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the day I feel to proper to do a burnout, I will sell my Vette! Common sense, dignity and a cute awareness of public safety are a must, but still... I have s long private drive and at age 56 I do Brodie's, j- turns and power slides everyday all winter long! Burnouts & power slides in the summer in the Vette. I did sell my sport bikes after I would no longer ride them as they were intended, but 20 years of motocross racing and the resultant injuries, aches and pains finally caught me!
the day I feel too proper to do a burnout, I will sell my Vette! Common sense, dignity and a cute awareness of public safety are a must, but still... I have s long private drive and at age 56 I do Brodie's, j- turns and power slides everyday all winter long! Burnouts & power slides in the summer in the Vette. I did sell my sport bikes after I would no longer ride them as they were intended, but 20 years of motocross racing and the resultant injuries, aches and pains finally caught me!
Sort of. I would let the clutch out lightly to take the slop out of the drive line then as you dump the clutch push the accelerator to the floor to get the tires spinning (depending on HP level) and adjust from there.
No, no, no, you're both wrong.
Push in the clutch, put your right heel on the brake pedal and hold it down, twist your right foot and put your toes on the gas pedal, rev the engine, dump the clutch, floor the gas while at the same time moving your left foot from the clutch to the brake pedal, hold the brake pedal hard with your left foot and the gas pedal floored with your right foot. Then you can do a burnout as long as you want. Here's me circa 1978 doing it in my brother-in-laws 76 six cylinder, three speed manual truck (picture taken by my future husband). The smoke show lasted over a minute until I let of the gas and pushed the clutch back in. Was there ever a lot of smoke!
I even did brake torques this way in my sister's 4 cylinder manual trans 76 Chevette.
I suppose burnouts are cool and all, showing off, but quite often it ends up in a ditch. For me, I spent too much time and money into my car to abuse it in any way. I respect my Corvette and my Harley too much to beat the crap out of it. I had a friend who says thats what Corvettes and Harleys are for,.....I disagree, I own my cars to enjoy and treat right, and the joy of what they are, looking at them, driving them, but not beat them to show off and attempt some silly attempt at proving how tough I am or how cool I am to some bystander.
But, that's me. If you want to beat on your, don't be surprised if it lets you down later, if you don't lose control of it in the process.
Last edited by Shovels and Vettes; Jul 14, 2017 at 05:43 PM.
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I like to beat on my vette. That's why I spent all the $$$ on it. Otherwise, I would have left it stock and puttered around at 3000 rpm max. But thats my logic.
As for burnout technique, rev to 3500, pop clutch and press gas pedal to keep revs up and tires spinning. Its not rocket science.
Push in the clutch, put your right heel on the brake pedal and hold it down, twist your right foot and put your toes on the gas pedal, rev the engine, dump the clutch, floor the gas while at the same time moving your left foot from the clutch to the brake pedal, hold the brake pedal hard with your left foot and the gas pedal floored with your right foot. Then you can do a burnout as long as you want. Here's me circa 1978 doing it in my brother-in-laws 76 six cylinder, three speed manual truck (picture taken by my future husband). The smoke show lasted over a minute until I let of the gas and pushed the clutch back in. Was there ever a lot of smoke!
I even did brake torques this way in my sister's 4 cylinder manual trans 76 Chevette.
Those vehicles have drum brakes not disc brakes, also likely no positrac
I like to beat on my vette. That's why I spent all the $$$ on it. Otherwise, I would have left it stock and puttered around at 3000 rpm max. But thats my logic.
As for burnout technique, rev to 3500, pop clutch and press gas pedal to keep revs up and tires spinning. Its not rocket science.
Tend to agree. The corvette is more than capable of handling some fun. Not having a little fun every now and again is akin to having one of those jacked 4x4 pickups and never leaving pavement.
Those vehicles have drum brakes not disc brakes, also likely no positrac
I did it in my 70 Torino manual trans car too and it did have a limited slip rearend. It couldn't do a brake torque back when it had the automatic trans, no limited slip rear end and the same motor. I have no doubt it would work in a car with rear disks as well - brake torques work far better with a manual trans than an automatic. If you can do it in a 76 Chevette with a 4 cylinder you most certainly can do it in a Corvette with a V8.
I did it in my 70 Torino manual trans car too and it did have a limited slip rearend. It couldn't do a brake torque back when it had the automatic trans, no limited slip rear end and the same motor. I have no doubt it would work in a car with rear disks as well - brake torques work far better with a manual trans than an automatic. If you can do it in a 76 Chevette with a 4 cylinder you most certainly can do it in a Corvette with a V8.
70 Torino, again drum brakes. Drum brakes offer far less resistance to turning vs the disc brake. That's pretty much why we all use disc brakes these days. No fading, not affected by water, LOTS more braking power.
Yes you can power brake a Corvette assuming enough power. Do it for a full minute then go check your rear discs. Bet you won't want to do it again.
If you want to do prolonged burnouts the best option is a line lock. Keeps the front brakes applied and releases the rear brakes when you release the brake.
70 Torino, again drum brakes. Drum brakes offer far less resistance to turning vs the disc brake. That's pretty much why we all use disc brakes these days. No fading, not affected by water, LOTS more braking power.
Yes you can power brake a Corvette assuming enough power. Do it for a full minute then go check your rear discs. Bet you won't want to do it again.
If you want to do prolonged burnouts the best option is a line lock. Keeps the front brakes applied and releases the rear brakes when you release the brake.
I don't buy your claim that drum brakes offer "far" less resistance to turning than disk brakes. Less perhaps, but not "far" less. A drum brake car will stop a car just as effectively as disk brakes. The difference is that disk brakes don't fade as much with repeated hard stops.
Mine for 30 years wouldn't break the tires free without revving it up with foot on brakes .But when it shifted into 3rd it would bark them . Now that i found a guy that knows how to tune a engine and i have made a few changes it will smoke them from idle with a 1976 350 auto. Had the work done 3 weeks ago and have only done it once . Years ago i blew both half shafts off the wheels and now that i have it where i want it i am afraid to stomp on it because i don't want to break anything . And i live in the country and in the last 2 years they have redone the roads so there nice and smooth just have to watch for deer and turkey . I actually amaze myself when i drive 15 miles to town and don't go over 60 .
If it breaks in a burnout you didn't build it right.
Don,t know what the build did but I twisted the shafts and blew open the part of the shaft that holds the u-joints on both the wheel side half shafts .
then that stuff was ready to go. Time to upgrade to better parts. A proper burnout shouldn't break stuff. Shock the tires to break them loose and let it roll out spinning.
I can roast them @ 55.
