Hellcat does epic burnout
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St. Jude Donor '05
I don't understand the fascination of burnouts. I think they are stupid. Other than for drag racers who want to warm up their tires, any other type of performance driving would suggest that you would NEVER want to see the tires burning rubber. Keeping the tires firmly planted on the ground should be the ultimate goal, not seeing them go up in smoke.
Ive done 2 in my life was a teenager all it does is strain the hell out of everything;even back then felt like a moron afterwards
A car that hooks and goes is impressive....beating up on a dyno queen even moreso.
have a friend whos in his 50s has totaled 3 cars all show winners back to back still does them! Wont buy drag radials to make it safer because "the treads dont match the front"....ugh
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I don't understand the fascination of burnouts. I think they are stupid. Other than for drag racers who want to warm up their tires, any other type of performance driving would suggest that you would NEVER want to see the tires burning rubber. Keeping the tires firmly planted on the ground should be the ultimate goal, not seeing them go up in smoke.
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Big clarification on the NHRA "ban" issue in today's Automotive News. It was never banned- that was just a Dodge promo spin. It needs a roll cage and other safety items just like any car that runs these times.
I saw it at the New York auto show and it's bad *** !!. Dodge also had a drag race simulator where you sat in a car and it did a wheelstands. You get three runs- crashed once, ran 10.2 on the second and redlighted the third.
I saw it at the New York auto show and it's bad *** !!. Dodge also had a drag race simulator where you sat in a car and it did a wheelstands. You get three runs- crashed once, ran 10.2 on the second and redlighted the third.
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I don't understand the fascination of burnouts. I think they are stupid. Other than for drag racers who want to warm up their tires, any other type of performance driving would suggest that you would NEVER want to see the tires burning rubber. Keeping the tires firmly planted on the ground should be the ultimate goal, not seeing them go up in smoke.
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Thankfully, I'm not one of them. But teenage dick measuring seems to be something you still engage in.
And as I suggested in my earlier post - the drag strip is maybe the only place where burnouts make sense - and even there, the goals are different. One is a childish display, the other is part of the process of heating the tires to achieve maximum grip on launch. I leave it to you to figure which is which.
I'll tell you what does impress me - well engineered and executed technology. Some examples - a Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer in an Iowa class battleship, ability to control from earth a spacecraft over 4 billion miles away, the divergent engine management systems in a top fuel dragster, a formula 1 car, and a road going car that deliver maximum durability and power for the few seconds, few hours, and potentially decades that each vehicle will require in its respective life time.
And as I suggested in my earlier post - the drag strip is maybe the only place where burnouts make sense - and even there, the goals are different. One is a childish display, the other is part of the process of heating the tires to achieve maximum grip on launch. I leave it to you to figure which is which.
I'll tell you what does impress me - well engineered and executed technology. Some examples - a Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer in an Iowa class battleship, ability to control from earth a spacecraft over 4 billion miles away, the divergent engine management systems in a top fuel dragster, a formula 1 car, and a road going car that deliver maximum durability and power for the few seconds, few hours, and potentially decades that each vehicle will require in its respective life time.
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In the C7 section there has been one or two that have lightly modified their Z06's and ran them at drag strips where they exceeded 130 miles per hour in the quarter mile. They were handed their time slips and told to leave. They could come back if they installed a roll bar and other safety equipment, but no one said they were willing to do that to their cars.
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You do have to admit it's pretty impressive how well the car launched and ran straight for the whole length. The driver was making some corrections for drift, but most true idiots would have lost it at some point and spun it or something. Speaks well for the chassis engineering.
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You do have to admit it's pretty impressive how well the car launched and ran straight for the whole length. The driver was making some corrections for drift, but most true idiots would have lost it at some point and spun it or something. Speaks well for the chassis engineering.
These guys are a little smarter. They decided low riders were a safer bet.
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[QUOTE=Randy G.;1594650323]In the C7 section there has been one or two that have lightly modified their Z06's and ran them at drag strips where they exceeded 130 miles per hour in the quarter mile.
Stock form Z06 with the A8 automatic trans and an experienced driver will hit high 10 second runs. Experienced driver is one who can launch with minimal wheel spin and help from the Z06 computer. Like Randy mentioned check out the C7 Z06 from the Forum and you will see all the drag race videos these guys post.
Stock form Z06 with the A8 automatic trans and an experienced driver will hit high 10 second runs. Experienced driver is one who can launch with minimal wheel spin and help from the Z06 computer. Like Randy mentioned check out the C7 Z06 from the Forum and you will see all the drag race videos these guys post.
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If doing a ferocious burnout is the teenage kind, mark me down as happy and guilty...I hope the hearse carrying me away can get some one wheel peel going....
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St. Jude Donor '05
Running burnout kinds are fun,walk away from like they are standing still.
Let em wave their dyno sheeet around on cruise night. woweee
Thos guys will never have a time slip their entire life
Let em wave their dyno sheeet around on cruise night. woweee
Thos guys will never have a time slip their entire life
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Some "get off" on the burnout thing. Not me. Plenty of over-powered cars that can't "hook up" -- proves nothing.