Is this only in cobalts? My Equinox only has Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, L4, and L2.
Am I missing something?

 

no...its different in all cars....which is why we dont have an L4 or an L2

 

L4 and L2 are for going up/down steep hills right? I always use Drive, never see a reason not to?

 

i would imagine...most of the selections other than P, R, N, and D, are to change to lower gears

a lot of cars have 1, 2, 3, whereas cobalts have L (1-2) and I (2-3), and yours has L2 and L4.

 

all i know is that low turns off my traction control

 

Shifting an automatic hu. Well if you wanna spin the tires guess that works.

 

Durrrr...

Is your Equinox 4 wheel drive? L4 for low 4 wheel drive, L2 for low 2 wheel drive. A two wheel drive vehicle will never have an L2 or L4.

 

ahh...good point. the only 4wd cars ive been in are fords, and they have a separate knob, but yeah, the knob is labeled 2H, 4H, and 4L

 

I have a 2.4L SS/NA I can launch it really good by putting it in neutral at a dead stop then reving to about 3000 rpms then quicly shift to L it launches the car like crazy no wheel hop at all, then put it in drive after. I have used this technique in many races and it has helped very much

 

Probably the next one will be the last one for your torque converter!

 

It feels like Im gonna snap an axel man, I usually do it at about 1500 rpms. I dont **** with it much, it was fun to feel it a few times. I value my car so Im not doing it anymore.

 

good idea...its hell on your transmission

just press the brake firmly, hit the gas a bit, and release the brake on the green light....dont hold the gas and brake together for too long....it heats up tranny fluid like none other...maybe 2-4 seconds max

 

Nice I will take that into account.

 

My 05 LS has 1,2,D instead of L,I. It works the same, just the label is different.

 

Equinox doesn't come in 4WD only FWD and AWD. I have the FWD version.

 

L(1-2 with no Traction Control), I(1-3 with Traction Control), D(1-4/OD with Traction Control and programmed to use the Highest gear possible when shifting)

No kidding. Try a brake start instead. The power is already at the wheels and you run less of a risk of snapping something.

 

as stated, this is a really, really bad idea. i would follow your advice and never do that again

o, and "I" is not intense. It's intermediate.

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/drag-racing-52/launching-automatic-brake-starting-36322/

Great big sticky in the Drag Racing section. Read and learn.