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Old 07-04-2003 | 11:20 PM
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i like to peel out alot, and i do it. is it bad for the transmission/rearend? if so, wich parts will be damaged? how much will it cost to fix them? which brand of parts r made to last?
Old 07-05-2003 | 02:15 AM
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Depending on the power you have, you might want a new rear end. Other that that. Try a set of 4.10's
Old 07-05-2003 | 11:58 AM
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so it only damages the rear end? no tranny? i drive a 2000 z28 a4. are 4.10 gears made for speed or power? i dont know alot about cars.
Old 07-05-2003 | 12:43 PM
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Tire spin is not too hard on parts. It is when you make power and have traction that you break stuff. If, while doing a burnout you run over a speed bump or something that causes "sudden" traction, you may start breaking things. But, as long as you are not having wheelhop or other such problems, you shouldn't hurt anything. Just my thoughts.
Old 07-05-2003 | 05:39 PM
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Nope just tires and rear brakes.(unless like said above you suddenly get traction when the tires are doing 100mph) You might want to look into a line lock! It will save your brakes and be more fun! Just stick with cheapo tires that dont have good traction and you should be fine!
Old 07-06-2003 | 02:06 PM
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4.10's with an auto is a bad idea. they give you more power but your gas mileage will REALLY suffer and as far as track times go you wont see as much improvement as you'll feel.
in regards to spinning tires: if they spin your not going to break anything. its when they hook that parts begin to break. so just stick with the stock tires and you should be fine
Old 07-06-2003 | 02:50 PM
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they spin and make smoke, but not as much as before. when i start peeling out, the back of the car will move to the left and stop, make smoke at 1st gear and suffer on the second. the rpm will go up to 4000rpm on the 1st gear and on second stay around 2k-2.5k. and wen i let go of the brakes the rpm will go up again and car will take off. i think the car is starting to thave problems.
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If you sitting in one spot, while doin' the burnout(power brake) it hurts your transmission. The act makes your tranny produce an awesome amount of heat, and is really hard on it.
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When your getting off the brakes and your RPM's go back up, thats your tranny shifting itself back into 1st.
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I wasn't considering "power braking" , just normal wheel spin...Power braking is real hard on parts.
Old 07-07-2003 | 11:32 PM
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a little secret for u...carry a little spray bottle of deisel fuel with u, put some on the ground when u wanna make lots of smoke with ur tires.....
Old 07-08-2003 | 02:01 PM
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does bleach work the same way?
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Oh yeah, bleach works too
Old 07-08-2003 | 10:56 PM
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ya but i think that deisel is slicker. get some of each and try it out and use which ever one give you the results u want...
Old 07-10-2003 | 02:58 PM
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i never knew powerbraking was bad what would u guys advise doing at the track then?
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Just smack the throttle open and hang on....just enough to get the tires warm and dry....



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