boduke0220

like the title says, i may go to the track tomorrow if i get off work in time and i want to try something new. on street tires i could drop the clutch in 2nd and it would spin easyyy. can i do this with my drag radials at the track and hold it in a "linelock"? would it be more benificial for me over holding it in 1st?

98redstang

You can spin the tires faster with less of a load on the motor. I know a lot of people do a second gear burnout instead of a 1st. Im sure other people will chime in.

chouston86

I do a first gear burnout on drag radials and play with the throttle tile good and hot and roll out making sure its sticky... Goodluck

TRUEBLUE3934

Do your burnout in 2nd gear. You get more surface feet per second that way. This is what I do with my ET Streets. Note: I have 4.10 gears.
Good luck!
Let us know how you make out.

boduke0220

thanks i'll give it a try, i have 4.10's too lol

StriderTacticaL

Yeah I have 4.10's and back when I was frequenting the track with ET Streets I would only burnout in 1st and it would take forever. I heard 4.10+ gears need a 2nd gear burnout. Thats what I'm gonna do next time I head out. Just make sure you get the tires wet before spinning them so you don't stress the clutch too much.

tbirdscwd

4.10s really need a 2nd gear burnout especially with a 5-speed car. 1st gear just desn't spin them fast enough to get them hot enough without spinning them for ever. You also have less chance of one of the tires hooking and burning up the clutches in your diff.

Sticky tires should go through the water so that the initial clutch release will actually spin the tires and not just hook them or put too much of a load or shock to the driveline. Whatever you do, don't play with the throttle and let the rpms rise and fall when doing a burnout with an LSD and a sticky set of tires. Keeping the rpms up in the 5,000+ range during the burnout will keep your LSD alive a lot longer. So will an actual line lock.

ddmsgtr1

Agreed, 2nd gear burnouts aren't an option with 4.10's, they're a necessity.

monster757

Any car I've ever ran at a track I'd pick whatever gear would spin easy but fast. Usually second. The point being is that spinning the tires fast, you are breaking traction a little easier than if you were just slowly rotating them. Plus they heat up faster

boduke0220

i tried saturday and my 60fts were exactly the same with 1st gear vs 2nd. all in the 1.84-1.86 range.