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Raven87 · 04-12-2015, 11:36 AM

Does the car have to be in a certain PTM mode to use the NLS feature?

I couldn't find the answer in my manual. Thanks!

KaBoom1701 · 04-12-2015, 11:38 AM

Yes.

PTM # 4 or 5.

# 4 with street tires.

# 5 with drag radials.

ZO6 Bryan · 04-12-2015, 12:49 PM

No. NLS works all the time. KaBoom is thinking of Launch Control. Launch control works in all the PTM modes. Not just 4 and 5.

KLR ZL1 · 04-12-2015, 03:04 PM

Both work all the time.

ZO6 Bryan · 04-12-2015, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KLR ZL1

Both work all the time.

Nope. The launch control is only available in a PTM mode or if you have a convertible it's available when you put it into competitive mode.

ZL1-V · 04-12-2015, 05:04 PM

What Z06 Bryan typed earlier is what I have been going by. I just did NLS yesterday. NLS works well for me getting on the freeway on ramps at times when I need it. I watched it awhile ago but I'm pretty sure the video states you have to use the PTM modes to "activate" launch control?

Gizmo · 04-12-2015, 05:08 PM

Every time I've tried NLS, it feels like the car is hitting the fuel cutoff. Actually feels like the car hesitates. Either I need to try shifting sooner or there's something else going on.

KaBoom1701 · 04-12-2015, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZO6 Bryan

No. NLS works all the time. KaBoom is thinking of Launch Control. Launch control works in all the PTM modes. Not just 4 and 5.

Correct. My fault.

ems-pilot · 04-13-2015, 01:52 AM

On the No Lift Shift, you have to be fast...its a rapid shifting and it is designed to keep the BOOST rpm's up. You may hit the rev limiter but its more about maintaining the boost in the supercharger.

There are some great previous posts that have video's attached to them...Look em up.

Topper

Raven87 · 04-13-2015, 06:32 AM

So - NLS is available any time (and you have to do it quickly and before the cutoff) but LC is only available in PTM (PTM 4 for street tires and PTM 5 for DRs).

Right?

Tennis_pro · 04-13-2015, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raven87

So - NLS is available any time (and you have to do it quickly and before the cutoff) but LC is only available in PTM (PTM 4 for street tires and PTM 5 for DRs).

Right?

Correct

Raven87 · 04-13-2015, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tennis_pro

Correct

Thanks!

winterboy8 · 04-13-2015, 10:21 AM

What's the difference between NLS and LC?

menendez1293 · 04-13-2015, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by winterboy8

What's the difference between NLS and LC?

For a ZL1 with a M6 trans, no lift shift or NLS means that you do not need to take your foot off the accelerator when you go to push in the clutch to change gears. Launch Control or LC is a setting that will minimize wheel spin when you accelerate hard from a stand still.

04-12-2015, 11:36 AM	#1
Raven87 C'mon- really? Drives: Looking for a ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nortwestern Ohio Posts: 1,966 View My Garage	No Lift Shift question Does the car have to be in a certain PTM mode to use the NLS feature? I couldn't find the answer in my manual. Thanks! __________________ Steve 2018 Camaro 2SS 1LE Black #3805 - SOLD

04-12-2015, 11:38 AM	#2
KaBoom1701 KaBoom1701 Drives: 13' ZL1 Red M6 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: I.E. SoCal (Yucaipa) Posts: 8,631	Yes. PTM # 4 or 5. # 4 with street tires. # 5 with drag radials. __________________ Mods: Roto-Fab Intake, WW Res. kit & Big Gulp Air Scoop, Elite Catch Can, ATI Super Damper & 18% OD Pulley, LF Idler pulley bracket, Metco CC breather, ID850 Injectors, Stainless Power Headers w/ ceramic coating, TR71X Spark Plugs, JMS Fuel Pump Booster, Bo White TB, Tuned by Ted @ Jannetty Racing, Ron Davis HX, D3 Reservoir, Pfadt 1" Springs, Moreno Camber Plates, ZL1 Addons Splitter guard washers, Tow Hook kit & rock guards, Hurst Shifter Billet Plus 6 Speed Short Shifter, ZL1 DRL lighting harness, ZL1 Recaro Seats.

04-12-2015, 12:49 PM	#3
ZO6 Bryan Drives: 02 Z06, 95 Trans Am, 2012 ZL1 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southeast Posts: 1,838 View My Garage	No. NLS works all the time. KaBoom is thinking of Launch Control. Launch control works in all the PTM modes. Not just 4 and 5. __________________ Bryan 2018 ZL1 M6

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KLR ZL1 H-Town Camaro Club Member Drives: 17 Hyper Blue Metallic KLR-ZL1 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pearland Tx. Posts: 2,034 View My Garage	Both work all the time. __________________

04-12-2015, 05:08 PM	#7
Gizmo Drives: ZL1 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Kansas Posts: 109	Every time I've tried NLS, it feels like the car is hitting the fuel cutoff. Actually feels like the car hesitates. Either I need to try shifting sooner or there's something else going on. __________________ 2014 BRM ZL1 #229 Rotofab, VMax, Moroso, MGW I used to be schizophrenic, but we're okay now.

04-12-2015, 05:04 PM	#6
ZL1-V Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,154	What Z06 Bryan typed earlier is what I have been going by. I just did NLS yesterday. NLS works well for me getting on the freeway on ramps at times when I need it. I watched it awhile ago but I'm pretty sure the video states you have to use the PTM modes to "activate" launch control?

04-13-2015, 01:52 AM	#9
ems-pilot Drives: 2016 Silverado Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Texas Posts: 47	On the No Lift Shift, you have to be fast...its a rapid shifting and it is designed to keep the BOOST rpm's up. You may hit the rev limiter but its more about maintaining the boost in the supercharger. There are some great previous posts that have video's attached to them...Look em up. Topper

04-13-2015, 06:32 AM	#10
Raven87 C'mon- really? Drives: Looking for a ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nortwestern Ohio Posts: 1,966 View My Garage	So - NLS is available *any* time (and you have to do it quickly and before the cutoff) but LC is only available in PTM (PTM 4 for street tires and PTM 5 for DRs). Right? __________________ Steve 2018 Camaro 2SS 1LE Black #3805 - SOLD

04-13-2015, 10:21 AM	#13
winterboy8 Drives: 2015 ZL1 Blue Velvet Metallic Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 720 View My Garage	What's the difference between NLS and LC?