Automatic Launch Control???
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Joined: 06-20-2008
Posts: 1,682
From: Chi-Towns burbs
I tried mine last week for the first time just to see what it would do. I have the 5spd manual with the LSD. The owners manual explains it pretty good and I found the car to behave exactly like the manual said. Simple two pushes on the traction control put it in competitive mode, come to a stop and launch control lites up in the DIC. Put the clutch down, shift into first, gas pedal to the floor, rpm holds at 4100 then hold on and dump the clutch. Kept the pedal to the metal until the shift light turned red and slammed second gear. What happened: first gear start left two black tire marks for 10 feet and when second hit, two smaller black marks and then I had to back off as I was running out of road on the small oval road in a development. My main reason for doing it was to make sure I really had the LSD as there was nothing in the service manual about it. The dealer printed me out an exploded part drawing based on my VIN number which shows the makeup of the LSD in the SS.
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Joined: 07-29-2008
Posts: 727
From: Mass
Maybe vince from Trifecta could do something like that.. 4100 is too high for the automatic. i was thinking something like dropping the launch rev limiter to 2200 to 2400
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Joined: 07-15-2009
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From: Waterbury CT
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Allex
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Joined: 07-05-2008
Posts: 5,464
From: Akron Ohio
I've learned that (so far) the best mod for the Launch Control is the Driver mod... Launching an automatic from 4100 rpm is useless even at the track because all we'll do is spin into oblivion, wait for the "bog and shift into 2nd", spin some more then go like hell. If you want to impress the "hard parking crowd" on a saturday night then light 'em up + knock yourself out but I've found that launching at 2200-2600 rpm's has worked best for me. I've run pretty consistent times at the track launching that way AND it's not hell on the drivetrain. Launching from 4100 rpm's my "best" time was a 15.xx; launching from roughly 2300 rpm's I've run a best of 14.03 @ 99.87mph on our OE tires and 14.21 @ 99.34 mph w/ all the stereo equipment + Dynamat in the SS. I'm still untuned too. Just food for thought.
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Allex
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Allex
The best thing is to learn the points at where the tires want to break loose. Then just work the gas.
Good driver feel is the best way to launch.
Giving any car hell off the line with out the proper set up to take advantage of it is just a time waster. The key is to give it as much gas as you can with out letting the tires go up in smoke. And the best way to do this is learn the car well and use the seat of the pants feel.
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Joined: 12-12-2010
Posts: 90
From: Kansas
Is this only for the SS? doest the 2LT have no lift to shift? I have a 5-speed and have never seen the shift light if there is one... or am I not revving high enough for it to come on? I have been shifting at 4-4.5k between gears...