Launch Control
Melting Slicks
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From: Jupiter FL
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#t...launch+control
Burning Brakes
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andyeley: It is that easy if you have an auto-
Track mode; push center console button twice. Mash the brake (hard like emergency stop); mash the gas quickly to floor; let stabilize at 1800 or so and POP the brake!! It works great!! First time I tried it I got a 4.5 0-60. After couple tries on different days I was consistent at 4.1/4.2 -- bets time a few weeks ago in cool weather 3.8.
Track mode; push center console button twice. Mash the brake (hard like emergency stop); mash the gas quickly to floor; let stabilize at 1800 or so and POP the brake!! It works great!! First time I tried it I got a 4.5 0-60. After couple tries on different days I was consistent at 4.1/4.2 -- bets time a few weeks ago in cool weather 3.8.
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Team Owner
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Put in in Track Mode
Press button in middle of Mode dial twice
1st gear, clutch in
Press hard on brake
Accelerator to floor
Dump clutch and hang on, get ready for **** to 2nd
Remember that launch control doesn't work in 2nd and those with Z06 can spin up the tires and lose control
Press button in middle of Mode dial twice
1st gear, clutch in
Press hard on brake
Accelerator to floor
Dump clutch and hang on, get ready for **** to 2nd
Remember that launch control doesn't work in 2nd and those with Z06 can spin up the tires and lose control
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 932
Likes: 50
Put in in Track Mode
Press button in middle of Mode dial twice
1st gear, clutch in
Press hard on brake
Accelerator to floor
Dump clutch and hang on, get ready for **** to 2nd
Remember that launch control doesn't work in 2nd and those with Z06 can spin up the tires and lose control
Press button in middle of Mode dial twice
1st gear, clutch in
Press hard on brake
Accelerator to floor
Dump clutch and hang on, get ready for **** to 2nd
Remember that launch control doesn't work in 2nd and those with Z06 can spin up the tires and lose control
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 3,161
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From: SUFFIELD CONNECTICUT
On a M7 manual trans car, you do not have to press hard on the brake.
If you do this with warm tires on a warm prepped 1/4 mile track, you don't have to worry about loosing it on the 1-2 shift, the car will bite hard enough and not spin out. Besides the split second you feel a slight wiggle in the 1-2 shift just lift and the car straightens out immediately.
If you do this with warm tires on a warm prepped 1/4 mile track, you don't have to worry about loosing it on the 1-2 shift, the car will bite hard enough and not spin out. Besides the split second you feel a slight wiggle in the 1-2 shift just lift and the car straightens out immediately.
Melting Slicks
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From: Fonthill Ontario
I was very hesitant earlier on but, after a few times, learned to have a blast with it...best thing in the world with an unsuspecting passenger beside you.
More importantly though, it is a great tool to understand the technology that goes into the car and you get a first hand feel when a tire starts to slip and the car compensates.
Biggest mistake I see consistently, and learned first hand is....no matter what you don't let up on the gas because, if you do, Launch Control disengages and you lose all the benefits that come with it. Even if it breaks pavement, hold the peddle down and let the Z do its job.
More importantly though, it is a great tool to understand the technology that goes into the car and you get a first hand feel when a tire starts to slip and the car compensates.
Biggest mistake I see consistently, and learned first hand is....no matter what you don't let up on the gas because, if you do, Launch Control disengages and you lose all the benefits that come with it. Even if it breaks pavement, hold the peddle down and let the Z do its job.
Last edited by AllFlash; Nov 28, 2015 at 02:34 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fonthill Ontario
Pretty interesting that those tires didn't spin until second clicked in... What gets me though (and I have watched this a thousand times) is that he never counter-steered when he felt the left slippage. It is almost like he steered it right into the trees. My wheels have spun a million times in 35 years of driving and it just seems natural to counter-steer and let up on the gas. Oh and do NOT brake in correcting...see the brakes hit when the back end goes?
We are all capable of such mistakes though. I remember years a go not realizing the amount of stone on a roadway until it was too late. Who do you think made the stupid mistake of applying my front brakes on the motorcycle? Was just a stupid reaction and valuable learning curve. Still remenber getting up and showing my riding partner the clearly visible forearm bone sticking out.
So...can we guess that Launch Control is not active in second gear and never compensated for him...although he might have believed it still was?
We are all capable of such mistakes though. I remember years a go not realizing the amount of stone on a roadway until it was too late. Who do you think made the stupid mistake of applying my front brakes on the motorcycle? Was just a stupid reaction and valuable learning curve. Still remenber getting up and showing my riding partner the clearly visible forearm bone sticking out.
So...can we guess that Launch Control is not active in second gear and never compensated for him...although he might have believed it still was?
Last edited by AllFlash; Nov 29, 2015 at 12:09 PM.
Team Owner
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So do you think this is what happened to this guy here ? Using launch control and 1-2 shift went bad....... ??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqtl7fXDKu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqtl7fXDKu4
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: SUFFIELD CONNECTICUT
So do you think this is what happened to this guy here ? Using launch control and 1-2 shift went bad....... ??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqtl7fXDKu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqtl7fXDKu4
