Hitting transbrake by mistake
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I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
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Originally Posted by hammertime
I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
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Originally Posted by Tod74
Originally Posted by hammertime
I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
I felt horrible being it wasnt my car until we figured out what is was.. and then i found out the lockout was off on tbrake in box
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Originally Posted by hammertime
I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
It does sound like it can't happen in second gear, so maybe I should always be in second in the pits instead of first.
You would think, if it was possible to accidentally "launch" the car in the pits, you would hear of it happening once or twice.
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Originally Posted by kod99
Originally Posted by hammertime
I've hit the button in a buddies car at about 100mph in low gear, button was close to the edge of the indy wheel talk about stopping in a hurry !!
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
Its not possible to go on the brake in 2nd gear unless its a high gear only brake ... which is VERY uncommon but they do make them
It does sound like it can't happen in second gear, so maybe I should always be in second in the pits instead of first.
You would think, if it was possible to accidentally "launch" the car in the pits, you would hear of it happening once or twice.
only time that car should be in low gear is when your going to stage
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Originally Posted by doorracer
Originally Posted by hammertime
you should never be in 2nd in the pits ....
only time that car should be in low gear is when your going to stage
only time that car should be in low gear is when your going to stage
just for the very reason we are talking about .. transbrake will not come on in second and NO reason to be in 1st
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I'm a little confused here. My trans has an electric shift valve body, and you have to push the button to back up. But if you are in low gear, it doesn't change the throttle peddle at all. In other words unless you step on the gas the rpms never change. Must be the way the MSD is wired that causes this to happen. My trans brake button will come on anytime i push it however it does not lock up in high gear (PG) I did have a manuel turbo 400 that would come on and i did accidently hit it one time, it wasn't funny at about 100 ft. out. That why i now have my trans brake button behind the shifter and no where close to the steering wheel.
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Originally Posted by zipper06
I'm a little confused here. My trans has an electric shift valve body, and you have to push the button to back up. But if you are in low gear, it doesn't change the throttle peddle at all. In other words unless you step on the gas the rpms never change. Must be the way the MSD is wired that causes this to happen. My trans brake button will come on anytime i push it however it does not lock up in high gear (PG) I did have a manuel turbo 400 that would come on and i did accidently hit it one time, it wasn't funny at about 100 ft. out. That why i now have my trans brake button behind the shifter and no where close to the steering wheel.
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Zip he has a SLE and they loose all pedal when transbrake is applied and then go full throttle when transbrake comes on. The best way to make sure it doesnt go full throttle is just pull back on the pedal when it looses feeling (unless you have one that keep pressure down to the floor because some do this). The best saftey is to make sure you just have it in 2nd gear the brake should no engage this way.