How to Activate Launch Control on FK8 Type R

Applicable Model/Year: 

• USDM Civic Type R 2017-20221

How To Use Launch Control

Manual Transmission

1. Depress and hold the clutch pedal to 100%

2. Move the shifter to 1st gear

3. Depress and hold the gas pedal to 100%

4. Once the rev limit has been reached, release the clutch pedal

How To Enable:

This feature is enabled on all OTS Maps

The vehicle will need to meet the following conditions for the ECU to allow it to happen.

• Coolant Temp Min-Max (158F - 248F)

• Engine Oil Min-Max (158F - 248F)

• Gearbox Oil Temp Min-Max (122F - 212F)

• EGT MAX (1832F)

• Steering Wheel Angle (within 20 degrees of being completely straight)

Available Adjustments and How to Make them:

Adjustments are available on the Accessport directly.

1. Naviagate to the Tune menu
   
   

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2. Select Adjustments
   
   

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3. Select the Launch Control Rev Limit Slot option
   
   

   
   
   

4. Select your desired slot.  These slots are completely customizable through our Accesstuner and Accesstuner Pro software but come at a preset value. Check the top of the page for RPM values by slot.
   
   
   
   

   
   
   

5. If the track conditions are good or bad, you may want to make an adjustment to the Load on the engine that is targeted at the time of the launch. For example if the car has sticky tires or a well prepped surface, it may bog down and you’ll want to turn it up. Conversely if track conditions are poor or wet, you may want to turn it down to keep the car from spinning. The Launch Control Load Scalar adjusts the targeted load while launch control is operating.  Load can be increased from this adjustment menu between 75% and 125% of what your OTS map or Protune is calibrated to target.

   To view your map's load target for Launch Control, check out the monitor LC Engine Load Target in the Gauges section of your Accessport.  Increases made to LC Load Offset will be reflected in this monitor:

   LC Engine Load Target = (LC Load Target table values) x (LC Load Offset)
   
   

    

Monitors for Launch Control

• LC Activation Delay Time

  • Amount of time the car can sit on rev limit utilising launch control before it will disable itself.

• LC Active Time

  • How long the launch control has been active. Once it hits the delay time it will turn off

• LC ETC Target

  • ETC target while in launch control

• LC Engine Load Target

  • Load target during launch control

• LC Rev Limit

  • Engine RPM target while in launch control

• LC State

  • Current state of what the Launch Control system is doing. Monitor is a sum of any of the applicable options below.

    • https://cobbtuning.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PRS/pages/2900262917

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