senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 6d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 15/05/08 11:17 AM Share Posted 15/05/08 11:17 AM ashmo - launch control is turned off along with Traction Control and Dynamic stability control - No. 11's all day long mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O2STOCK Donating Members 607 Member For: 19y 4m 30d Location: Brisbane Posted 15/05/08 11:27 AM Share Posted 15/05/08 11:27 AM It is not just the straight line performance, but also the around corner stuff to. It is not like just traction control, you guys need to drive it in the skid pan to experiance it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG-XR6T Member 177 Member For: 16y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/05/08 12:19 PM Share Posted 15/05/08 12:19 PM hey guys, Im not sure wether its been touched on or not but the term "launch control" I think is giving some people the wrong idea. Lauch control will hold the revs at 3500rpm to let you get almost full boost of the line. But once you release that clutch the ball is in your court with throttle control. I have been told launch control is on wether Electronic stabilty program is on or off. It engages when you put the clutch fully in with full throttle for a curtain amount of time. Its not a instantaneous thing. Probably a 1 second delay, so leaving nice lines on the road is still possible.I have been told and also admitably did read in a magazine that launch control is faster with ESP OFF, but you need to ease the clutch out to avoid bad axel tramp and to avoid massive wheelspin. With ESP on you can dump the clutch and let the computer sort out the traction problems but will still slow your launch down. From the video shown, I think he has ESP off because the 1st and 2nd launch are completly different. The first video he has alot more wheel spin from the launch, showing driver error.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 16/05/08 04:59 PM Share Posted 16/05/08 04:59 PM 'Launch Control' is obtained by retarding the timing to a point where the combustion happens in the exhaust manifold, not the chamber.Unichip can do this for you.The bad thing about this is heat, in the wrong place...... I don't know how may 'launches' Ford did with this setup, but the stress and heat caused on the turbine shaft is such that snapped shafts are common place.I think Ford will do a backflip on the launch control when the warranty claims come flooding in.I've used it on cars previously... turbo lifespan = zero.. bap bap bap bang.. smoke............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 6d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 16/05/08 11:30 PM Share Posted 16/05/08 11:30 PM It actually deactivates two cylinders and just pumps cool air throught the turbo to keep the heat issue down. If they thought it was gonna crap out turbos early, they would've put a warranty stipulation like the BMW's have with launch control - use it more than 10 times and your warranty is void - ford haven't done this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 12d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 17/05/08 02:18 AM Author Share Posted 17/05/08 02:18 AM (edited) hey guys, Im not sure wether its been touched on or not but the term "launch control" I think is giving some people the wrong idea. Lauch control will hold the revs at 3500rpm to let you get almost full boost of the line. But once you release that clutch the ball is in your court with throttle control. I have been told launch control is on wether Electronic stabilty program is on or off. It engages when you put the clutch fully in with full throttle for a curtain amount of time. Its not a instantaneous thing. Probably a 1 second delay, so leaving nice lines on the road is still possible.I have been told and also admitably did read in a magazine that launch control is faster with ESP OFF, but you need to ease the clutch out to avoid bad axel tramp and to avoid massive wheelspin. With ESP on you can dump the clutch and let the computer sort out the traction problems but will still slow your launch down. From the video shown, I think he has ESP off because the 1st and 2nd launch are completly different. The first video he has alot more wheel spin from the launch, showing driver error....for the boost thing...we were told that it commands 20% boostas for the driver error... tell steven johnson that Edited 17/05/08 02:19 AM by jetute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG-XR6T Member 177 Member For: 16y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/05/08 05:41 AM Share Posted 17/05/08 05:41 AM steve johnson, who is he?? :ifiusethisimafag: I have read it spools up to 80% boost? What have your heard pat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 6d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 17/05/08 05:44 AM Share Posted 17/05/08 05:44 AM mate as far as I know its ~3psi, this is because its not using all cylinders, just 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 7m 21d Gender: Male Posted 17/05/08 01:03 PM Share Posted 17/05/08 01:03 PM I thought traction control had to be engaged to use the launch control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooley Member 11 Member For: 16y 9m 11d Posted 17/05/08 05:33 PM Share Posted 17/05/08 05:33 PM can I just ask a quick question about that video to anyone who knows about it. I thought I heard a bov when it changes gears does the fg have a stock bov? or am I just hearing things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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