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Jul 15, 2002 | 07:20 PM

brian3268

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Jul 15, 2002 | 08:03 PM

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best way to lanch the LS is to step hard on your brake with the left foot and with your right foot rev to about 2-3k rpm and let go of your left foot and floor the gas pedal with your right.

Jul 15, 2002 | 08:06 PM

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Originally posted by CELSIOR GOD
best way to lanch the LS is to step hard on your brake with the left foot and with your right foot rev to about 2-3k rpm and let go of your left foot and floor the gas pedal with your right.

It's also a great way to kill your tranny life too, so don't brake launch every single time for the tranny's sake.

Jul 15, 2002 | 08:20 PM

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Powerbraking is when, you hold down the brake, and floor the gas peddel, and you burn out in one spot.

Jul 15, 2002 | 09:39 PM

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Push break pedal and rev to 5k RPM a few times in neutral. Then switch it to D or L (still holding brake pedal) and rev to 2.5k RPM then let go.

Jul 15, 2002 | 11:07 PM

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:eek: Nice way to kill your tranny really fast fellas. If your in the market for a new one and have the several grand to replace it then have fun but remember the LS wasn't designed to race off the line like that or race at all. It's a luxury crusin mobile so treat it accordingly IMO.

Don't treat it like a rice rocket.

Jul 16, 2002 | 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by retrodrive
Push break pedal and rev to 5k RPM a few times in neutral. Then switch it to D or L (still holding brake pedal) and rev to 2.5k RPM then let go.

I've done this and it isn't a good idea guys.

Let me put it this way, I'm saving up for a new tranny.

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Jul 16, 2002 | 11:28 AM

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hey would a tranny cooler from www.carparts.com or somewhere like that save the life when u do quick launches? b/c isnt the extreme heatin' of the tranny fluid what shorts its life??