Burnouts

[1971 cheburban]

Anybody ever get in trouble for doing burnouts. I never have and I can't believe it. One time in high school I power braked my '82 c10 and lit em. It seriously looked like someone lit my tires on fire, I mean there was smoke everywhere, you couldn't see anything at all. And after the smoke cleared there was the principal standing there just smiling, and then he just gave me a big thumbs up and never said anything about it. That was my sophomore year, then last year, my senior year we got a new principal and the truck guy principal became assistant, and the new guy was an a*******. So one day he commented on a me not having a parking pass in my truck because I also had a car, so I decided to make him hate me. I destroyed my tires that morning, he felt that he had to direct traffic every morning so when I was waiting for him to let me go I shredded them. He then called me in his office that day and said if he ever saw anything like that again he wouldn't be anything less than impressed and let me go. My principals were great

[68C15]

you sure showed him. How much did his lesson cost you?

you may want to pull the diff. apart and check the side and spider gears along with the cross shaft for excessive wear.

[Restrorob]

Being a mechanic all my life, I've never grasped what was so cool about putting undo stress on a street vehicles drive line just to burn rubber off tires......

[special-K]

I don't partake. I love my trucks and treat them as such

[motornut]

there's a time and a place for it,at least there was, a show in Rockland Ont
would strap you down to steel plates,to keep it safe...note the firemen standing by
Hell I should try that @ my show, hmm

2004 Rockland Ont - YouTube

2004 Rockland Ont - YouTube

2004 Rockland Ont.avi - YouTube

[motornut]

some bring rubber to "burn"lol

[zeldman]

I was 25 years old in 1984, and I had a built, I mean a BUILT 427 in a 70 C-10 SWB. One night I put a used set of drag slicks on, then drove by the local hamburger joint hangout. I put my foot into it and really smoked up the parking lot. I didnt have to power brake it because it would spin and not hook up at all. I drove back to my shop, and about 30 minutes later the cops show up. I was known to the local police as a hot rodder. They asked me what all the commotion was all about. I said it wasnt me, must have been someone new. Of course they knew better, and asked me about the drag slicks. I just replied that I was going to the strip tomorrow. They knew I had done the burnout but couldnt charge me because they didnt see me do it. With street tires I could be driving 55, then floor it and it would spin the tires. I took the engine out after about 6 months because it was destroying the frame. I mean riviets were coming loose. And yes, I did have to replace all of the rear end bearings, ring and pinion, even the axles were twisted in the splines. One of the truck arms was bent and needed replacing. It was a heck of a ride for that 6 months though.

While I do not condone what I did, I was pretty well known for street racing. I was ten foot tall, bullet proof, fool hardy and probably a little dangerous, but I never hurt anyone, never had a wreck and never got a ticket. Then again, I was on a first name basis with most of the cops at the time.

[67ChevyRedneck]

The right rear tire on my peg leg has a lot less tread than the left side... I can't help it...

I don't do it as much not that I'm gettin' up there a bit. Tires are from 2006, time for new ones! When I do get new ones, they'll see a lot less time spinning pointlessly.

[MadManAndrew]

My last set of tires lasted 26k miles. You do the math. I'm 18 and my truck is my one 'normal' teenage boy outlet.

[Ron 586]

Ron's Nova 1 - YouTube

Ron's Nova 2 - YouTube

I have been guilty of lighting them up for a good cause.

[special-K]

Ummm...I thought of you,Ron,as I made my comment. So let me reeeitterate >Track cars are another story. They are built for it. Burnouts belong on the track. But if you have a track car ya gotta check 'em out sometimes,so little old country roads are perfectly acceptable...right? I did burnouts in my pro-street '69 Stepside when I finished it and the one day I took it to the track. It was pretty sad to have to sell it as soon as it was done (that's to a builder going belly upon me). Took it down to Pigeon Forge Truckin' Nats and had her sold before off the trailer.
I do know some people who do burnouts. These seem permanent. Low RPM drag radial burn by my buddy in a built GSX last year. Didn't get in trouble. My neighbor tried to match it a few days later in his '68 Camaro. His began where my buddy's left off. They disappeared withing a couple weeks

[Sicklajoie]

My next door neighbor's 67 shortbed stepside with a 468ci BB.

