I had a conversation with a classic GTO owner that is pretty into doing recreational burnouts. He says what he does is back the rear brakes off a couple notches. This way he can lock up the front, get the burn started and then slightly let off the brakes to allow the car to crawl forward a bit (he says the new pavment produces better smoke)
Now I know what terrible things burn outs do to regular street tires - the heat from the friction that is melting the surface rubber is also causing a chemical reaction in the remaining tread - forever making it harder and less traction... but I have seen a video of a new GTO doing a pretty good burnout... it has the nice slow "crawl", then suddenly lurches forward.
The guy must have done something to the rear brakes to get this effect, what?
---Larry
Now I know what terrible things burn outs do to regular street tires - the heat from the friction that is melting the surface rubber is also causing a chemical reaction in the remaining tread - forever making it harder and less traction... but I have seen a video of a new GTO doing a pretty good burnout... it has the nice slow "crawl", then suddenly lurches forward.
The guy must have done something to the rear brakes to get this effect, what?
---Larry