wheelspin ?

Wadula · Sep 30, 2003

as long as you still look cool they think you did in on purpose....toss the key at them and walk away smoking a phat cigar....that would look so "rich" [hihi]

carcus · Sep 30, 2003

LOL...until they drove by you on the road and saw you thumbing for a ride. That would suck.....LOL. Hey, all in good fun. [;)]

jrt67ss350 · Sep 30, 2003

I will never forget an experience I had with a friend in a 95 or something 318i. My friend's dad works at the BMW plant in Greer, SC, and they always have new BMWs to drive since they get to drive them for an insanely cheap amount of money (including insurance and registration and everything) and get a new one every few months (a perk for pretty much all employees at that factory). My friend was a screwoff who did nothing but abuse the poor 3 series and Z3's that his family got. Anyhow, I was with him one day in the 318, and he was trying to do a burnout in the automatic 318i. Obviously, this car is such a dog that it couldn't turn the tires over if it wanted to. The reving up the engine in neutral and dropping it into drive suggested earlier wouldn't work - the engine / transmission PCM was too smart, and wouldn't let you shift from neutral into drive unless the RPMs were low. He decided that the only way to do a burnout successfully in the car was to get going pretty quickly in reverse, jam the car into drive and floor it. Well, this worked beautifully twice. On the third time, there was a big clunk, a loud thud, and the engine revved to the rev limiter, but the car kept going backwards! Stopped the car, put it in park, and it kept rolling down the hill! Turned out that every tooth got sheared off of the ring gear! The BMW dealer questioned his dad about abuse to the car, but replaced the unit at no cost to my friend's family anyways.

Moral of the story - DON'T try this or neutral drops. Burnouts are hard on a car unless you have enough power that you can overcome traction easily.

carcus · Oct 2, 2003

jrt67ss350 said:

I will never forget an experience I had with a friend in a 95 or something 318i. My friend's dad works at the BMW plant in Greer, SC, and they always have new BMWs to drive since they get to drive them for an insanely cheap amount of money (including insurance and registration and everything) and get a new one every few months (a perk for pretty much all employees at that factory). My friend was a screwoff who did nothing but abuse the poor 3 series and Z3's that his family got. Anyhow, I was with him one day in the 318, and he was trying to do a burnout in the automatic 318i. Obviously, this car is such a dog that it couldn't turn the tires over if it wanted to. The reving up the engine in neutral and dropping it into drive suggested earlier wouldn't work - the engine / transmission PCM was too smart, and wouldn't let you shift from neutral into drive unless the RPMs were low. He decided that the only way to do a burnout successfully in the car was to get going pretty quickly in reverse, jam the car into drive and floor it. Well, this worked beautifully twice. On the third time, there was a big clunk, a loud thud, and the engine revved to the rev limiter, but the car kept going backwards! Stopped the car, put it in park, and it kept rolling down the hill! Turned out that every tooth got sheared off of the ring gear! The BMW dealer questioned his dad about abuse to the car, but replaced the unit at no cost to my friend's family anyways.

Moral of the story - DON'T try this or neutral drops. Burnouts are hard on a car unless you have enough power that you can overcome traction easily.

I agree 100%, learned that years ago when I first started to drive. Now, my 98 Z28 LS1 with a Yank 3000 torque converter......would SMOKE the tires just tapping on the gas......GOD I MISS THAT CAR!!!!!!!!!!! [mad]

jrt67ss350 · Oct 2, 2003

carcus,

I know the feeling - my '67 can be especially challenging to drive in the rain (you should see it on ice and snow!!).

98 LS1 F-body with a 3000 rpm stall convertor? How could you get rid of such a car?? [?|]

xLibelle · Oct 2, 2003

Screeeeeeeeet-chirp

jrt67ss350 · Oct 2, 2003

Very nice! Clearly, you have a LSD. [burnout]

samlee4444 · Oct 3, 2003

hahhaah!! Nice doughnut!! [:D]

carcus · Oct 3, 2003

jrt67ss350 said:

I was stupid, wife talked me into getting a SUV or Mini Van, saw a Mercedes ML320, got it....was in the shop for 3 months, they sold my trade in LS1 first week, had no choice, now have the BMW......back in the same spot, non family car...2 door....1/2 as fast as the LS1...but the vert makes up for it I guess....DAMN!!!!!!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HIT A SORE SPOT!!!!!

LOL. [thumb]

mrferg · Oct 6, 2003

xLibelle said:

WHOA!!! That is an awesome shot!!! [:D]

xLibelle · Oct 6, 2003

jrt67ss350 said:

What? Are you serious, can you explain why by looking at that pic?

Its a 91 325 i, but they didnt have 325is in 91, they made 325i with "s" parts.
so i dont know.

fuggit, im going out there now, in the dark... 10:30.... gotta know

xLibelle · Oct 6, 2003

1 210 433 with no "s"

mikev · Oct 7, 2003

xLibelle said:

Elementary my dear watson,

there only one thick tire mark and a very very faint one, on the ground suggesting that just the one wheel was spinning with the other just keeping up, hence LSD

However it probably doesn't its just the tire being dragged. [8]

xLibelle · Oct 7, 2003

just keeping up? looks like a 90/10 split with power there.

what im saying is if thats not reguar final drive, what would have happened on a final drive doughnut situation?

the "s" wasnt there on the final drive part number

xLibelle · Oct 7, 2003

ohh, mikev. i think you have it backwards.
when one tire spins, thats regular final drive.

mikev · Oct 8, 2003

I know i was just explaining how he came to that conclusion of LSD.

M-Punk · Oct 8, 2003

It's a good donut but I reckon he came into it at about 20 mph spun the wheel to the left and floored it.

Militant-Grunt · Oct 8, 2003

what makes you say that>?

carcus · Oct 8, 2003

Looks legit, but looks like the differential is damaged because of a bit too many burn outs. Again......goes back to what I said earlier, any car can spin the tires, but for every action, there is a reaction. [;)]

xLibelle · Oct 8, 2003

hmm, i started off sitting there, hit gas and turned wheel.

i have no idea what any of you are going on about.
carcus, if i had a lsd, and my burnout looked like that, i would agree with you then, but i dont see the problem

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