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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:06 AM
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Last night about 15 mins before I got off work, me and a friend of mine decided that we would do some burn-outs in the empty parking lot. I told him that this would only be my second time because the first one I did was from another parking lot on my other job. Anyway to make the story short- I tried a few times and I could not get the tires to spin long enough to even produce a small pile of smoke. Traction control off, my foot on the brake lightly while pressing on the gas pedal and releasing my foot off the brake. I mean the tires would spin for maybe a few seconds then it would catch traction and blast me off. THe parking we were at was asphalt but it's not black anymore more like grayish because it is old, and it has a lot of loose gravel, could that may have been a factor because the asphalt has little or no tar? Or am I doing my technique wrong?
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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press brake longer and harder.
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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Get a six speed and gears!!!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by slverc5
and it has a lot of loose gravel
Watch out for paint chips with loose gravel
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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press brake longer and harder.
I tried this but I was a little hesitant, it felt like the engine was bogging down, but will try it again as soon as chance is available.
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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Watch out for paint chips with loose gravel
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by lpabsolute
Watch out for paint chips with loose gravel
He's beating the hell out of his entire drivetrain and you're warning him of paint chips I love it
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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He's beating the hell out of his entire drivetrain and you're warning him of paint chips I love it
a burnout never hurt anyone or anything. LONG LIVE THE BURNOUT....... drive that thing like it was built to be driven.
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Originally Posted by Fuelie driver
Get a six speed and gears!!!!!
they will do killer burnouts. PS.( get a linelock)

Last edited by binkysgarage; Aug 1, 2005 at 12:44 PM.
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Week before last washing the daughters car (being a good dad), two teenage boys were doing burnouts in the water pooling outside the wash bays. Not too bright on one kid, standing to the side of the drivers pickup, holding it in place, but they were doing awesome burnouts! Little S10 pickup, Extreme series, but they would just sit there power standing, burning off the tires. Just an observation.
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some bleach in a water puddle will make MASSIVE amounts of smoke.

MASSIVE!!
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dont let off the brake until you see smoke!
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Originally Posted by boatboatboat
press brake longer and harder.


you probably also have the 273 rear-end in your car which does not help, but with enough gas can still be done
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turn your front wheels to a sharp angle.
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you probably also have the 273 rear-end in your car which does not help, but with enough gas can still be done
I have 3.15's and plans to upgrade to 3.42's next year. and most of you have assumed, it is an A4.
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by boatboatboat
a burnout never hurt anyone or anything. LONG LIVE THE BURNOUT....... drive that thing like it was built to be driven.
Amen to that.
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