Burnouts for idiots?

Doing a burn-out will heat the tires and, if all things are as they should be, clean them off. The smart money will have your back tires planted firmly in the pavement your burnout has prepared. Over-doing a burn-out can have a counter-productive result.

Think of it as preparing both tire and strip - but only if you use the strips you prepared.

Lets not forget intimidating the riceboys

Gumby619

Drive it...just drive it

Have you ever done a long smoky burn out? If it doesn't make you smile, you're not a car guy.

My thoughts exactly. Last time I really roasted off those rear tires was when I had these 255/60R-15's ready to be mounted. Biiiiggo cloud of smoke. I was grinning ear to ear the whole time.

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Full Boar turbo mufflers Hi-speed fan switch

And lets not forget that smell....NOTHING smells like a good burnout...makes me think of high school

Gumby619

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Yesssssss oh the smell. I never imagined myself liking that smell, but man.. it's great ;).

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Full Boar turbo mufflers Hi-speed fan switch

burnout...makes

Gumby619 opined in news:lIW7d.18496$uY3.15577@fed1read03:

Yup... though idiocy can be taken to extremes.

I recall when I first started reading car mags, some jerk wrote in that 1/4 mile drags meant nothing... it was burnouts that measured a car.

He sealed the impression by pointing out that a 57 TBird held the record in his town.

To use a George Carlin line of reasoning: If I do it, it's OK. If you do it, you're an idiot. :)

Maybe we need to make it artistic, like the olympics did when they turned one swimming event into "synchronized swimming?" I have seen one interesting burn out; A guy in the last-year Camaro S/S doing a complete figure

Smoking your tires will clean your tires and also heat them up therefore producing better traction in a race situation. Otherwise, they are a complete waste of money (i.e. rubber lost to burnout).

and I suppose drifting is a real big no-no?

I vote for smoky burnouts myself. This being the main reason that I don't purchase expensive tires to begin with.

I remember a time when I was in my early 20's I did a power brake burnout that left enough rubber on the pavement that we collected it all (it was VERY hot) and made a ball the size of a handball with it. This was back when one of my best friends owned a tire store...:-)

Gumby619

Drive it dammit!

Let me rephrase that, we collected all the rubber that was just sitting on the pavement loose...:-)

As far as drag racing goes, doing a burnout with street tires is unecessary.

Personally, I don't like spinning tires. I much prefer tires that stick and press me deep into the seat with awesome acceleration. Spinning and smoke and burning rubber smell dont hold a candle to acceleration IMO.

LJH

I saw a video of a tiburon that they mounted a 2nd engine to to drive the rear wheels, for a total of something like 618 wheel hp. At the end, he did about a 30 second burnout. the car finally stopped spinning only after he let off the gas... now THAT was impressive!

Entering into the unknown, V'ger seeks information used to maintain his Vintage Burgundy 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 w/289 ci 4v oem A Code V8, C4 Trans,

Probably less than one Hemi drag engine today.

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