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Originally Posted by Korreck
You doing that with the foot brake? 
Bob I sent you a PM 
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Originally Posted by Korreck
What happens when you step on the brake. My wheels quit turning, don't yours? To do a 10 or 15 sec burnout like he said to do you need a line lock. Now ask me what that does. OK, I'll tell you. It locks the front two brakes and allows the rear wheels to spin.
What happens when you step on the brake. My wheels quit turning, don't yours? To do a 10 or 15 sec burnout like he said to do you need a line lock. Now ask me what that does. OK, I'll tell you. It locks the front two brakes and allows the rear wheels to spin.
Originally Posted by blackbelt
Maybe your misinformed.
A burnout while on the brakes is completly possible. Rear brakes make up for very little of braking so when you actually do hit brakes maybe 30% is rear and the front is 70% (don't know what it is precisley but probably near that.) Anyways the power of the car easily over comes rear brakes allowing a burnout no line lock needed. The trick is to know how to do it correctly, you can't let the clutch go and then slam on brakes you will just bog and look really stupid. You have to get on them just enough to not allow fronts to turn. Only down side is you are going to go through rear pads really fast. But your right misinformation on here make me want to
A burnout while on the brakes is completly possible. Rear brakes make up for very little of braking so when you actually do hit brakes maybe 30% is rear and the front is 70% (don't know what it is precisley but probably near that.) Anyways the power of the car easily over comes rear brakes allowing a burnout no line lock needed. The trick is to know how to do it correctly, you can't let the clutch go and then slam on brakes you will just bog and look really stupid. You have to get on them just enough to not allow fronts to turn. Only down side is you are going to go through rear pads really fast. But your right misinformation on here make me want to
I have seen people do burnouts without a line lock every time I go to the strip. In fact of all of the Z06s that I know of which regularly frequent my local track, NONE has a line lock, and they regularly do burnouts on drag radials. A member of my club with a '70 small block making way more power than I can hope to make and running low 11s threatening to hit 11 flat, on Hoosier slicks.....has no line lock.
I am one of the few people I know of who goes to the strip and actually has a line lock.
Last edited by '06 Quicksilver Z06; Apr 1, 2005 at 06:15 PM.
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Originally Posted by 3XBlack6spd
No line lock here...And I am pretty sure I can DO a burn out for how ever long I want On DR's.....And I don't thin k My car came with the line lock option!
It must have. After all, you cannot do a burnout without one.
Check the glove box option codes @Korreck, I have to say that there is nothing funnier than a know it all who doesn't. First the Vararam and now this. But hey, even a broken watch is right twice a day
Keep trying.
Last edited by '06 Quicksilver Z06; Apr 1, 2005 at 06:27 PM.
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Originally Posted by EB20003
@Korreck, I have to say that there is nothing funnier than a know it all who doesn't. First the Vararam and now this. But hey, even a broken watch is right twice a day
Keep trying.
In case you guys have not noticed.... "Korreck" is the resident idiot of the Corvette Forum. You can always count on him to make a complete azz out of himself every time he gives his "opinion". The fact that he claims to be an engineer makes it even funnier.
For those that have been in some of his more amusing threads ........ can you imagine how his offspring turned out.
Oh yeah, "Korreck" put me on his ignore list....... I guess I hit a bit to close to home.
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Well, as far as power braking is concerned, I know this can be done without a line lock since I used to do it all the time in high school (very easy to do with an auto tranny, but a bit tricky with a manual). However, I don't think I would want to do this in my C5 as she is my baby!
I have about 21,000 miles on my factory run flats. When they get down to the point where they need replacing I will probably take the car out to the drags and burn the tires down to the cords for fun!
I have about 21,000 miles on my factory run flats. When they get down to the point where they need replacing I will probably take the car out to the drags and burn the tires down to the cords for fun!
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Originally Posted by 90 droptop
In case you guys have not noticed.... "Korreck" is the resident idiot of the Corvette Forum. You can always count on him to make a complete azz out of himself every time he gives his "opinion". The fact that he claims to be an engineer makes it even funnier.
