Burnouts
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Burnouts
all you with the a4's, what is your method of burnout, i have an ongoing despute with a person who swears that neutral droping does less harm to a car than a brake torque, i dissagree but the burnouts are way better1
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neutral dropping is hard on the tranny becasue there is a sudden jolt of power, instead of being gradually brought up like power brakeing, which isn't great for a car but not horrendously bad either.
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Originally posted by 94BlackBowtie
Neutral dropping = Broken U-Joints = Call a tow truck.
Brake Torquing = Change rear brake pads every so often...
Neutral dropping = Broken U-Joints = Call a tow truck.
Brake Torquing = Change rear brake pads every so often...
Brake Torquing is the generally accepted way of doing a burnout in an automatic transmission car.
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Don't do that neutral droping it is bad.
Our little stock 4E60L and TH700R4 can't take that kind of abuse.
The torque breaking isn't that grat for a stock trans eather it causes a lot of slippage in the torqure converter and clutch disks that makes a lot of heat.
You have a 3.8 doing N drops won't break a U-joint or break the sun gear it will slowly go to all to hell on you and you will have to find a nother one and pay for it.
Our little stock 4E60L and TH700R4 can't take that kind of abuse.
The torque breaking isn't that grat for a stock trans eather it causes a lot of slippage in the torqure converter and clutch disks that makes a lot of heat.
You have a 3.8 doing N drops won't break a U-joint or break the sun gear it will slowly go to all to hell on you and you will have to find a nother one and pay for it.
Last edited by oil pan 4; Oct 29, 2002 at 06:39 PM.
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Sure! Go ahead and drop from neutral!.............if you want a new tranny.....My friend Adam did that (drop from N) and he's now on a new tranny. Needless to say that his pops wasn't too happy when Adam tried to explain why his tranny blew at only 30k miles.
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Originally posted by 94TeALFiReBiRd
im the reason not to to a n drop i did a 4 or 5 grand one one time and i broke the 2 piece drivesahft right in halF!!!! $600!!
im the reason not to to a n drop i did a 4 or 5 grand one one time and i broke the 2 piece drivesahft right in halF!!!! $600!!
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From: bay area, ca, united states
k i know that burnouts are bad on the tranny either way, but what will be the safest way to burnout, i know that not doing it would be, but im a teenager boy, and of course i have to show off. is there anything i could buy to have safe ones??
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the best way to do a safe burnout in an auto is to have enough power to be able to just plant the gas and roast the tires, or if you had a line lock that would be fine on the car. just plain brake torquing isnt that bad, it will take a while until you need a new set of pads
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Originally posted by oil pan 4
Did you say line lock?
There cool as hell but no one uses them any more.
Did you say line lock?
There cool as hell but no one uses them any more.
Ummmm......I do, and so does everyone else that wants a good consistent burnout at the track.
Line lock is the way to go, you won't be changing brake pads either. Just don't hold it for too long cause you could damage the solenoid.