Jack Be Quick Racing

At Ron Fellows they gave a live demonstration of launch control for the automatic and manual cars and discussed the difference between standard suspension and magnetic ride suspension.

I edited the raw video to outline the key points as the audio is very hard to hear.

Overall, highly recommend Ron Fellows driving programs!

Enjoy ~

kevincol

Can't wait to get mine to try that out!!!

dvilin

Thanks for sharing, also you gotta love the no lift shift feature.

tomarsyd

I was wondering how that was done in the manual trans cars without simply burning up the tires or losing control like the now-famous brand-new Z06 crashing video.

Still doubt I'll be doing this activity anytime soon, but good info nonetheless.

Can someone explain what he means by "side-step" with the clutch?

Rooster OG

I believe he means to dump the clutch, or side step it so it's not a slow release. I haven't tried it, so maybe someone who has can verify that.

Jet Vet

That is correct. I did the Fellows school in May, and my impressions of the Launch Mode demos (agreed upon by several other attendees) was that the Z06 was much more impressive than the Z51, not just because it has much more horsepower, but because it programs in a much higher RPM for the start - 3500 vs 2000 for the Z51. That gave it a smooth and rapid acceleration, whereas the Z51 almost lugged for a moment or two before really getting going. I've tried launch mode in my car (2015 Z51) and found the same results.

blue_bomber697

...My 2014 M7 Z51 Revs to 3500 for Launch control... Are you sure yours only revs to 2000? Or is it an automatic and it is different?

Jack Be Quick Racing

Automatic and manual have different RPM levels for launch control. I can't remember what they said but, I though manual was at 3500.

The Challenger Scat Pack has launch control but, you can set the RPM level which nice to adjust for tires and track conditions. I don't think you can adjust the RPM on the Stingray - I asked at Ron Fellows and they said "no".

Jet Vet

Sorry, I forgot to mention that mine is an A8 model, and they only rev up to 2000 for the start, even if you use Manual paddle shift mode, which I did. At the Fellows school they also used a Z51 A8 in Drive, or full auto mode for the launch demo. Either way, in Drive or Manual, the Z51 A8 launch mode start is unimpressive for the first few moments.

Tom/99

Thanks for posting the video. I'll let the next owner try it.

Larry/car

Think I will rent a C7 in the future and give launch control a try. Seems pretty hard on the car, especially if you screw up and hit the rev limiter.

11B250

he says to side step the clutch? I thought the manual says not to side step, but let off normally???