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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
I didn't think it was that difficult? I had the settings menu/launch control up and ready while rolling into place...then it was about two or three clicks + pedal pressure.  |
If you are planning to use launch control it isn't nearly as bad. The biggest problem is turning off launch control, traction control, and stabilitrak after the burnout, and then getting your car staged before you piss off the guy staging next to you. There are several clicks to do that with a press and hold step that requires at least a few seconds. This seems like an eternity under the pressure of a busy drag strip event. There's no way to preconfigure to not use launch control after using line-lock, but there's no reason line-lock needs to be coupled to any configuration. After you're finished with line-lock it should simply revert back to how it was setup prior to enabling line-lock, but it doesn't.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
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If you press the Cruise control and menu center buttons at the same time it'll let you out early, too. But I've only done this 3 or 4 times because these tires are....well....I don't have the wallet to sustain this feature.  |
What I'm saying is, on a short burnout, there is a delay between pressing the two buttons at the same time and the car rolling out. If you roast the tires it seems to rollout fine immediately after pressing the buttons, but on a short burnout, just to clean the tires, it always forces me into a much longer burnout than I really want.
The issue I have with Chevrolet's line-lock, is they over complicated the crap out of it, and their design is far less functional than what's been in use for decades by drag racers. I get having a software-backed system with safety measures etc., but there is no reason they couldn't still do that with a single physical button design that works more like a regular line-lock.