2016 can’t do Donuts!!!

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Be sure to post photos of the truck after you've smashed it up.

No offense K-Dawg, but just because some of us know how to drift a vehicle and in extremes, are actually proficient enough in doing it to possible AVOID accidents, doesn't mean we wreck our vehicles while practicing those maneuvers. The yaw control BS completely removes those options from our driving abilities.
Don't knock it unless you've tried it, and don't try it unless you practice it!
 

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No offense K-Dawg, but just because some of us know how to drift a vehicle and in extremes, are actually proficient enough in doing it to possible AVOID accidents, doesn't mean we wreck our vehicles while practicing those maneuvers. The yaw control BS completely removes those options from our driving abilities.
Don't knock it unless you've tried it, and don't try it unless you practice it!

I was dead serious when I said I liked to cut the grass in the ditch with my back bumper.....I’ve been doing it since I was 12.
 

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Lol. Seriously…

In stock form… the truck is too heavy and doesn’t make enough power to do a legitimate donut. But I guess the guys at Ram didn’t have donuts on the top of their priority list.

Wait a bit for the Goodyear's to wear down and then when its damp out you can maybe do half a donut.
 

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My '15 Ram Express will spin the tires at will, on any surface. 22 inch R/Ts at that.
 

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Yep mine too 18 cc night hemi 3.92 antispin- if it’s been raining u better b paying attention
 

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I haven't tried myself, OP, but have you tried to do donuts with the tc off and Tow/Haul option on ?
Give it a try and report back.
 

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Yep mine too 18 cc night hemi 3.92 antispin- if it’s been raining u better b paying attention
Ummm, interesting, is this with traction control on ? TC should stop you from roasting the tires if it's on. with it off, i think you can spin them in the rain, but you should not be able to do donuts because of the TC system is still active, I don't know how these trucks behave, but i do know for example how Challenger scatpacks behave with the M6 trans and 485hp and TC system, it shouldn't be any different in the trucks, in fact i'd think the tc system is more active in the trucks than in an sport car, though i think tow/haul should allow you to do some of these crazy things in this platform, again, this is something i haven't tried myself like i said in the previous post, i have no need to check how to do donuts in a truck with 35's, dirt or not, i'd put this thing in the rocks way before i can attempt to do donuts, i guess not my cup of tea kind of thing :)
 

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In stock form… the truck is too heavy and doesn’t make enough power to do a legitimate donut. But I guess the guys at Ram didn’t have donuts on the top of their priority list.
Wait a bit for the Goodyear's to wear down and then when its damp out you can maybe do half a donut.

My '15 Ram Express will spin the tires at will, on any surface. 22 inch R/Ts at that.

Yep mine too 18 cc night hemi 3.92 antispin- if it’s been raining u better b paying attention

Seriously mohemipar? 395HP (stock) isn't enough to do a NASCAR turn around? Maybe not at 50MPH (without help from the parking brake at the beginning) but that's plenty of HP at crawl speeds or when there is even just a touch of water on the road. Heck, if the road is damp, you should be able to do a 180 even at higher speeds with 395HP...
I used to do it in my lower HP (325HP?) 2005 Ram all the time!
My 2013 had the yaw control (which I found out the hard way!), and while it could do nice burnouts in the straight line (traction control off), even on snow/glare ice, wet pavement, ANYTHING, I could not get the back end to come around more than about 20 degrees off center before the front brakes would automatically start modulating and straighten the vehicle right out! This is all with traction control "off" of course (TC only stops the wheels from spinning but it has nothing to do with the yaw control which prevent the vehicle's back-side from getting out of line, intentionally or otherwise).
I actually give the Ram engineers credit because the yaw control DOES work way better than I ever would have expected it to (seriously, I have gone into 100% unplowed/icy parking lots and tried my darndest to get the truck to even do a simple 180 and it's basically impossible!). I HATE THE YAW CONTROL!

I was even told this by the dealer after experimenting with every switch on the 2013 truck to bypass the yaw control and get the ass-end to come around like my old truck did quite reliably and CONTROLLABLY... They said it was in the ride computer and not linked to any of the factory control switches. They also said it might be possible to pay for a yaw-bypass switch to be installed on the dash, but that dealer sucked, so I didn't want them to screw up my truck by trying to put one on.
Let alone, I shouldn't have to PAY to have my truck drive the way I want it to/like my old truck did...

Booms/Seabrook, I'm not talking about just spinning the tires in a straight line; you honestly can get the back of your Rams to come around and do a 180/360???
I'm talking NASCAR turn arounds!?!
I bet you can't...
Take a video of you doing a 180 and then, tell me what switches or ancient Mayan voo-doo dance you did to cancel the yaw control which your trucks have to have, just like mine does...

The yaw control does work amazingly well. But I should be able to easily disengage it too.
I'm so tired of the PC engineers or NHTSA nerds telling me what I cannot be able to do in my own truck, whether it's doing donuts, or getting texts on my radio, or NAV features, etc...
It's like magazine capacity limitations on an M-16/AR-15. How stupid...
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Try holding the TC button for 10-15 seconds. I think that turns it completely off.
 

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Pull the ABS fuse and Let It Rip :)


This^^^^^^. It makes the truck SO MUCH more fun to drive.

Or, you can use one of these like I did and switch it on and off from the convenience of the cab :favorites13:


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While I really enjoy driving off road without all the nannies, I prefer having them for on road driving (aside from a quick doughnut). That is why I prefer this switch rather than pulling the fuse.

Flick the switch, get crazy for a second, and then flick it back and be on my marry way.
 

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While I really enjoy driving off road without all the nannies, I prefer having them for on road driving (aside from a quick doughnut). That is why I prefer this switch rather than pulling the fuse.

Flick the switch, get crazy for a second, and then flick it back and be on my marry way.

Yes I could see a 6sp Challenger being fun with the switch flipped,lol. 392 car???
 
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