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General Sport Trac Discussion
4WD Trac sucks in snow!
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny O" data-source="post: 1000863" data-attributes="member: 61743"><p>There should be a button in the middle of the dash below the radio that looks like a car with skid marks behind it. Push it and the same symbol should light up on the dash. If Adrenalins are the same in that regard as regular Tracs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've owned both. My old '05 Trac with a limited-slip rear went much better in snow than my '08 with traction control. If you turn the traction control off then you have two open diffs. That's better than the TC making the engine take a crap when all four wheels are in deep snow but two-wheel drive (1 front 1 rear) not as good as three-wheel drive (2 rear 1 front). There are basically two things you can do. 1) Better tires, I have Firestone Destination A/T's which are decent enough in snow. 2) Detroit True Trac rear diff, which I think they make for the Gen 2 rear. Also I read a while ago here that the 2004 (regular) Explorer offered a limited-slip rear with the IRS because traction control didn't come out until '05. If that is correct then you may be able to get a limited-slip from Ford.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My idea of electronic traction control is a switch that turns on lockers. :grin:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny O, post: 1000863, member: 61743"] There should be a button in the middle of the dash below the radio that looks like a car with skid marks behind it. Push it and the same symbol should light up on the dash. If Adrenalins are the same in that regard as regular Tracs. I've owned both. My old '05 Trac with a limited-slip rear went much better in snow than my '08 with traction control. If you turn the traction control off then you have two open diffs. That's better than the TC making the engine take a crap when all four wheels are in deep snow but two-wheel drive (1 front 1 rear) not as good as three-wheel drive (2 rear 1 front). There are basically two things you can do. 1) Better tires, I have Firestone Destination A/T's which are decent enough in snow. 2) Detroit True Trac rear diff, which I think they make for the Gen 2 rear. Also I read a while ago here that the 2004 (regular) Explorer offered a limited-slip rear with the IRS because traction control didn't come out until '05. If that is correct then you may be able to get a limited-slip from Ford. My idea of electronic traction control is a switch that turns on lockers. :grin: [/QUOTE]
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