Launch Control

[Greg Roles]

I am proud of my tractor. I am thinking of towing the old mans caravan this year. Why? Becasue I can.

Well I wouldn't want DSG anyway. It might do a reverse launch control into a forklift.

SO you haven't jammed it into 1st, for a "power" take off and then realised you got reverse? I nearly pulled a burnout into the car behind me not so long back....

[Maverick]

A lot of TDI bagging from a guy that started out on here with an ORDER for one Mav....

I'm not bagging the TDI

The references to forklifts and so on are due to a discussion over at golfmkv about a 17 year old who is blaming Volkswagen for his car driving into a forklift, his parents who spent $40,000 on his car also believe him when he claims that the car drove into the forklift itself and they are taking this up with VW as the DSG is flawed and unsafe and the car should have detected the forklift behind him even when he wasn't in reverse and the sensors would have been deactivated.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78801

[CatonaPC©]

You would have been disappointed when it operated just like it does normally

Oh well, no matter.

Off topic.

Last night we were stopped at the lights and my wife said to me, "C'mon baby, burn some rubber." I looked at her and said "Are you sure?"

The lights turned green and I floored it. Well what can I say:

Me:

She:

[motk]

I have read that it's possible to flash the DSG firmware to enable launch-control in a standard TDI, no idea if that's bollocks or not.

[Greg Roles]

Perhaps she wasn't talking about tyres.

Oh god that's good.

At least you're a consistent multi-forum stirrer Mav.

[Guest212]

its a gti i know but does anyone else get really bad wheel tramp whenever you lose traction just a tiny little bit?

ps: i tried launch control with ESP on the other night...it was awesome.

Process was:

Select Manual mode, ESP off, hold down stop pedal, hold down fast pedal and hold desired RPM, turn ESP back on. Release stop pedal and try and enjoy.

Pretty sure its the fastest I've ever been from 0 to 100 before in my GTI using this method.

[Maverick]

its a gti i know but does anyone else get really bad wheel tramp whenever you lose traction just a tiny little bit?

ps: i tried launch control with ESP on the other night...it was awesome.

Process was:

Select Manual mode, ESP off, hold down stop pedal, hold down fast pedal and hold desired RPM, turn ESP back on. Release stop pedal and try and enjoy.

Pretty sure its the fastest I've ever been from 0 to 100 before in my GTI using this method.

Depends on the surface, have you installed a torque control bush in the car? This quickens the DSG changes and helps reduce tramp a little at the cost of some minor NVH.

Launch control doesn't work properly with ESP ON, try going to around 2200rpm and not mashing the pedal until the car picks up some speed, this is the fastest way to take off. I floor it when I brake on so it goes to 3000 and then back off to around 2200 (depending on conditions) and then release the brake and adjust the throttle so you have a little wheel spin (8-12% is perfect) and then foot to floor once you get moving.

[Guest212]

Depends on the surface, have you installed a torque control bush in the car? This quickens the DSG changes and helps reduce tramp a little at the cost of some minor NVH.

Launch control doesn't work properly with ESP ON, try going to around 2200rpm and not mashing the pedal until the car picks up some speed, this is the fastest way to take off. I floor it when I brake on so it goes to 3000 and then back off to around 2200 (depending on conditions) and then release the brake and adjust the throttle so you have a little wheel spin (8-12% is perfect) and then foot to floor once you get moving.

I've done it once or twice with the ESP off completely and I can never get the balance. Wheelspin is too intense and the throttle control isn't sharp enough (not for me it isnt...my patrol has sharper throttle response than my GTI...call me a wanker but i do dislike electronic throttles lol)

Doesn't matter though, you can't use it in normal driving even the traffic light grand prix. Once you hit the drags its a completely different surface which requires different driving techniques anyway.

[CatonaPC©]

...my patrol has sharper throttle response than my GTI...

Why am I not surprised?

[Greg Roles]

Well the 4.2D patrol that tried me on at the lights this morning certainly didn't!

[Guest212]

Well the 4.2D patrol that tried me on at the lights this morning certainly didn't!

No they're slower than the few days wait after you go to the docs to get tested for a certain something after a drunken night out..but at least the engine does what i tell it to do when I press the expensive pedal.

[POLARBEAR666]

TDI doesn't have launch control and cannot have it enabled. Only the GT TSI and the GTI/R32 have it on the Golf.

If you want you are welcome to see the 25m burnouts my TSI has managed from Launch control starts.

It just holds the revs at a little over 4000 and blips.... then BOOM you lay down rubber that makes the v8 next to you go "WTF!"

The supercharger lays rubber so easily from low revs.

I have a dynolicious run where I took almost 6 seconds to get to 60 foot mark heheah.