DRAG BURNOUTS & LSD'S*a must read* - Page 2

AUTickford · 16-07-2007, 03:37 PM

Haha a burn,what the hell is a burn i have never heard that.Over here in the west they are still called burnouts and that is what they are.A burn is what the fire brigade do to prevent bushfires

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Casper · 16-07-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AUTickford

Haha a burn,what the hell is a burn i have never heard that.Over here in the west they are still called burnouts and that is what they are.A burn is what the fire brigade do to prevent bushfires

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Which is exactly what happened at DECA when bits of the flying clutch from hell ended up in long, dry grass.. a serious BURN. Fire extinguishers HO!!!

RavenLS1 · 16-07-2007, 04:00 PM

how about if you have a KAAZ lsd fited?

347_XR8 · 16-07-2007, 05:55 PM

I know one tip Craig gave me at the fordforums drag day in May last year (I think) was to angle my rear viwe mirrors down. Therefore you can see if your smoking both wheels or just one-wheel-pegging.

Rock ape · 16-07-2007, 06:33 PM

Start a burnout in 2nd , never thought of that.

Slow Ute · 16-07-2007, 09:43 PM

very interesting read, never thought about that before.

does a LSD help when drag racing? my ute has a single and im looking at upgrading to a lsd. it has seen the track a few times, and will probably go a few more. bit of a shock that a standard hilux V6 can run a 14.9.

XR8-260 · 29-07-2007, 02:49 AM

I've never done a burnout in my life and am too scared to try especially after reading Chris's post :hihi:.

A teenager who drives an XR8 who doesn't do burnouts? What is the world coming to?

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rodderz · 29-07-2007, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Which is exactly what happened at DECA when bits of the flying clutch from hell ended up in long, dry grass.. a serious BURN. Fire extinguishers HO!!!

Hell yeah, the giveaway was when the engine was near redlining and the car was surrounded in smoke yet no back tyres were turning!

Couple of people copped said bits of clutch on foot too, luckily no injuries

And yes, luckily I saw they burning grass otherwise that whole paddock would of been ablaze!

TruBlu351 · 30-07-2007, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig@ACE

too many people THINK they are doing a burnout but are in fact just sitting there spinning there clutch.
Cheers Craig

A little tooooo late for these guys!!! Check out those rear wheels......doing nothing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nl3_3WF-uE

This guy is a rocket scientist!! "Smokin' on the engine" LMAO ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1z_RUIGz3k

This one takes the cake. I dry rench just looking at that smoke like I can taste it......clutch smoke stinks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJFLbTeQ3U

TruBlu351 · 30-07-2007, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig@ACE

Manuals are easier to do burnouts IMO, have the car in 2nd gear, rev it up to around 3 - 4000 rpm, drop the clutch, the wheels will spin and then move you left foot over to the brake pedal

Good post on the LSD's. I've gone the detroit locker route to do away with burnt out clutch packs......admitedly, an earlier model car.

I'm still trying to master this staging burnout! I'm running 28" Hoosiers.....I hear they are made from a synthetic rubber? Do these things just not smoke very much?

I'll pop it in 2nd and spin it to 7000 and still not generate much smoke (71mph/114kph). I've tried 3rd once....it spins up OK, but I don't want to strain the driveline too much.....still not much smoke :( (106mph/170kph).

It still spins a tad off the line...not much...which could be more of a tuning setup thing which I'll work on. Would be nice to fire an infrared gun at them to check temps.

**Bluepower** · 30-07-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RAVEN81

how about if you have a KAAZ lsd fited?

The same is true for the KAAZ, however they will stand up to much more punishment - they really have their own set of rules.............

**Bluepower** · 30-07-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by TruBlu351

Good post on the LSD's. I've gone the detroit locker route to do away with burnt out clutch packs......admitedly, an earlier model car.

I'm still trying to master this staging burnout! I'm running 28" Hoosiers.....I hear they are made from a synthetic rubber? Do these things just not smoke very much?

I'll pop it in 2nd and spin it to 7000 and still not generate much smoke (71mph/114kph). I've tried 3rd once....it spins up OK, but I don't want to strain the driveline too much.....still not much smoke :( (106mph/170kph).

It still spins a tad off the line...not much...which could be more of a tuning setup thing which I'll work on. Would be nice to fire an infrared gun at them to check temps.

Which compound Hoosier??

TruBlu351 · 30-07-2007, 05:14 PM

C07 (middle of the range). 28.0/10.5-15 stiff sidewall version for manuals.

**Bluepower** · 31-07-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TruBlu351

C07 (middle of the range). 28.0/10.5-15 stiff sidewall version for manuals.

They reckon these tyres, like the phoenix slicks dont need a big burn.

FPV8U · 31-07-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig@ACE

Manuals are easier to do burnouts IMO, have the car in 2nd gear, rev it up to around 3 - 4000 rpm, drop the clutch, the wheels will spin and then move you left foot over to the brake pedal, then it's very very important in a manual to either watch your speedo or angle your mirrors at the back wheels to make sure that the tyres are turning, too many people THINK they are doing a burnout but are in fact just sitting there spinning there clutch.

I took this exact advise off craig the first time i was at the drags, not only does it work well, it's alot of fun thats for sure.

Sounds strange that they cannot tell the rears arn't spinning, the second i pop the clutch i can tell what the back end is doing, not to mention the smoke...

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FPV8U · 31-07-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 3

I've never done a burnout in my life and am too scared to try especially after reading Chris's post :hihi:.

A teenager who drives an XR8 who doesn't do burnouts? What is the world coming to?

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I don't either mate, only at the track and i try to keep them small, but sometimes it gets the better of me

Tiapan · 10-08-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Which is exactly what happened at DECA when bits of the flying clutch from hell ended up in long, dry grass.. a serious BURN. Fire extinguishers HO!!!

hahaha love the 'HO!!!' reminds me of american sitcom, ROFL

Tiapan · 10-08-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TruBlu351

A little tooooo late for these guys!!! Check out those rear wheels......doing nothing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nl3_3WF-uE

This guy is a rocket scientist!! "Smokin' on the engine" LMAO ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1z_RUIGz3k

This one takes the cake. I dry rench just looking at that smoke like I can taste it......clutch smoke stinks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJFLbTeQ3U

bahahhahaha!!!! s..stop!

Tiapan · 10-08-2007, 01:22 PM

'smokin on the engine' OMG im crying!! read the comments!!

XR8-260 · 18-08-2007, 05:02 PM

Just wondering... what are the signs of a worn/stuffed LSD?

nugget378 · 20-08-2007, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 3

Just wondering... what are the signs of a worn/stuffed LSD?

First sign in mine,was spinning only one wheel,somethimes changing back and spinning both,but doing this totally randomly..

Sledgehammer · 27-08-2007, 10:52 AM

Good advise Chris.