jones21

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I dont know if any of you guys have noticed this. but i was doing a brake stand and everything was fine.. then i try it again in the same spot but i couldnt get the tires to spin.. does traction control automaticly turn back on?

WTX350Z

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only if u turn the car off and back on.

if its off you'll see "TCS OFF" light.

davidv

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No.

jones21

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ya the light says off but i couldnt get the tires to spin the second time..

03Platinum350z

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Mabye you let the clutch off to slow /shrug. I drive an AT and I can get em to spin most of the time.

Jeff

jones21

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i got an automatic too..

Combat350z

Shouldn't have that problem.

My old Z was auto and I could spin tires all the time

HDPDZO6

"brake stand" = ?

If it's something like a burnout before a drag race, then you wont be able to do one without pulling the brake light fuse.

jones21

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ya a barkae stand.. you know hold the brake in and gun it?? how bad you think that is for my car?

mikez97

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im pretty shure its called powerbraking

SniperHunter

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I can't spin the tires either. Too much traction, for some reason.

BojanC350z

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i tired once and it didnt work but its not good for the car so screw it...worked on grass tho haha

JunkStory

why would you want to do that

ohSIXz

cuz they are still running stock tires and havent seen the bill for replacements yet!

MulhollandDrive

I think he is talking about preloading the drive train for best 1/4 mile times, pretty standard technique for drag racing with an AT. I would not describe it as gunning the engine, but rather holding the car in place with the brake while maintaining an elevated RPM with the gas pedal preloading the drive train, followed by releasing the brake and stomping on the gas pedal on go. The object to adjust the RPM before launch to get a little chirp off the line, not spinning the tires going no where.

Stepping on the brake and gas at the same time can confuse some cars forcing the car into safety mode thus the post about taking out the brake fuse so the car does not know that you are braking and hitting the gas at the same time. You can mod the Z AT with a high stall torque converter to allow more RPMs at launch.

HyperSprite

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If you are on the brakes, throttle is cut regardless of model (with or without TCS or VDC).

As alluded to above, if you pull the brake light fuse, the ECU will not pull power, and you can spin them all you like. Keep in mind, your brake lights wont work either.

Chris

Grey Ghost

how big is your wheel and tire setup?
what tires you run?

rhythmnsmoke

Line Lock.. problem solved.

jones21

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I get them to spin but for some reason this one time i couldnt get them to the second time.. And i work at Americas tire so i can get peoples used tires for free so tires aint a problem.

SniperHunter

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Stock 18s. =(

It's a good thing, I'm sure - more traction = faster track times. But dammit, I wanna' burn a little. They do spin nice when turning, though. =P