This has been a huge discussion and topic of warranty issues for 2009 customers. However I find it very interesting that all the fuss is mute do to the fact that it's purpose is not to produce the best 0-60 times but to aid in inclement weather/traction situations.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1bHGaV-Lvw

 

Honestly, who the hell uses launch control for that !?!?!

 

yes sir,i was not racing!!! i swear!! i broke my trannie using LC when i was stuck in the snow!!! lol

 

Well.... In the rare times I have been driving in ice, sleet, snow or even very wet roads... I have used my cars ability to start in 2nd gear (the name varies) as this makes alot of sense to me. And anyone with a car this powerful surely could use such a system... especially if they happen to get in bad weather!

 

So if the owners don't bother to fully educate themselves to their cars ability and uses... Fail for them.

 

That's not what launch control was designed for. So fail for Nissan saying that's why they put it in the GTR.

 

Plus, according to teh internets 500000 GTR trannys have failed due to LC abuse.

 

Nissan should have never showed the magazine writers/auto reviewers the technique of using it for faster 0-60 times then if they solely wanted to use it for inclement weather driving.

 

New LC allows 3000rpm's off the line instead of the 1st year cars 4800rpms (IIRC)

The 2nd year it had no LC and could only come out of the hole at 2200rpm's.

I read that in a new C&D last night.

This years is a compromise between murdering your $20K tranny and launching like a pu$$y. The result? According to C&D the 0-30mph is .6 slower than originally, ouch! By 150mph they are tied.

 

They wrote down 0-60 3.3 seconds for the 2010 model, thanks to the reprogrammed computer

 

iirc Matt got near the same times when he got his ecu flashed.

 

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Where's that damn bunny with a pancake when you need it ? ^

 

http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w...edSteering.flv

 

Is this the same thing as the launch control update?

That weaksauce launch control update enabled one of the locals to run an 11.2 stock.

 

Late 09's and all the 10's and on GTRs come with LC2 which allows for RRR launches at 3000 rpms and warrantee intact.

The launch control update is where you take your early GTR with LC1 (4500 rpm launch) and have it reprogrammed to LC2 so that you can launch with the traction control on in "R" mode, thus maintaining warrantee coverage.

1/4 mile times are pretty much identical (low 11's) and 0-60 with LC2 seems to only be about 2/10ths of a second slower on average.