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Oct 10, 2002 | 04:26 PM

BSK181

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stupid question from a old timer here

when we burnout, or get wheelspin from a standstill, vsa off, how many tires are burning rubber 1 or 2?

no flames please, hard day at work today

Oct 10, 2002 | 04:27 PM

moomaster_99

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From: Somewhere between here and there, yet neither.

Mostly one......since we have an open differential...the passenger side one is the one that gets most of the power...

Oct 10, 2002 | 04:52 PM

BSK181

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thanks, you would think that the car would pull in one direction, but i never noticed that

Oct 10, 2002 | 05:08 PM

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R U serious???

Oct 11, 2002 | 07:45 PM

Kkranghkar

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Are you really sure about this? I've spun out tires on the CL and on my manual Mazda Protege and a bunch of my family's cars, and I've always seen two exactly parallel and symmetrical patches of rubber on the road....

I see how it would make sense in theory, but I don't think it actually happens that way...

Oct 12, 2002 | 09:36 AM

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Originally posted by Kkranghkar
Are you really sure about this? I've spun out tires on the CL and on my manual Mazda Protege and a bunch of my family's cars, and I've always seen two exactly parallel and symmetrical patches of rubber on the road....

I see how it would make sense in theory, but I don't think it actually happens that way...

It depends on the road surface, tires, road crown, and other issues. Depending on time, place (who knows what else), I've gotten 2 perfect stripes or just 1 stripe from FWD and RWD open diffs...