is the kick arse awd system, its MAD!

pretty sure he covered that in the first post..

[GTS4WD]

Do you guys often have front wheel torque around corners? Because mine just doesnt seem to be budging..

[shepo]

pretty sure he covered that in the first post..

oh yeah, um, well, its MAD anyway...

lol

[ZENNON]

oh yeah, um, well, its MAD anyway...

lol

haha

[heller44]

GTS4WD is spot on. there is no need to disable ABS to disable the AWD. the reason people do is that they are lazy and just remove the fuse from the in cabin fuse panel. if you remove the AWD fuse from the engine bay all it disables is AWD. ABS is left intact. and no it won't harm your R32 GTR to do it.

Just thought i might add a mention to this..

Rmoving the fuse in the cabin removes power to the attessa/abs ecu, removing the fuse in the engine bay removes power to the attessa pump motor. This also means that you can't just come to a stop and jam the engine bay fuse in, like you can with the cabin fuse, and expect awd to come back.. Engine bay fuse requires a shutdown of the electrical system and firing it up again as you have driven the awd/abs ecu into a fault condition, it needs a reset to go again. (more pertinent to those that have switches rigged up).

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

so stop... turn off... hit switch... turn on?

hell you could do that without stopping

[heller44]

Ahh, nope.

Even with a switch rigged into the fuse line in to the attessa ecu (in cab fuse one) you still have to be at a standstill for it to reset, otherwise it will fault.

Another way of faulting the atessa ecu is to turn the electrics off and then back on whilst still moving.

Edited June 5, 2008 by heller44

[DS-ZILR]

Covered many times..

Nope, its fine.. R32's you can pop the 4WD fuse in the engine bay on the drivers side.. And shes a go-er

You can't do the same with 33's and 34's

thanks for replyin mate sorry i didn't get back to ya earlier.

cheers

[Brockas]

Another way of faulting the atessa ecu is to turn the electrics off and then back on whilst still moving.

Otherwise known as "Key off key on".

buuuuuuuuuuuuurnout.

[madevo3]

yeah i have got a missle switch in my gts4 and most of the time run it in rwd cause it saves fuel and its fun to drive in rwd i only use 4wd when i drag it or when its really wet to stop wheelspin

[Gav]

Gday crew wonderin if by running my gtr in rwd not 4wd will do any damage to any components of the car

Cheers

Good question - when I run in RWD I notice large plumes of smoke coming from the rear end of my car

[DS-ZILR]

Good question - when I run in RWD I notice large plumes of smoke coming from the rear end of my car

haha yeah i also noticed a slight slidewayz feeling when i run rwd

hail rb26 in rwd!