Hey, I have an '89 IROC-Z 350 TPI. Now that that's out of the way, I was just wondering what it is I need to do a burnout w/out cooking my rear disc breaks. Is there like a cable out there that I can get that would disengage the rear breaks or something? Sorry for the stupid question. -89IRO

 

it doesnt disengage the rear brakes, it locks the front ones and lets you stop applying pressure to the pedal.....but i forget what it's called.

 

I'm confused.

 

line locks?

 

Are you talking about a line lock?

 

there ya go.....line locks.....go run a search for that if what i said is unclear

 

you mean applying the brakes with out the rear one's coming on also i think thats called a brake stand a burn out is when your at a dead stop and you just floor it to the ground.But yeah there called line locks .

 

Its called "powerbraking" and its a great way to get laughed at when your sh*t breaks while doing it.

 

I'm just talking about when you watch the drags, when they do a fatty burn out before their run. What are they doing with the rear brakes? I'll run a search, thanks. -89IRO

 

They don't touch the brakes- they roll through the bleach trap and hit the throttle and when done they hit the brakes. At the line (staging) they use a linelock so they can have one foot on the gas and one on the clutch without the car rolling redlight by accident.

 

espically bad if you dont have a posi and your peg legging.

 

They don't touch the brakes- they roll through the bleach trap and hit the throttle and when done they hit the brakes. At the line (staging) they use a linelock so they can have one foot on the gas and one on the clutch without the car rolling redlight by accident.

Now I'm really confused. I did a search, and I thought I understood it now, but you really just confused me. From what I gathered, it is used to disengage the rear brakes and just lock up the fronts so you don't put any stress on the rear brakes/chasis. And then when you're done with the burn-out you release the thing and your front breaks release. I understand the whold concept of powerbreaking which isn't the best thing for a car. Are you saying those powerful dragsters (not just top fuel, but the classes that have like camaros and chevelles in them) just floor it and they don't go anywhere and they heat the tires up? Maybe someone can explain to me how this whole thing works. Thanks. -89IRO

 

I never said they don't go any where- they do still creap forward while downing their masive burnout in order to exit the bleach trap and heat & clean the tires before the run. if you stay in the bleach trap your tires will remain wet- the bleach trap is extra slippery so you don't go very far very fast when slowly rolling through it and lighting the hammer.

 

OK, so the car doesn't have to be all that powerful to do the burnout since it's so slippery. When watching drag racing though, I can still see that the front wheels aren't going anywhere at first, so that means they have to have them locked. But what about just me doing it on the street, I will then need a line lock so I don't screw up my rear brakes or chasis, right? Man, I' lost. -89IRO

 

89IRO,
The camaros and chevelles that you see at the track doing a burnout are using line locks. You apply brake pressure and activate the line lock solenoid. This keeps brake pressure to the front brakes only. Then you spin your tires till the smoke's a bellowing. Your front brakes will hold you in place until you release the line locks.
The top fuel dragsters have so much power, that they don't need to hold the front wheels (not that it would do much anyway...)

 

Why is it harder on a peg leg?

 

yeah im interested to know why its harder on a peg leg

 

i was replying back to agood 2.8 he said thats bad espically if you **** breaks and i said also if your only peglegging that looks gay when only one wheel is spinning.