New Yorker burnout
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71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
Its a shame people enjoy their own stuff isn't it?Write down that number plate, do not buy this car if it comes up for sale
Their car to do as they please, but I wouldn't buy a car that's been used in this way. And yes, I fully expected the reaction and the red X, each to their own.
Burnouts have their place . . . on the starting line at drag strips. Have you ever looked at the asphalt surface after a car does a burnout? If the car sat still, there's a slight "hole" in the surface where the components of the surface "have left". Not just the solidified liquid components, but also the "crushed rock" components. Think "shrapnel" flying at 40mph rearward! Think about this the next time you see somebody doing a burnout NOT in the "burnout box" at a drag strip!
So what if a car can do a giant smokey burnout? Indications of massive power? Anybody ever done any testing as to atf temps afterward? Rear axle lube temps? Used a heat gun to check f/r tire temp comparisons? Probably not, too busy cheering and hollering.
In the 1960s, it was about seeing who could lay the longest stripes on the pavement. Better if you could do it with TWO stripes. A high school friend had a '64 Polara 318. He laid a lot of "stripes" with the car, for about 2 weeks. His trick was to punch R to roll the car rearward about a foot, then punch D as he floored it. Instant wheelspin for as long as he wanted to keep his foot down! Having seen that with my own eyes, even that little 318 2bbl could do it.
After the transmission shelled, the car went somewhere else. Another friend's "claim to fame" was how many "built" TorqueFlites he had shelled on cruise-in parking lots. BTAIM
What an owner does with their car is their business, for sure. BUT IF I'm looking for a really nice pristine car from an older person, just be aware that their grandkid might have "showed-off" with that car. Once or twice is no big deal, but also look at the rear wheelhouses and outer trunk floor area for accumulated rubber that is not undercoating. Buyer Beware.
Enjoy!
CBODY67
So what if a car can do a giant smokey burnout? Indications of massive power? Anybody ever done any testing as to atf temps afterward? Rear axle lube temps? Used a heat gun to check f/r tire temp comparisons? Probably not, too busy cheering and hollering.
In the 1960s, it was about seeing who could lay the longest stripes on the pavement. Better if you could do it with TWO stripes. A high school friend had a '64 Polara 318. He laid a lot of "stripes" with the car, for about 2 weeks. His trick was to punch R to roll the car rearward about a foot, then punch D as he floored it. Instant wheelspin for as long as he wanted to keep his foot down! Having seen that with my own eyes, even that little 318 2bbl could do it.
After the transmission shelled, the car went somewhere else. Another friend's "claim to fame" was how many "built" TorqueFlites he had shelled on cruise-in parking lots. BTAIM
What an owner does with their car is their business, for sure. BUT IF I'm looking for a really nice pristine car from an older person, just be aware that their grandkid might have "showed-off" with that car. Once or twice is no big deal, but also look at the rear wheelhouses and outer trunk floor area for accumulated rubber that is not undercoating. Buyer Beware.
Enjoy!
CBODY67
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Yesterday I spent a grand on new tires which is relatively cheap these days.
You wanna leave a few bucks embedded in the road? Be my guest.
You wanna leave a few bucks embedded in the road? Be my guest.
RemCharger
Active Member
That was great. Can now confirm they aren't dead yet
I have owned a dozen cars in 40 years --- specifically built to smoke tires/make noise/raise hell. Still have 5 cars and a truck like that today -- all supremely capable, fun vehicles to drive. And, I still will smoke a tire/fracture a law on occasion.
but the older I got, with a corresponding ability to acquire and break stuff and be able to pay somebody to fix it, the LESS likely burnouts were in my driving repertoire. The more I could do it, the less showing off - in my case - I was/am inclined to do so.
Nowadays, I hear 'em calling me names/see 'em flipping me off. I don't care
Its been said above and I have too in other contexts.
People can do what they want with their stuff. Burn rubber till the tires come off. As long as they dont compromise others/innocent bystander safety (not always the case, unfortunately), they can "knock themselves out" .. so to speak.
Cases in point for sh*** & giggles: some burnouts (five minutes) gone bad. Near as I can tell, thankfully, only cars & egos and & wallets were casualties.
but the older I got, with a corresponding ability to acquire and break stuff and be able to pay somebody to fix it, the LESS likely burnouts were in my driving repertoire. The more I could do it, the less showing off - in my case - I was/am inclined to do so.
Nowadays, I hear 'em calling me names/see 'em flipping me off. I don't care
Its been said above and I have too in other contexts.
People can do what they want with their stuff. Burn rubber till the tires come off. As long as they dont compromise others/innocent bystander safety (not always the case, unfortunately), they can "knock themselves out" .. so to speak.
Cases in point for sh*** & giggles: some burnouts (five minutes) gone bad. Near as I can tell, thankfully, only cars & egos and & wallets were casualties.
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
What makes me cringe now is seeing an open 1 leg burnout...now that I know the carnage a few to many of those will do to the carrier.
Explain to me again how a transmission blows up?
Owen11x
Well-Known Member
I'll tell ya foot flat to the floor in 1st and shifting a 727 to 2nd without lifting off the throttle scrambles the internals lol I've junked several. That being said I have 4 kids all under 10... when they want burnouts. I deliver. From my cars to my daily driver truck or my Honda civic 5speed work beater... melt them tires for the kids.
carguy300
Well-Known Member
I love watchin burnouts gone bad! Its amazing that some many people with so much horsepower never seem to know when to get off the gas!! My 2013 SRT Challenger did all the burnouts I could stand! I just hate when some people go until they blow up the tires and tear off the rear quarters off!To me that makes no since, but to each his own once again!
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