Re: Parking Brake only locks rear wheels? ..or.. burnout competition :)

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Space saver spare wheels seem to be a euro burnout favourite - don't half 
make the car look stupid tho'.  I'd imaging if you put four of those on you 
could have some fun in the wet!


>From: "the mad bastard" <the-mad-bastard@home.com>
>To: <timbob29@idt.net>,"Scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Parking Brake only locks rear wheels? ..or.. burnout 
>competition :)
>Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 07:30:54 -0500
>
>
>
> > Can anyone confirm this for me?  The parking brake only stops the rear
> > wheels from spinning, correct?
>
>     you are correct.
>
> > A few friends and I are goofing around with
> > the digital camera later, and wanna know if this is a way that I can 
>cheat
> > to prolong my burnout?  Already plan to bathe the tires in wd-40 also ..
>heh
> > heh.  Also feel free to persuade me not to do this... if theres a good
> > reason not to.  :)
>
>     ok, you know what?  this is just plain stoopid.  you MUST be a new
>scirocco owner.  i mean, really, why the hell would you go and waste your
>time and e-brake?  save it for the snow where it is most useful.
>
>     now, if you really want to have some fun doing a burnout, use
>oil/coolant/water/wd-40/something that'll give the tires some slip put some
>foam/cloth/something soft on your front bumper, and rest that pig up 
>against
>the wall.  now would be a good time to use the e-brake, so as to keep the
>car locked up tight against the wall.  then, rev the motor up to about
>3-4000rpm, and dump the clutch.  as soon as the tires start to spin, you
>should be able to play with the throttle to rev it between 3000-6500.  i
>suggest that you keep it around 4000rpm, unless you can get a strong source
>of fresh air (i.e. wind) flowing thru your rad to keep it cool.
>
>     in december, me and a bunch of friends did this.  i did 2 consecutive 
>1
>minute long burnouts in the hopes of blowing up the tires (unfortnuately, 
>it
>didin't happen.  next time i'll be throwing the donuts on the front, then
>we'll see what kind of excitement we can have).  1 minute may not sound 
>like
>a long time, but the temp guage was climbing fast (hit 125ºC by the end of
>it).
>
>     we used to like doing it in the european way (having 4 or 5 people 
>hold
>the front of the car while the clutch is dumped and just move the car back
>and forth), but that'll choke you in no time at all (no, you will not be 
>run
>over)
>
>     so anyways, smarten up!! :)
>
>     that goes for the rest of you, too!  why don't you guys go out with 
>some
>friends, a video camera, some old tires on the front of yer dub, and rip 
>the
>bastards up?  if you're going to cinci, it'll be a perfect forum for you to
>show off your tire-killing skillz.  what do you guys think of that?
>
>jason
>the mad bastard
>
>
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