So I bought an Audi with Quattro a few months ago (A4 B5 1.8T from the year 2000). Great car, and I recently started experimenting to understand how the AWD system behaves.
Here’s what I’ve noticed: when I accelerate hard while turning, the car just fights for grip and doesn’t slide at all. This is on wet asphalt with 195 tires, so I expected at least some wheel spin or slip, coming from a 50/50 AWD system, even if it only has 150cv.
I’ve been testing this in a closed area with no traffic, just to experiment safely.
My car doesn’t have any button to turn off traction control, so I was wondering if there’s something else going on. I read that some of these newer B5 models came with a non-switchable system called EDS, which works with the ABS to prevent wheel spin.
So I was wondering:
If I turn off the ABS by removing the fuse, would the system let me slide the car more freely?
And also, would this cause any harm to other systems in the car?
Thank you.
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