call me ignorant, but I thought that a burnout would hurt ETs on radials..... they're designed to run cool???
Anyways.... I don't get these guy that stand on the brake pedal either. Unless you have a line lock, you're wasting your brakes, delivering a ton of heat to the axle bearings and i'm sure that you're going to crack your rotors all to heck too... Anybody know how much of a PITA it is to install a line lock?

 

I don't do my burnout in the water. I slowly roll through it and it's all gone once I heat them up. Burning out at launch is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I've got my rims on order 17x9 bullitts ($119 each) and should have my tires soon as well. Tomorrow, I get my 4.10's installed, custom tune on the dyno!
I don't know about line lock as I've seen floating around here lately. $300+ dollars just for the kit? I couldn't imagine my wife driving the car and accidentally hitting the line lock while driving. Another dog house possibility!

 

Never heard of line lock. What is it? :scratch:

 

they lock up just the front tires by the press of a button.
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/index.php?sh...94&hl=line+lock
http://secure-order-area.net/paulshp/cgi-b...d=9479655_15452

 

how it works is that it allows you to apply brake pressure only to the front rotors so that you can do a burn out w/o damaging anything in the rear..... you roll up to the staging line, pump up your brakes, hit the line lock, and it holds the pressure on the front. Then you take your foot off the pedal to relieve the rear brake pressure and go hog wild on the burnout...... this way, you'll have something left to stop you at the end of a 150mph run through the traps.

 

Hey thanks for the info guys. I try not to do burnouts or "D's", but it's hard to get over the temptation.

 

like I said... I don't think it helps your ETs with street radials anyways.... you'd have to get a drag radial or slicks..... just drop the tire pressure to 22 psi or so and launch at about 3500... learn to slip the clutch for the best times.
clening the tires is pretty fun, however.... I had 3.73s in my '98 and when I bought my new tires and wheels I wanted to put the old ones on the back, roll through a puddle of bleach water (that really really really makes a lot of smoke) and just rip them down to the belts..... but I didn't want to clean the rubber off the car afterwards, and I never did get any kind of burnout gaurd.... give me the change again, however.....