No lift shift is when you floor it (WOT) and when you hit ~6K RPM, you leave the gas pedal planted to the floor and shift gears. No-lift shift has an algorithm that allows you to maintain full boost while shifting gears. However, you must be around 6K RPM in order for it to work. Anything lower, and NLS will not work. At least that's how it seems to work for me. Launch control basically lets you keep the gas pedal to the floor when at a stop and feathers the gas around ~5K-5.5K RPM so that you don't have to do it and then you let off the clutch like you normally would. However, most people have found the launch control somewhat useless and state that the driver is better off revving the engine around 2K~2.5K and popping the clutch for better launch of the vehicle. Hope this helps as well as if I was wrong, that someone will correct me

 

Ok so its the same as the zr1 my dads boss has one and he launched it and he said it scared him lol but thanks for all the good info man. But as long as I'm at like 6k rpms and then shift. Now this might be a dumb question but I still push in the clutch to shift correct?

 

Correct. I think you have like a second or less to shift before the engine's algorithm gets deactivated. And yea, the first time I showed my dad the NLS in my car, he told me that if I keep doing that, I'm going to kill my transmission

 

Yeah I'm just scared it won't work lol

 

i love to NLS im going to miss it though when i tune it

 

first mod on the way

 

O.o I didn't think getting a tune would disable the NLS... *skeptical*

 

ok next noob ? i was driving today and when i got to like 12psi and didnt move my foot on the gas at all i started losing boost after a couple seconds. If i had it hammered though i did not lose any boost. I have not noticed this before is this normal?

 

That's normal. Boost can only be produced when there is a load on the engine. Since you held the throttle at a constant position, once the engine reached the RPM equivelent to that throttle position, there was no longer sufficient load to produce boost.

 

ok man thanks alot for the help and good explination

 

You can still NLS just don't do 1-2

 

did gm ever come out with a keyhole plug for our cars or are we stuck with the home depot ones

 

i have red overlays, also have red bowties on the wheels

 

i know i still can but i dont wanna chance destroying my stock pistons rings from all the extra heat from a nls at 24 psi. i know a guy now who has smoke bellowing out his exhaust because he tuned it to 24psi and still NLS's he has to add oil every other week now. thats y i wont nls after the tune

 

If you notice when you NLS, the system goes very rich. Upon engagement of the enxt gear, you'll get a puff of black smoke out of the exhaust. Thats all raw fuel that the PCM dumped in during the NLS.

I don't see how higher boost pressure is going to negatively affect the engine on a NLS, the trans, however, may be more like to have issues.

 

when i try to launch off a dead stop i always hear the tires chirping do the tires suck or am i giving it to much gas?

 

How hard are you launching??

Do you actually mean "launching" the car or do you mean when you are trying to casually take off from a stop??

If you mean the former, then yes, the tires are going to scream. Thats normal when you launch any car.

If you mean the latter, then you need to learn how to be more smooth with the clutch.

 

normal take offs im fine but if i give it a little more then it takes to start out then they chirp a little i give it a little less then half throttle or half dont really pay that much attention

 

do you have LSD? when i take of normally sometimes my tires chirp. usually only when i make a turn though.

 

Yeah i have lsd and I've noticed that too

 

With GMS1 now installed, if I go WOT in 2nd gear, I can make the tires chirp.

Not to thread jack, but does anyone notice less torque steer when in competitive mode? Or is that just my imagination? And I don't have LSD.

 

i hate the torque steer but next question

what do you guys clean your suede with mine gets wet from time to time after practice and i want to clean it. do you just vacume it?

 

Its not actually suede, its a synthetic look alike.

I've used upholstry cleaner on mine to get out some spots, and that worked pretty well.

However, if you get it wet often, you're going to ruin it.

Pick up a pair if "leatherette" seat covers from your local Autozone/Advance to protect them.

 

yeah thats the only thing im worried about but i mean i change shirts but i have practice everyday and its hot as **** here so thats not helping and i whipe them off after i get out too

 

Not good. Invest in seat covers. If you ruin the seat covers by the end of the season, toss them away, and you still have brand new seats underneath.