Launch control is back on 2012 Nissan GT-R
 

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Nissan

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The GT-R obessives at NAGTROC managed to secure a copy of the 2012 Nissan GT-R owner's manual and discovered that Nissan has reinstated the formerly verboten Launch Control feature for the 2012 model. But this time it's called something different.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....gt-r-r-250.jpgThe new name is R Mode Start Function and the screen cap on the right lists off what you need to do to click of 0-60 mph runs in the low three-second range - or even the high twos, according to some preliminary reports.

After several reports of transmissions and half-shafts grenading themselves soon after the GT-R hit U.S. shores, Nissan removed the L.C. feature for the 2011 model year. This revised system seems to do the exact same thing, although the 4,000 rpm rev-limit is significantly higher than the last version and the ECU limits the start function to four consecutive runs before its disabled to protect the GT-R's twin clutches and the rest of the transmission's oily bits.


Gallery: 2012 Nissan GT-R

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[Sources: NAGTROC (PDF warning) via 2009 GTR]Launch control is back on 2012 Nissan GT-R originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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