last night I decided squeal my tires a bit. so I started from stop and used gateshifting to about 50mph. (i like to hear the tires squeal when shifting to second.) when I floored it the tires squealed like normal and I moved forward for a second. Then It was like my car just went limp for a second. The same feeling as when you dont give enough gas for your clutch, But I was practically stand ing on the accelerator. what was going on there?

 

weird.. most weird indeed. sounds like your tranny computer was confused .. I couldn't tell you what it was except to keep an eye on it to see if its persistant.

 

was it the rev limiter cutting in and reducing power?

 

The traction control system prevents excessive wheel spins during accelerating from a dead stop. Try switching off the TCS/VSA system next time.

 

Sounds like fuel cutoff to me. Either rev limiter or traction control.

 

it felt like fuel cutoff.... but maybe it was the VSA, though I don't recall the light coming on. I thought only the TL-P has TCS. I have an '02 TL-S

 

TL-S has VSA which is Vehicle Stability Assist which is a glorified traction control system, supposed to be better than the TL-P.