What Is Normal Behaviour Of Front Torque Gauge?

[Gareth]

I have just recently purchased my first GT-R (an R32) and was wanting to know if the way the front torque gauge is behaving is normal, abnormal, or whether the gauge is just abit dicky (like many a skyline gauge)

So with normal driving my gauge sits anywhere from 0-10%, like i'm driving on the freeway at 100km/h i look down and the gauge is sitting on 10 (or 8 or whatever) and it seems to stay at that position until i completely release the throttle which (after a second) causes the gauge to drop back to zero.

yesterday i tested the 4wd (as i didn't actually know whether it was working) so on a wet road i did a couple of moderate launches, gauge shot up to somewhere around the 40 mark and i got bugger all wheelspin so i presume it is working. also experimented with the 4wd controller which definately was working as on zero the rear was more twitchy and on around 7 it felt really good and could really put the power down on corner exit

So does all this sound fairly normal? i was expecting gauge to pretty much read zero in all normal driving conditions and only show anything when giving it some stick.

Thanks

[scotty nm35]

You have an aftermarket attessa controller, what makes you think it will react 'normally'?

[Sinista32]

This is a correct assumption -> "gauge to pretty much read zero in all normal driving conditions and only show anything when giving it some stick"

Unless you have the 4WD controller turned on/dialled up.

100kmph on the freeway should not read 10 on the torque dial. (In my experience anyway)

Your G sensor is receiving a signal which is erroneous.

[niZmO_Man]

If the road you're driving on is bumpy then the car will send more torque to the front wheels. On my car, if I'm driving down a shit road under power, the front wheels get's to about 10 and hangs around there for 5 seconds or so once the road gets smooth.

[blind_elk]

The workings of ATTESSA has been done to death. A search of these forums should get you an answer to your question.

[Gareth]

thanks for the helpfull replies. I should have noted that the gauge observation is when i have the 4wd controller turned to 0.

seems like the 24 year old g-sensor might be playing up.

The workings of ATTESSA has been done to death. A search of these forums should get you an answer to your question.

I'm sure attesa has been done to death but i couldn't find anything helpfull (the search function is pretty hopeless on this site) i used to have much better results just using google with skylinesaustralia (followed by what i wanted to search for) but google has changed and no longer gives the 'more results from skylinesaustralia.com' thing to click on.

[niZmO_Man]

You put in the search field:

site:skylinesaustralia.com <whatever you're searching for>

[blind_elk]

I just did a Google search for "torque gauge attessa". Top of the list - this thread. But also there was a link to another thread on here, and a link to the wikipedia page for attessa, which describes how attessa works.

Both these items should lead you to the conclusion that a constant reading on the torque gauge is generally caused by the rear tyres being smaller diameter than the fronts, indicating a "slip" condition to the ATTESSA computer.

[Bronx]

if you are running 2 different size tyres on front to rear.
i had the same problem in my stag, change to the same rolling diameter and it should read 0

[France]

This is a correct assumption -> "gauge to pretty much read zero in all normal driving conditions and only show anything when giving it some stick"

Unless you have the 4WD controller turned on/dialled up.

Exactly this.

[ras1983]

You'll want to read this article: http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_107753/article.html

[Daleo]

Check tyre diameters front to rear, I'd be willing to bet a variation there is where the issue lies.

[Gareth]

You'll want to read this article: http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_107753/article.html

I enjoyed that article....thanks...

been watching a few r32 acceleration videos on youtube and it seems as though 10% on the gauge is normal under full acceleration so at least i know that's normal, it's just the reading i'm getting when cruising at 100km/h thats strange

the rims and tyres i have on there are all identical with similar wear, i'm going to try put a few psi more into the rears and see if that makes a difference,

thanks everyone.

[jjcb]

Hi, sorry to dig up an old thread, but did you end up finding the solution?

[Gareth]

Yeah i calibrated the G-sensor as per this thread and it sorted it out. Doesn't look like the picture is working anymore, I thought i had it saved somewhere but i can't seem to find it.

 

[Gareth]

Found the pic, knew i had it somewhere!

 

[niZmO_Man]

Nice!