Launch Control + NLTS side effects

[thilaksharma]

Im running on megasquirt, I am still looking for the side effects of
enabling the Launch Control and also No Lift Shift options on my ecu

what I mean is
- will it eat my pistons for breakfast
- will it chew my turbine wheels

 

[tunitallstar]

depends on how aggressive the antilag and nlts are. Id be much more worried about the transmission. Do some research on here about those topics and see what you can find.

 

[FonZ454]

He mentioned nothing about antilag, he has nothing to worry about.

I've been using NLTS and stutterbox for a while now, daily, and I've had no issues. The car actually shifts better when using NLTS vs. lifting.

 

[ninesixtwo]

He mentioned nothing about antilag, he has nothing to worry about.

I've been using NLTS and stutterbox for a while now, daily, and I've had no issues. The car actually shifts better when using NLTS vs. lifting.

Megasquirt has antilag as part of it's launch control function

 

[ApexVIII]

well.... how often do you plan on using it?

if you are using a actual antilag for launches then it could do some damage over time. but it really depends on how much boost you are gunna be using off the line

i am only on a 16g so DSMlinks 2step is plenty for me. i set up the antilag to see how much boost but never actually launched with it

i would worry about your tranny unless you have a built one more then your pistons

 

[thilaksharma]

im using ms2 , it doesnt support anti lag, bt of cos it has flat shift

 

[boopy D]

which megasquirt has antilag and nlts. I was under the impression they had lanch control but isn't that diffrent than antilag?

 

[boopy D]

nevermind i misread the post.oopsy

 

[dsmfa9nutter]

Both will shorten your turbo's life span and you'll go through spark plugs faster.

 

[kahl23]

It depends on what is actually in the launch control. If you have no ability to use antilag like you said earlier, then launch control is probably just a stutterbox, which is just a secondary rev limiter that's activated by a clutch switch, speed switch, or manually. Stutterboxes won't hurt your turbine or your engine, at least not unless you constantly hit the stutterbox for minutes at a time. NLTS, or at least the DSMLink NLTS, is also a rev limiter that limits the RPMs to a preset value when the clutch switch is triggered, which allows you to leave the throttle floored while you shift. I don't think it would be any harder on your transmission than shifting normally and popping the clutch when you do, as the RPMs would start to drop to your pre-specified limit as soon as the clutch was depressed, but I might be wrong there. Also, I'm assuming that MS uses the same style of NLTS as DSMLink, which it very well might no. Antilag will hurt your turbine though, as it sends still burning gasses from the combustion chamber into the turbine housing, where they continue to burn and expand, spooling the turbo, but obviously putting a lot of stress on it too.