[DeTomaso] Pantera Burnout [WAS: mickey thompson tires]

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I used to do them more than I should have, after replacing tires at $1,800
and the clutch, etc. ( $1,000 + )

Those days are over for a while,

they were serious, tire melting, can't see the back of the car,  fill the
cockpit with tiresmoke burnouts.

Fun but expensive.

Michael




On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Garth Rodericks
<garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:

> << I am afraid to really do a burnout with the Pantera ZF gearbox.  has
> anyone been brave enough? >>
>
>
> I did it, once!  Actually, I tried it on two different occasions...
>
> The first time, I dumped the clutch at about 2000-2500 RPM and took off
> with tires screaming, and left two parallel stripes on the road. No brake
> stand.
>
> The second time was for a video I was shooting. I wanted a prolonged
> smokey burnout, so I did a brake stand.  Unfortunately, my clutch was on
> its last legs and I stood on the brake a bit too hard.  The clutch broke
> free instead of the tires!  D'oh!   The funny thing is, I had no idea...  I
> was sitting in the car revving at 5000 rpm then let off the brake lightly
> so it would pick up forward momentum, but it didn't. Then the smell hit me
> and I knew exactly what had happened. My buddy filming said he was
> wondering why I was revving the engine but not letting the clutch out for
> the burnout, until he smelled the clutch.  I let it cool down and drove
> home sheepishly.
>
> Bob Benson gets his Pantera rolling first, then rolls into the throttle in
> 1st or 2nd gear (IIRC) and does a nice burnout.
>
> Here are a few others who have done it:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pantera+burnout&oq=pantera+burnout&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..0j0i5l2.1891.3658.0.4105.15.14.0.0.0.0.266.1356.10j3j1.14.0...0.0...1ac.1.YoEWt0KpDrg
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