Burnouts

Intel486 · 03-09-02, 12:53

Question about doing burnouts in a rearwheel drive car.

You have to hold down your breaks to do it. How do you do it and not blow out your back breaks?

Andre' · 03-09-02, 01:37

Well your front breaks most of the work, and after the back wheels start spining you can let up on the breaks a bit. And yes it is hard on the cars breaks.

Hypersion · 03-09-02, 04:16

stop on one of those white dips in the road and you can do a 10 foot burn out easy but I was only able to burn out with one tire?

Short Cut · 03-09-02, 08:46

Burning out with your foot on the brake is called a brake stand. Once you get the rear wheels spinning stomp the gas and release the brake. This will wear out your rear pads if you do it a lot. It would be better to start off with the rear wheels in a puddle of water to get them spinning if there isn't enough hp to break the rear wheels free on dry pavement.

A burnout with one wheel means the car does not have posi-traction.

Intel486 · 03-09-02, 10:50

http://www.85merk.com/movies/Neal_Massive_Burnout-s.mpg

Jngrbrdman · 03-09-02, 11:21

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Originally posted by Hypersion
stop on one of those white dips in the road and you can do a 10 foot burn out easy but I was only able to burn out with one tire?

Unless you have a limited slip rear differential (positraction) only one wheel gets the power. My friends used to laugh at me when it snowed and I would whine about my "one wheel drive" in my Mustang. lol My burnouts were the same thing. One big black stripe on the pavement. The drive wheel is usually the drivers side rear I believe but I guess it could be either one depending on how your engine sits.

Intel486 · 03-09-02, 03:09

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Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
Unless you have a limited slip rear differential (positraction) only one wheel gets the power. My friends used to laugh at me when it snowed and I would whine about my "one wheel drive" in my Mustang. lol My burnouts were the same thing. One big black stripe on the pavement. The drive wheel is usually the drivers side rear I believe but I guess it could be either one depending on how your engine sits.

On all the F-150s i've seen it is the passenger side wheel.

Jngrbrdman · 03-09-02, 03:36

I always thought that F-150s had positraction. I guess that is my eye opener for the day.

Are the Lightnings like that too? The dealership wouldn't let me do a burn out to find out.

Intel486 · 03-09-02, 03:45

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Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
I always thought that F-150s had positraction. I guess that is my eye opener for the day. Are the Lightnings like that too? The dealership wouldn't let me do a burn out to find out.

The newer ones do. Not sure about the Ls.

Hypersion · 03-09-02, 05:20

What's the difference bewteen limited slip differential and posi-traction? I always thought the LSD was for front-wheel drive cars and PS was rear-wheel drive.

Guess My Name · 03-09-02, 05:26

Check this thread out. There is a link to EATOn who makes all types of rear ends and they have techno data to explain them.

http://www.autopia-carport.com/forum...&threadid=7298

Posi traction has clutches in the rear end to force both wheels to drive. They have a setting such that when turning and going slow the clutches will slip so the inside wheel does not drive and the outside wheel drives. This is because the outside wheel has to cover more ground and hence turn more than the inside wheel.

Shiny Lil Detlr · 03-09-02, 06:03

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Originally posted by Hypersion
What's the difference bewteen limited slip differential and posi-traction? I always thought the LSD was for front-wheel drive cars and PS was rear-wheel drive.

two terms for the same thing........ Limited Slip means the same as Positraction (POSI...... not PS - PS is power steering)