Brakes during a burnout

[iamlew]

when I burn out I put it into first then floor it and dump the clutch then grab the e-brake and pull up a bit then let it down as I want to move. But I drive a fast car...

 

[Beanmachine7000]

Why do people wet down the tires before they do a burnout? Anything could pull of a burnout in water. A moped can do a burn out in water.

Dual tire marks in a staright line on dry pavement in an approved area is impressive. No one-wheely-peely. Spinning the tires is cool, but can you keep them going and cover a respectable distance (Please don't go out in the street or a parking lot and try it).

I guess that's why I never like burnout contests at car shows. Sitting in one spot spinning wet tires doesn't impress me. Just makes a bunch of smoke and stinks/pollutes up the area.

Let's see a nice long burnout on a 1/4 mile track.

Anyone remember when John Force started doing those 1/2 track burnouts in his funny car and then have to back the thing back up the track?

I can easily get the two black tire marks going for as long as I want to... In my Camaro, of course I've never had the urge to do a burn out in my Ex...

 

[86freebie]

i tried to power brake my truck twice, on dry pavement. in high range it just stalls. in low it is kinda power braking, but it is pushing the truck on the fronts. someone up the line said they loved to show up mustangs, i had a 5.0 5 speed that i could power brake starting in third. thats about 90 mph on those rears.

and just a word of advice. if you are going to just dump the clutch, dont. get tension on everything in the drive train first then let it go. you will save some money in repair costs. AND THE LAST PART IS JUST A WORD OF ADVISE.

i know this is where this starts getting spammed "because" i have been doing it for years blah blah blah...lol

 

[Jason]

I had a S10 with a 383 stroker in it. It would do burn outs about a 1/3 of the way down the track. That's why my times were so bad. Even after a good burnout it still wouldn't get traction.

It surely wasn't a power related problem. You needed better tires of a proper suspension.

 

[bbrown4.0]

Anything could pull of a burnout in water.

I didn't need the water to do my burnout. I have done plenty on dry pavement.

No one-wheely-peely.

I can't help that my truck is an open diff it is what it is and at the moment I am not going to cough up the dough to by a posi or locker of sorts.

get tension on everything in the drive train first then let it go.

Its next to impossible to do a burnout without popping the clutch a little bit unless you have three feet. I am sure you could load the engine with the clutch, but you had better be darn quick to get on the gas before you stall. Maybe a little heal toe action is required.

A moped can do a burn out in water.

Thats part of the fun of it. We had a moped do one a couple years back and it makes for a good laugh.

The OP asked the question and I was just giving him my two cents. I am not trying to start a war on here as I have read enough threads were the topic turns sour and heads in a direction totally different then what the OP had in mind. Now lets just leave well enough alone and go drink

 

[flyingbrick]

The only way I have ever gotten a ranger to spin both rears with an open diff is in reverse.

 

[DaNgErOus1998RaNgErOuS]

its not impossible to do a burnout with out dropping the clutch. at a corner start off regularly and as you turn the corner floor it and ease in the brakes. my favorite: coming around a corner downshift into second or first and kick that puppy sideways! yeah i change tires often and yes i have a couple tickets. but of course this is recommended only on a closed course

 

[DaNgErOus1998RaNgErOuS]

its not impossible to do a burnout with out dropping the clutch. at a corner start off regularly and as you turn the corner floor it and ease in the brakes. its a lot easier on your clutch then dumping it. my favorite: coming around a corner downshift into second or first and kick that puppy sideways! yeah i change tires often and yes i have a couple tickets. but of course this is recommended only on a closed course

 

[pocket-rocket]

Maybe a little heal toe action is required.

That's how my friend did them in his 95 Mustang GT.

 

[kunar]

Maybe a little heal toe action is required.

thats exactly what you gotta do. put your right heel on the brake and hold it to the floor, use your toes to control the gas, and of course your left foot works the clutch. you get it down after the first couple tries. i could powerbrake it no problem, but since i've redone my rear brakes, it just wont do it anymore.

 

[Toms01PSD]

It surely wasn't a power related problem. You needed better tires of a proper suspension.

Ya, I had some fat tires on the rear but it was the stock suspension with traction bars. It wheel hopped like a mofo.

 

[sbsumerix]

yeah my rear brakes dont work so i have no worry about wearing them down. i need to stop doing burnouts my tires are going to quickly i think im just going to let my truck take a rest from now on unless im pissed i cant help it then.

 

[BigJohn76]

Ya, I had some fat tires on the rear but it was the stock suspension with traction bars. It wheel hopped like a mofo.

my buddy has the same thing. we never got to the track because we keep spinning bearings. the thing will do a wicked burnout though. we took the bed off.