My friends want me to join them in some drag racing but I don't knwo how to warm up my back tires (they don't neither). With the s2000 (yea, I know, the s2k is not a drag car, but I just want to join them for the fun of it), when you press the brake, all brakes brake right? So how do we warm up our tires when it is our turn to go? The only way I can think of is launching with heel-toe.

 

"warming up your tires" is pointless on the stock tires.

i see big things for this thread...

 

WTF are you talking about? There are no brakes involved, rev it up to 6-7k RPM and dump the clutch, the tires will spin!

EDIT: And yes, there's no point in "Warming up" stock tires at the track, they perform the same when they're cold. They're made for the street, you don't "Warm up" the tires before you go for a drive, do you?

 

I got Falkens, how close are those to street tires? The tire dude said I should get them really hot to get the most out of them.

About the launching it to spin the back tires; I don't wanna go forward! I went to see what it was like, they just wet their tires, spin their tires until all the water steams away, then they go up to the line and wait for the light. But when they burn out, they don't move forward until their tires are almost completely dry. I see street cars doing this as well as the funny cars, and I'm not sure how they do it. I assumed thehy braked so their front tires prevent them from launching.

 

its called a brake stand. i have never done this on my S, but i did on my friends Camaro.

rev up the motor, drop the clutch, and step on the brake with your left foot just enough so the car doesnt move forward and the wheels are still spinning.

 

You could also get a line lock system, but that's probably already going too far.

 

Gasoline and a match

 

 

[QUOTE=.no tork.,Mar 20 2006, 07:19 PM] WTF are you talking about?

 

Don't give misinformation if you don't know exactly what you're talking about.

First, OP is talking about drag racing, not road-racing or spirited driving. I've only been to drag racing a couple of times in my miata just to try out something different. The 2 times I was there (with street tires and R-compounds), they don't let you do burn-outs on anything other than drag radials or drag slicks. In fact, you have to drive AROUND the burnout patch if you don't run drag radials/slicks.

Second, e-brake won't stop our car moving from a burnout. Do you know that we have a RWD car and e-brake works on the rear wheels only?