F-Type S and Launch Mode Frustrations
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Ok, so this has been discussed in the past but I am just irritated with it at this point.
For us to use dynamic launch we put the car into dynamic mode, foot on brake and other foot on gas to 1,500 RPM. Dash says dynamic launch ready, we wait until we want to go, foot comes off the other foot bashes the gas pedal to the ground.
This is all fine and dandy but I feel like it has been set up for the RWD cars.
With a AWD model I feel like you should be able to launch at a much higher RPM and be faster than the RWD car due to less traction issues.
Today I discovered that if you are NOT in dynamic mode and you use your left foot for the brake and right for the gas, it does not limit your rpm's not does it give you dynamic launch. I used this method to shoot the car off the line at 2,500 RPM and it felt a hell of a lot quicker than the dynamic launch.
Is my mind playing tricks on me or was this system simply not designed with the AWD cars in mind?
For us to use dynamic launch we put the car into dynamic mode, foot on brake and other foot on gas to 1,500 RPM. Dash says dynamic launch ready, we wait until we want to go, foot comes off the other foot bashes the gas pedal to the ground.
This is all fine and dandy but I feel like it has been set up for the RWD cars.
With a AWD model I feel like you should be able to launch at a much higher RPM and be faster than the RWD car due to less traction issues.
Today I discovered that if you are NOT in dynamic mode and you use your left foot for the brake and right for the gas, it does not limit your rpm's not does it give you dynamic launch. I used this method to shoot the car off the line at 2,500 RPM and it felt a hell of a lot quicker than the dynamic launch.
Is my mind playing tricks on me or was this system simply not designed with the AWD cars in mind?
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Most people, myself included, have found you get the quickest 0-60 or 60' times by launching off of idle. Literally not touching the gas at all until releasing the brake.
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That seems to be the consensus for the V8, but he's got a V6. I don't have an automatic, so I can't really address the original question.
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That is actually correct. By comparison on a BMW Z4 35is with DCT it can launch at 5000 rpm as it's a Dual Clutch not a torque converter driven box.
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You're certainly correct here. But even still, it's pretty pathetic that they won't even allow you to load up the torque converter without pulling power from the motor.
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