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      05-14-2014, 07:49 PM   #34
mikkemille
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Originally Posted by aspensilver View Post
Anyone have performance times without launch control (1/4mile, etc)? I feel like launch control is something I'd use a handful of times and now that they've fine tuned launch control it seems like these 0-60 times are fool's gold. Times should be done with and without launch control, IMO
Edmunds didn't use the launch control to get their best numbers.

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Best launch was achieved without using launch control (LC), though the technique was very similar to that of launch control. The 228's LC is really just a metered power brake. We used brake torque to launch but metered the throttle carefully to achieve less wheelspin than LC produced. Best runs were using automatic shifting. Stunning power from the four-cylinder makes the six seem utterly pointless.
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