i just did one, and smoke started coming out of the engine for a couple min. it definately does not look like the tires. any input?

 

what do you mean? Did you do a burn out and then shift into 2nd. Were your tires moving? or did you just smoke your clutch?

 

Sounds like clutch smoke, but for future reference a properly done burnout is in second gear. Drive to end of waterbox(don't burn out IN the water), lock e-brake, rev to 5 or 6 and dump the clutch in second. Modulate the throttle and when the car starts to roll forward all at once release the e-brake let off the throttle and step on the clutch.

 

Smoking clutch.

 

Sounds like it. Keep it up and your clutch and maybe flywheel will be gone before you know it

 

 

JUP that be yo clutch

 

 

Exactly, boggles my mind how people drop ridiculous amounts of cash into a car and then break the **** outta it for no particular reason by abusing it.

 

actually, i was practicing warming up the tires for the track.


[Modified by gsR-T mode, 12:52 AM 7/22/2002]

 

How do you define a "properly done burnout"? And why do you say that it should be done in 2nd gear?

 

My guess is so you dont run the chance of bouncing off your rev-limiter, but dont know. I dont do burnouts, my best runs have been avoided that wet crap they lay on the burnout spot. That stuff is not meant for street tires.

 

Sounds like a receipe for massive wheel hop!

 

Unless you are using racing compound tires, "Warming up" the tires does nothing other than make smoke and drop a thousand miles or so worth of wear off of your tires.

Racing compounds need to be warmed up in order to obtain their "stickiness" for a good launch off of the line. These type of tires are also designed so that the sidewalls will wrinkle during launch. Some race tires are inflated with air treated by a special dryer to remove excess moisture, which results in better tire pressure control.

So all of that is to say, if you are running street tires, it is just a waste of money to do a burn out before you hit the christmas tree and stage.

As far as the smoke coming from the engine compartment, you more than likely you smoked the clutch. I would take a good look at your flywheel at the minimum now. And as long as you have that area open, look at the pressure plate and disc. That could have very easily developed cold spots on the fly wheel and/or pressure plate, which meens less of the good friction surface active for transferring power.

 

[QUOTE]Unless you are using racing compound tires, "Warming up" the tires does nothing other than make smoke and drop a thousand miles or so worth of wear off of your tires.

Racing compounds need to be warmed up in order to obtain their "stickiness" for a good launch off of the line. These type of tires are also designed so that the sidewalls will wrinkle during launch. Some race tires are inflated with air treated by a special dryer to remove excess moisture, which results in better tire pressure control.

So all of that is to say, if you are running street tires, it is just a waste of money to do a burn out before you hit the christmas tree and stage.

/QUOTE] Now THIS is a good response! Great advice

-Rage

 

fyi, i was using drag radials.

 

I've had this discussion before & I still have a problem digesting the fact that warmer rubber is not stickier. I realize that with a street tire, you can overheat them & they get greasy, but the temp at which they become greasy would depend on the individual tire. Warmer=stickier=better launch, up until the point at which they become greasy.