Grasshoppa on the Rez 1 - YouTube

[Sicklajoie]

Grasshoppa on the Rez 2 - YouTube

[Sicklajoie]

Grasshoppa on the Rez 3 - YouTube

[Sicklajoie]

Grasshoppa on 140 - YouTube

[Sicklajoie]

"Grasshoppa"

[fun in dirt]

Do it Grasshoppa!!!

[Sillyoldman]

My first ticket was for a burnout which cost me $108.00 back in the '80's. I can't really say that there was a lesson behind it other than "Don't get caught". It still don't get old, see 03:30 on vid lol.

1967 Buick 455 rear dash cam - YouTube

[BR3W CITY]

I like burnouts in a box, or to wear out some beater tires for fun....but I guess I never understood the "peel out" on a busy street, or doing a burnout in a non-car setting like leaving a library or something. (ok I AM a burnout, but thats a different issue)

Its also something that kinda changes with age (I'm 28). When I was in high school, I used to hold my ebrake and do fwd burnouts...as did many 16 year olds during the peak of the Fast and Furious days. I think we though it impressed girls...but they didn't really care.
When you get a certain amount of cash into a vehicle, the idea of "trying" to wear something out become lost. I'm at a point now that I have a line lock, and when I run skinny rears I can do a pretty controlled mid-rpm burnout without ruining my breaks, overheating trans or hitting the rev limiter...but even then I only do so when I need to burn off an old set of tires (usually to try and win some new ones at a contest lol)

That and since now I run a near 14" wide rear tire, its not too easy.


Compare our enthusiast videos here to some of the idiots you see in LA or Atlanta, doing burnouts at stoplights and drifting through traffic.

[TJ's Chevy]

Who said you couldn't burn rubber!!!!! LOL! I did!!! Here is a vid!!!!...course....it was when the Sheriff was gone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKWv_X4VbW4

[D-man313]

I love my truck, buuuutttt i beat it like it owes me money. Im 18, its my first truck, and me and my dad built. If it breaks, ill fix it. I mean the first weekend it was on the road, i put new bearing in the read end. And then the next weekend i put new axles in it. But the way i look at it, we spend so much time working on them, why not have some fun? And im always aware of whats around me when "roasting em" gotta be safe.

When your buddy says "I bet it wont do a burnout!" You have to prove em wrong!

[mongoose]

it i didn't do burnouts i'd drive a 18hp civic. actually.. it's one of the best ways to buy a car.. if it can't do a burnout.. it's not worth buying imo. never been caught, hopefully never will has now they can impound your vehicle for doing one.

burnout = smoke, both tires turning, and some limiter action... anything else is just spinning the tires.. take some inspiration from the aussies...

[CG]

Old shot of me in my 69 AMX

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

My next door neighbor's 67 shortbed stepside with a 468ci BB.
Grasshoppa on the Rez 1 - YouTube

Craigslist ad:

67 Chevy Stepside. Updated to 468 cu In,to keep up with today's traffic and posi traction for all road conditions. Grasshoppa Green,nice interior,everything redone,ready and rollin'. Adult owned. Only taken on short drives. Smoke didn't get in...I mean,never smoke in. Front tires look brand new. Rear tires do look slightly used. Not same truck as seen on YouTube.

[Sicklajoie]

Originally Posted by special-K

Craigslist ad:

67 Chevy Stepside. Updated to 468 cu In,to keep up with today's traffic and posi traction for all road conditions. Grasshoppa Green,nice interior,everything redone,ready and rollin'. Adult owned. Only taken on short drives. Smoke didn't get in...I mean,never smoke in. Front tires look brand new. Rear tires do look slightly used. Not same truck as seen on YouTube.

You pretty much nailed it, Tim lol.
He really takes meticulous care of his truck, except with his right foot.