For those that have been in some of his more amusing threads ........ can you imagine how his offspring turned out.
Oh yeah, "Korreck" put me on his ignore list....... I guess I hit a bit to close to home.
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Originally Posted by Korreck
What happens when you step on the brake. My wheels quit turning, don't yours? To do a 10 or 15 sec burnout like he said to do you need a line lock. Now ask me what that does. OK, I'll tell you. It locks the front two brakes and allows the rear wheels to spin.
I'm going to turn this over to Mark (mwagne16) and go back to the drag forum where I belong.
Bob
I'm going to turn this over to Mark (mwagne16) and go back to the drag forum where I belong.
Bob
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Originally Posted by htredneck
korreck’s vette must be running on vinegar… my 85hp Honda Civic will spin the wheels w/ the brake depressed… my vette… well, no comment. Vinegar boy is due for an informational douche… I think korreck is really driving a three cylinder geo metro… that would explain the difficulty spinning the wheel… you know that weight distribution makes it awfully hard to spin those 13” wheels… and the brake bias is probably very significant w/ vehicles w/ under 80 rwhp… I feel your pain, korrek. I would race you for pink slips w/ my stock Caprice, but I have no room for your piece of sh*t in my driveway. I suspect after your lame, vaginal post I could spin the rear wheel on my ten speed easier than you could in your “hot rod”… and oddly enough, they don’t make line locks for my huffy.
Now that's funny......... Now pay attention guys, "Korreck" hangs out in the "Drag Race" section now. So he knows ALL about it. You would be wise to take his advice verbatim. 
More proof of Korrecks wisdom.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1550284568
Last edited by 90 droptop; Apr 2, 2005 at 10:04 AM.
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Originally Posted by Korreck
What you presented was a lot of bull. Run flats don't get sticky. You can't do a burnout holding your foot on the brake. And a 13 sec car can't do better than 1.90 even with DR's.
So much misinformation here it makes me want to
So much misinformation here it makes me want to
The first is obvious, about the burnout.
But the second
And a 13 sec car can't do better than 1.90 even with DR's.
This guy literally has no clue
I have a very good friend with a 1993 C4 who lays down 1.8x 60ft times like they are going out of style with Nitto DRs and has hit 1.7x on occasion, and I have never seen him break 13 seconds. He usually runs 13.1x.
In fact I have a slip in my hand right now where he ran against me and his nbrs were:
R/T .596
60' 1.785
330 5.315
1/8 8.327
MPH 81.08
1000 10.879
1/4 13.162
MPH 103.69
Last edited by '06 Quicksilver Z06; Apr 3, 2005 at 03:17 AM.
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Originally Posted by 90 droptop
Now that's funny......... Now pay attention guys, "Korreck" hangs out in the "Drag Race" section now. So he knows ALL about it. You would be wise to take his advice verbatim. More proof of Korrecks wisdom.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1550284568
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Originally Posted by JTE
Korreck, you better bring your money on April 23rd, because you are going to lose. 
Just curious, what kind of compression you running on your engine with that SC?
Last edited by Korreck; Apr 3, 2005 at 07:52 AM.
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Originally Posted by htredneck
korreck’s vette must be running on vinegar… my 85hp Honda Civic will spin the wheels w/ the brake depressed… my vette… well, no comment. Vinegar boy is due for an informational douche… I think korreck is really driving a three cylinder geo metro… that would explain the difficulty spinning the wheel… you know that weight distribution makes it awfully hard to spin those 13” wheels… and the brake bias is probably very significant w/ vehicles w/ under 80 rwhp… I feel your pain, korrek. I would race you for pink slips w/ my stock Caprice, but I have no room for your piece of sh*t in my driveway. I suspect after your lame, vaginal post I could spin the rear wheel on my ten speed easier than you could in your “hot rod”… and oddly enough, they don’t make line locks for my huffy.
