Launch Control - Illustrated Instructions [PICS] - Page 2 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

M CRISIS · 19th February 2008, 06:22

Another job well done Scoopz!

But now I must comment on the 17.9 ........

You're not doing enough launches!

MGUY · 19th February 2008, 06:26

they forgot to mention " After 15 launches stop by BMW dealership and purchase new clutch"

which is not covered by Warranty probably.

blkfast6 · 19th February 2008, 06:27

wow great write up and thanks for putting time into it

scoopz · 19th February 2008, 12:51

Thank you all for the comments, they're much appreciated.

princealidds

...when you have lift off, how much tire smoking should I expect

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Launch control is designed to give you an optimum launch from a standing start, since tyre smoking generally means loss of traction and wheels spinning its not deemed optimum by the car's computer and will try to minimise any spinning. So the answer is very little smoke using launch control.

B18C5Rodney

you forgot, that with us models you can throw it in D immediately after launching

I'll update the original post with this info.

M CRISIS

But now I must comment on the 17.9 ........
You're not doing enough launches!

You're not confusing the trip odometer (17.9miles) for mpg are you? I could only dream of getting 17.9 mpg

. Plus I value my warranty too much hence I've only done LC 3 or 4 times.

MGUY	they forgot to mention " After 15 launches stop by BMW dealership and purchase new clutch" which is not covered by Warranty probably

Thanks, forgot to warn people about that one. It's now added to the original post (not added to the pdf though).

40lbhead · 19th February 2008, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcnation

I did it for the first time in my dads car on Sunday. It was a blast

When your Dad wonders why he needs to spend $2200 on new tires after only 4 months, you can explain why........

BTW... If I caught my 16 year old(who isnt even alowed on my side of the garage) doing a LC in my beast, he'd learn a whole Universe of trouble!!!