Not using water on DR's is a good way to smoke a clutch, esp. in a Vette with its tall rear gears.
DR's have a much stickier compound than normal tires.
peace
Hog

 

damn am i the only one that put the trans in 3rd and slams the gas til i am turning about 6000 n drive then let off the brakes and walk it to the line

 

F8L,

Any tips on doing a burnout with a Vette? My pops is having a tough time getting it done right with his Z.

I can go over to the Vette forums but, I thought I would just check.

Thanks.

 

I had an auto and 3:15 gears :p

I've owned DRs since the first came out as daily drivers on 2 of my cars. i'm familiar with em on auto equipt cars.

 

Ahh, gotcha. That's cool. Thanks anyways.

 

Since I didnt own a stick I cant give you advice on doing a proper burnout with one bro. I would hit up corvetteforum.com and check with them. A lot of people have a hard time doing a proper burnout with a manual, especially the vettes for some reason (the short shifter?).

My problem stemmed form the computer sensing "abuse" and it would drop timing to the point I couldnt continue the burnout. Even using the water box only helped marginally and I could only get about a 4sec burnout which wasnt enough to get my particular DRs sticky but was enough for the C5 since I was nearly stock. The same rim/tire on my T/A didnt need water and never seemed like it had an issue spinning em, especially with a 4400 stall, 3:73s and plenty of power. *shrug*

 

Is there any point in me even doing a burnout when I am going to be launching in 4hi?

 

 

just rember u have to get u'r tire speed up when doing the burn out

 

This is true. Using a 325/50/15 on 15x10" rims, I back into the water, turn the tires once in the water, pull forward and then I will start the burn out in 1st, let the trans shift into 2nd, then as soon as the trans shifts into 3rd I let off and pull forward. Letting off at a low rpm in 3rd IMO puts less stress on the drivetrain when doing a burnout.
Winding out a short gear in 1st gear isnt spinning quick enough IMO. I really had to get the BFG DR's hot for them to work 100%.

Iw as running 4.10's iwth the 3.06:1 1st gear for a 12.4:1 final drive ratio with the 28" 325/50/15 DR's. The truck runs 2.0 60ft's on the 2500rpm S-10 stall converter.

peace
Hog