THansenite

Now before everyone starts flaming saying that will ruin your tranmission, waste your tires, and all of the other complaints , I AM JUST CURIOUS if it can easily be done. I am heading to the strip in a couple of the days and would like to be able to heat up my tires a little bit, not smoke up the whole strip, but I want more than simply dropping the clutch.

Can we powerbrake the tC's by holding the e-brake? On my old cavalier, the emergency brake also did something to the transmission as well as locking the back wheels. Is it the same way on the tC? I am curious because of the pics I saw in this thread: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=121471

PLEASE KEEP FLAMING TO YOURSELF. I just want to know if the motor can turn the front wheels with the e-brake being held. Thank you.

trialsindude

you can but there is no need to do a burnout if you are running street tires...

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player....0-6C91E3344840

Nick06tC

You can easily pull the ebrake and sit and roast tires all day long. An emergency brake is a direct cable to the rear tires.

THansenite

OK, thats what I wanted to know. Thanks

TheQuietThings

yes, if you are on street tires there is NO REASON to heat them up, you will just be wasting valuable rubber.

Nick06tC

Yup deffinetly not a good thing. But if he does it, pictures are a must so we can enjoy without wasting our own money.

THansenite

The only reason to spin street tires is to get some of the rocks out of the tread if you have been driving on gravel. I have raced enough to know that I don't need to heat street tires, I was just curious.

trialsindude

If you raced enough you should know how to do a burnout then

Lucky13_TC

^^^Damn! Dem is Fighin words!! You kind of set yourself up for that THansenite.

THansenite

Good point, however, I have only raced motorcycles the past few years. I am hitting the track for the first time this season on saturday and have never raced on 4 wheels. Besides, why try it myself and burn up my own clutch if it doesn't work when I could ask and see if someone else has already done it

No, I am not going to do a big burnout at the track, I was just curious how exactly the e-brake worked.

xnevergiveinx

i'd be scared of doing a burnout like that, considering the tC is a wheel hopping monster