chieftain333

Hi all, I'm at the dragstrip,I've just found out the car has launch control that I didn't know about,it's a ecutek map...anyone know how to turn it off!?
Andy

scoobyross

You tried, turning ignition on, depressing accelerator pedal and pressing the demist switch, Should flash once for road (launch control), and 7 times for race mode.

CutMasterT

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I'm not familiar with Ecutek maps, but i have AL mapped in with ESL board, and it is turned on + off via a switch in centre console.

Jolly Green Monster

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You can't. Get who mapped it to alter it

Jolly Green Monster

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That's drive by wire cars only and depends what options the mapper set on whether you can turn launch on and off. You are just switching maps is the mapper set it to use the demister button. As it could be on the sport/sport sharpe/I mode button if a hatch for example

chieftain333

Thanks for that JGM,well it's coming off for sure. Set at 5k and completely bogs down when launching. Also recorded the defi's and it's not holding boost at 1.5 as it was mapped to...supposedly. Consistently at 1.0 bar in every gear,very disappointing. Crap times lol
Andy

Fai17

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What times did you run?

Jolly Green Monster

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If your launching and then up the box so your 5-8k rpm then the boost will be lower assuming your on a standard twin scroll turbo as the boost doesn't hold to high rpm. Check check the peak boost you would need to floor it from a lower rpm say 2500rpm in 4th, you won't be doing that on the strip.

Was it a glued track? 5000rpm at full throttle should have enough power not to bog, hour day though so maybe lots of grip available

chieftain333

Yeah that's what it will be as I'm high up the rev range all the way down the strip,so am I restricted with the standard twinscroll then? Do they not hold high boost at that rev range?
The grippy section was only open today and I've got vredesteins on which grip well,I would have like a 6-7k launch to be honest

Jolly Green Monster

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They dont hold boost to high rpm no

chieftain333

Oh...so pretty pointless doing drag racing in it then lol. Was hoping to get in the 12's

banny sti

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Had a twinscroll setup in classic launching at 4k was running around 320bhp, managed a 12.77 at york

JGlanzaV

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were you letting the launch control engage properly and build a decent amount of boost?

you cant just blip it off the limiter once and dump the clutch you have to build the boost properly first

chieftain333

Yeah I was bouncing on the launch control limiter,I just couldn't launch it at those revs. Maybe it's just me but I've been down the strip for over 10 years in all my cars and this is my most powerful and it's the lowest times I've ever got. I couldn't even get in the 13's.
With my old 1996 sti wagon with just over 300hp I got a 12.74

JGlanzaV

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what boost were you showing on launch?

chieftain333

I've recorded a run on my defi's,I'll stick it up in a bit

JGlanzaV

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No problems, it seems a bit odd that you are bogging down at 5k, my mate running a similar set up but on a single scroll was launching today at 4,600rpm and it was taking off like a stabbed rat...

chieftain333

At 5k it's hitting 0.2bar,ignore the oil temp flashing..the senders faulty

Carnut

I think I may have read this wrong but do twinscrolls not launch as well as single?

JGlanzaV

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That seems a bit low. If you hold the launch for a bit longer does the boost build higher?

I can't compare to my launch control (1.5bar builds on mine) but I know my friend is seeing 0.6-0.75 bar on his launch

chieftain333

It stays roughly the same each time

JGlanzaV

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so even if you hold it for longer it wont get any higher?

chieftain333

I'd have to double check it but all I know is launching it with what it's set at is ****. I did 5 runs and it bogged down on every one. It just needs removing in my eyes.

JGlanzaV

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You need to try and hold it longer and see what happens...

And it definitely doesn't need removing, I would say its more than likely you need to just get used to it.

I wouldn't race with out it! This is how it is when you get it right!