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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?
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Hypersion [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>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? [/b]</blockquote>
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.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Jngrbrdman [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>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. [/b]</blockquote>
On all the F-150s i've seen it is the passenger side wheel.
 
I always thought that F-150s had positraction. I guess that is my eye opener for the day. :p Are the Lightnings like that too? The dealership wouldn't let me do a burn out to find out. ;)
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Jngrbrdman [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I always thought that F-150s had positraction. I guess that is my eye opener for the day. :p Are the Lightnings like that too? The dealership wouldn't let me do a burn out to find out. ;) [/b]</blockquote>
The newer ones do. Not sure about the Ls.
 
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.
 
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/showthread.php3?s=&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.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Hypersion [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>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. [/b]</blockquote>
two terms for the same thing........ Limited Slip means the same as Positraction (POSI...... not PS - PS is power steering)
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Intel486 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>http://www.85merk.com/movies/Neal_Massive_Burnout-s.mpg [/b]</blockquote>
that's scary!! did he have any brakes left after that?! JEEZ!!! and looking at the condition of the road, I wonder how many paint chips he ended up with in those lower rocker pannels behind the rear wheels!

oh, and for your information the correct term for that is "Powerbraking"........ holding the brake pedal and accelerator at the same time........ extremely hard on your car. It is better if you start in a puddle or the like, as mentioned here. I once got my blazer to do about 50 feet on wet pavement...... nice smoke/rubber smell to it..... :cool:
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Jngrbrdman [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I always thought that F-150s had positraction. [/b]</blockquote>
It is an option that will be listed on the original window sticker if the vehicle is so equiped. Besides that another critical option for low end vs. top end is the rear end gearing.
 
That was a great video! Would have been much better though if he would have just released his brakes when he was ready to take back off instead of letting of the throttle and then taking back off.
 
I've heard that a lot of people pour lamp oil on their tires to get them to smoke more durring burnouts. I'm sure it wrecks your tires, but like burnouts are very healthy for them anyway, right? ;)
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by 69-912 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>That was a great video! Would have been much better though if he would have just released his brakes when he was ready to take back off instead of letting of the throttle and then taking back off. [/b]</blockquote>
He sent me pics of the tires after he did the burnout. I'll have to see if I can find them. I do have to say that they probably wouldn't have been safe to take off on :P
 
Dont do brake stands. My friend at work always used to do them on his 2000 tundra V8. He blew out his rear end and drive shaft. Cost him 778 dollars to repair, toyota wouldn't cover it under warranty because it was obviously his fault.
 
I use to try to do them in drive. Like on a wet road stomp on it without hitting the breaks but I'd just end up doing a big peelout. I've figured out if I manually drop it down to 1st I can keep it going for a lot long.
 
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