I have a 2001 CL-S auto... I was wondering what the best thing to for the launch was? Leave it in auto and let it do its thing...drop it down to D1...put it in the tip tronic and let it do its thing from first and thent ake over from there....leave the VCS on or off...what?! I appreciate all of your guys help with this....

 

a response would be nice fellas...

 

i have tried many things at the track, my best times were ALWAYS the result of doing the following:

VSA off

put car in D1

hold foot on brake and rev engine to about 2500 rpm

on green lay off brake and force accelerator to floor

shift to D2 at 6900 rpm

shift to D3 at 6900 rpm

you will get to over 100 mph in 3rd gear.



you can experiment with things but i have ALWAYS found this to be the key to my best 1/4 mile times.

 

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vsa off

power brake till 1500 rpm

let off and give 90% throttle till get traction

car will shift itself thru 2nd

shift as close to 7k as poss

g/l

 

Thanks for the responses....any more would be appreciated...

 

Awesome info guys.