How to get a fast start in an auto GT

[barbalatte]

I have the Liberty GT MY10.
I haven't really tried to Launch it but the wife gets the sh1ts!
I also own an Audi S3 S/B and it has Launch Control!
You simply slip it into Sports mode, Take the Traction Control off. Foot on the Break and accelerator at the same time and we have Blast off! The thing is a missile! 0-100km/h 5.6 secs! I think the GT does about 6.2. It doesn't feel like it though...

[Rome_BRZ]

I can't wait to hear the tyres chirp when I launch once I've finished modding

[dr20t]

As hotwire has pointed out stalling the auto up on the brake is the least amount of shock through the drivetrain.

In my 04 gt, I can launch at 3100rpm at full boost. And it is a massive difference. Infact on a brisk night it will whee spin all four.

Launching like this does not kill autos. Heat does. Everyone with am auto box in a gt should invest in an auto trans oil cooler. This is the biggest insurance policy for them.

For interests sake, my drag car runs a manualised auto box with a 4500rpm stall convertor, and I launch at 4200rpm off the line and have lifted wheels. This is with a trans brake but same effect really.

Just don't stall it up for too long on the spot and dont be a sissy with the left foot. Clamp that brake pedal.

As for laws, technically the law requires you to reach the legal speed limit in a timely manner (slow acceleration is actuallly an offence). But due to discretion (and thanks to dick head street racers) this will not likely take prevalence over a cops interpretation of hooning.

Mick