hi i have a 95 civic with a d16 with 250whp and 240wtq
i have 2.9 dss axles and snaped my passanger side one last weekend. now dss went good for it thank you dss. but now i am worried about snapping another one. i thought with only 250whp and they are good for 475whp i thought i would never snap one. i have skunk2 pro c suspension lake wood tracktion bars bfg drag raidals lsd. shouldnt the tires break free before snaping a axle.
so i know you are supose to pre load the car but how should i do my burn outs they do not allow drag radials in the water box. any tip or trick so i dont break another axle would be great.

 

Real simple answer to that pre load your clutch when launching the car I've seen 500whp on stock axles doing just fine. Just search pre load to figure out how to do it.

 

right i try my best to do that but i am worried that my burn outs are stressing the axles when i do my dry burn out i cant really get them to spin i just drag my rear tires.
also i would think the drives side axle would snap first seeing how its a lot longer then the passenger side.

 

Before I learned how to preload the clutch I snapped a couple axles and they were all passanger side and all aftermarket axles. As far as the burnout goes I've never heard a track telling drag radial they cant use the water box. I hear street tires aren't allowed to I haven't really dealt with that issue I've been on slick the last 4 years.

 

how low is your car?

 

i have the skunk2 pro c and they are at there higest point so i think it droped the car around 2inched + - half inch

 

Wow, no DR's in the water box? I would check and see if they are letting the RWD cars on DR's hit the water box. Not saying they are biased, but it has happened at a local track here in Iowa also. Had to tell the water guy to spray the box. Really irritating. This was when I was helping a buddy with his hatch running low 7.0x in the 1/8th (on slicks). Makes for some serious stress on the cars that are just on the edge of really being able to power through a burnout.

Mike

 

What mounts are you using?drag raidals are hard on your drivetrain.

 

yeah i got to thinking and i think they are leting the rwd guys with dr go in the water so when i get my car up and runing i am going to bring it up the more i think about it when i went thought tech he was like yea street tires cant go thought the water box so i was like will dr are alowed on the streets so i was like w/e but now i am thinking he may have not know that they were dr not just regular street tires if i can go though the water do you think i would pick up to much water with the bfg?

 

ran those tires did burn outs all day long in water and it hooked up just fine afterwards....dam not preloading killing a trans....

 

i have a engine dampener right now with stock mounts but i have been waiting 3 weeks for my inovative mounts a little to late i wish they would come in before i head back out to the track i dont know what is taking so long to get them

 

You should not have a problem with it. They have less grooves and sipes than the older design BFG DR's. And those do fine on the strip.

 

i am preloading but i dont think i am doing it enough i built this car over the winter never raced befor have only been to the track 4 or 5 weekends now still have a lot of learning to do

 

I ran all motor crv-tec with b16 trans stock mount exedy 3 puck... that thing was a axle snapping machine untill I learned preloading.

 

i hear you i am trying my best but have no one to show me what to do so its all trial and error i am the only import everyone else at my track it a v8 with a auto they always have a joke about my car every sunday but when i get it down and start beating them it will be so great

 

just hit first staging light slowly creep to second one as you it second one pull e brake up and keep the clutch where it is when light goes third yellows lit slide clutch out I stress slide clutch out and go.

 

i get the theory now i just have to not get to excided and pop the clutch but i am trying