stang1012

so Ive had my car for a few weeks and havent done a break torque. Prob not going to b/c it gets addictive and I learned my lesson years ago with my ram. Tires are expensive!!!

I was just wondering what kind of added wear do you put on a car?

Is it ok to do once in awhile?

2005Redfire6

Break torque? Are you talking about power braking when you hold the brake slightly and press the gas to get the tire(s) to spin? It puts stress on your tranny when you do that.

MOOK3456

It really depends on your definition of "brake torque"... I'll assume you either mean what he said^^ like slightly hitting the brake to lock up the fronts and spin the rears in place or do you mean like an old style full brake stand where you floor the brake, lock em all up and hit the gas, release brake to get a nice burnout?

1st option isn't quite as bad for the car because the drive wheels are moving at least, 2nd puts stress on everything, tranny/brakes/rotors/basically your entire drivetrain and probably isn't a great idea.... I used to do it alot in my beater cars but I really didn't care what happened to them lol. Would never do it in my mustang. Like he said...It's putting stress on the car either way so it's definitely not "good" for it.

stang1012

ya i mean just pushing down the break and pushing the gas to spin the tires....we actually call a break torque when u pull up the parking break hit the gas then release the break.

2005Redfire6

How do you pull the e-brake and hit the gas? The e-brake locks your back wheels...

stang1012

dont know...my buddy would do it in his old rivera....it would leave a huge patch and a tone of smoke.

V6Vin

The key word here isn't "brake" or "break" but should be "broke". As in "I think I just broke a u-joint" and "I may have broke my transmission"

"You pays your money, you takes your chances"

V6Vin

What you need for doing burn outs is called a "line lock". This lets you lock just the front wheels. Drag cars use these to heat up the tires before a run.

staggolee

Yeah a line lock and probably a t-lock too if you want both your tires to spin.

stang1012

lol.....very true