Burnout technique?

I get mine up on the tire in 2nd, click 3rd and watch my side mirror for smoke, release the line lock and roll out of the throttle.
I'll burn them about 10' when the tire starts to grab be out of the throttle. Don't shock the convertor too much.

Be sure to have plenty of room to drive up to the line in 1st so you don't frag the sprag.

Door Car
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Every single time....
-I pull through the water, sometimes I will spin in the water just enough to rotate my tires and get them as wet as possible.
-set line lock, pump the brakes to build up good pressure
-Make sure the shifter is in 2nd lay it on the wood, go straight to high this gives me about a 2 seconds to turn off the line lock
-turn off the line lock and start easing off the throttle, by this time the car starts to go forward away from the water box, Im letting off the throttle as I can feel the tires getting sticky and the rpm is starting to fall/engine starts to load.
-I proceed to pre-stage the car, after the top bulb is on I go to neutral clean the engine out then I drop into 1st....
I do this also to insure I am in 1st..

Dragster
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I make sure the 3 step is on and trans is in high roll through the water making sure Im headed straight...I lay it on the wood 6K on the chip and anticipate the tires hooking cause it jerks the crap out of you...I lift right after this happens...
People are intimidated by a dragster, and staging....IMO its as easy as pie..it doesnt take two people to do this.
But a 2nd pair of eye's looking and watching for debris, leaks, anything that has the potential of saving your or someone else life.

Is this a fully automatic 727 or a manual shift valve body or a stick shift car?

An old Super Stock Hemi racer told me back in the day "start in 2nd engage your line lok..bring it up to 5000...shift into hi stabilizing at 5000..release the line lok and let it walk out." Works for me.

The answer to the WHY is simple. So that you do not seriously hurt, maim, or disfigure yourself, the guy you are racing against, or some other innocent person/bystander when that puppy grenades from doing it in first gear!! I have seen one explode, the explosion was extremely violent. the car had a trans blanket, it contained the explosion. I have seen pictures [on here], of cars with shields, and the shields did not contain the explosion. there are replacement pieces to upgrade the trans, to help prevent those problems, and coupled with 2nd, or high gear burnouts, you should not have a problem with a 727 transmission.

Start in second, 6 grand, hit third, release line lock, come out of the box sideways 500 rpm over redline...still can't figure out why my slicks and valvesprings don't last as long as everyone else...oh well!!!

Billy..

That's a really great picture..

Also that's Leon in the other lane..

Billy D's Nephew..


Chris..

In high gear, roll through the water, stab the throttle 6' past the waterbox, roll off the throttle at the 1/8 mile mark. Showy, lots of smoke, and helps get heat in the engine. Dragsters and altereds.

For my car with et drag radials. I start in high gear rolling thru and past the water box about 3-4 feet then stab the throttle. I don't use line loc never really needed it.

Mike

I always wanted to try a piperack burnout, but they told me if i did they would throw me out. Mabe someday. Anyway I start in 3rd,set the linelock, stab the gas to 5000 and hold for a count of 5 then roll out trying not to shock the drivetrain to bad when it hooks up. Works for me.

-I proceed to pre-stage the car, after the top bulb is on I go to neutral clean the engine out then I drop into 1st....
I do this also to insure I am in 1st..

Bob,
I thought that it was necessary to roll forward after putting the trans in first gear? Am I missing something?
I am just trying to learn, and have not raced a 727 trans yet.
Thanks,
Mark

I have only raced with street radials and found they would get greassy if I got em too hot so I just get the rear tires wet put it in 1st and stomp it with no brakes for a couple seconds and they were good to go. No need to run 6000rpm mabey 4000 max, I always run a VB with low band apply and never had a problem.

My favorite car I drag raced was a 4dr 66 dart with a mild 360 and a 2.94 open 7.25 rear. I pulled pretty consistent 2.1 60s and ocasionally got a 2.0 flat. When doing the burn out with that car I had to run the steering back and forth a little to make sure both tires got a little spin.

No need to get crazy with the Burnout ,unless you like buying slicks all the time.Heres my method.I spin the tires litely in the water to coat them with water.I then start out in low (powerbraking as i dont have or need a line lok).I run it up to about 4500 in low then shift to high .I run it in high for a few seconds to about 5000 .Once i see a bit of smoke in the rearview in high gear,i let of the brakes and rev it to about 5500-6000 and roll out of it for about 5 or 6 feet.Works everytime .Heres an example of my method in the Youtube link.I have PG trans ,but dont see why a 727 would be much different though ...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWfN9ajAHm8

As far as burnout technique, here's what i do:
Start in second, bring it up to 5000, shift to high, give it a little more throttle, at 6000 or so release the linelock, more power to hold it at 6000ish, do rolling burnout at least 10 ft to get you out of the water thrown forward by the tires and the balled-up rubber near the burnout box. Stop, kick it in neutral, clear motor, pull up to the line allowing 10ft or so to ensure proper engagement. Never stop the burnout in the water or near it, never start in first gear.
I usually do a bit longer of a rolling burnout (if you watch videos of my car, it almost looks like I dont hold it in the box at all) because i used to drive a jr dragster and that's what I'm used to.

If you have to wait, it's just pure guesswork.

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Pretty much.... basically I have to see it going out
to get a good light(in the .010 range) but I still leave
at 5600... if I lowered the rpm it can get closer to
seeing the last yellow coming on(first glimpse)