whitesnake SC400 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hi , Looking for general advice. Do you guys ever practice "power braking" (pressing accelerator and brakes simultaneously) in order to engage wheelspin prior for off line acceleration? I tried but very slightly - reached 2000 rpm with sligthly pressed brakes (just to keep car off from starting) I noticed rear wheels started spining. I didn't experiment further as i am afraid to damage my beloved car. Any comments on this? Can i ruin torque converter or automatic gearbox by doing that? Stas '93 SC 400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_chrome Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I do it all the time at the track :) And more than likely all you'll ruin is a pair of tires, your rear brakes and rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesnake SC400 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 Oh really? You've got automatic as well? Thanks for advise. I shall spin it up to 4-5rpms then. There was common opinion about this damagin tranny. What would other club members elaborate on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over40driver Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The manuver is refered to as brake tourquing, its the best way to produce tire smoke and tire squeeling. The higher you rev the engine and the longer you do it, the more parts you might break, always make sure the trac. cont. is switched off. p.s. we all have auto. trannies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexus082 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 The manuver is refered to as brake tourquing, its the best way to produce tire smoke and tire squeeling. The higher you rev the engine and the longer you do it, the more parts you might break, always make sure the trac. cont. is switched off. p.s. we all have auto. trannies Stock Sc400's are all automatics, but not all Sc300's are auto's :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over40driver Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I stand corrected, I was refering only to the sc400. Back to the guys orig. question, of coarse a reason to be brake torquing is the purpose of heating the tires for more traction during a drag race. I am supposing you have a type of tire that would benefit from being heated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesnake SC400 Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 The reason i am brake torquing is that car is quite slow off the line 0-20mph as engine is not at best efficiency at low rpms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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