[RocktimusPryme]

This is a dumb topic, but if I do a burnout I get a bunch of tire smoke inside the car. It comes in from the rear wheel wells. Mostly the passenger side, but at the moment Im peg legged so if that's the tire spinning that wouldn't be abnormal.


I don't have the rear door panels in. Is that normally all that would keep out smoke? or do I have an abnormal point of entry?


I do think the RR quarter was replaced. Maybe there is a hole that isn't supposed to be there. I need to poke my head in that hole where you can see the wheel well from the rear door panel area.

[Chief of the 60's]

Smoke can and will find every crack and crevice and cars are full of them. Burnout smoke coming into a car is almost guaranteed, the best you can do is try and keep it to a minimum. Properly installed water shields and trim panels keep a lot out.

[RocktimusPryme]

I do have the shields for when I put the panels on. I want to put some of my left over sound deadening material on those wheel wells. In addition to the smoke, after a burnout I hear all the little debris hitting those wheel wells for like a quarter mile.

[JLMounce]

Behind the wheel wells, where the trunk pan bends down to meet the 1/4 skins, those are typically just tacked in place. You can run some seal sealer at that seam, as well as the trunk pan to wheel well seam. A lot of that is tacked.

Where the 1/4 skin meats the outside wheels house, that's typically tacked as well, but you can't get to it.

As chief mentioned I've never had a vehicle that didn't get smoke in it if you're doing a real nasty burnout, it's pretty inevitable.

[RocktimusPryme]

Originally Posted by JLMounce

Behind the wheel wells, where the trunk pan bends down to meet the 1/4 skins, those are typically just tacked in place. You can run some seal sealer at that seam, as well as the trunk pan to wheel well seam. A lot of that is tacked.

Where the 1/4 skin meats the outside wheels house, that's typically tacked as well, but you can't get to it.

As chief mentioned I've never had a vehicle that didn't get smoke in it if you're doing a real nasty burnout, it's pretty inevitable.

My C6 didn't. That might not quite be apples to apples though

At any rate I was mostly asking because I get ALOT. But I do have some sealer too. Ill poke my head down in the hole and see what I can see. Then put on the water shields and the panels. Hope it at lease lessens it.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by RocktimusPryme

My C6 didn't. That might not quite be apples to apples though .

Because it doesn't have enough power to do a good burnout.

[RocktimusPryme]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

Because it doesn't have enough power to do a good burnout.

You might be confusing it with a late C3. That was good though

[brians]

No better smell except for maybe nitro.
You are not really racing unless you are waiting for the green light while choking and gagging.

[AG]

I get very little smoke in my race car after a burnout but I tried to seal all the cracks up to prevent it.

[Chief of the 60's]

Simple solution... Stop doing burnouts!

[azbirds]

I thought it was his subtle way of bragging! but I like Chiefs response. :-)

[242177P]

My trunk would fill and then it would seep through anywhere it could. Saw it migrate through a 6x9 speaker once. And your Firebird has a trunk capacity the C6 would kill for. During big burnouts, I found that running the fan on high made a huge difference.

[RocktimusPryme]

Originally Posted by azbirds

I thought it was his subtle way of bragging! but I like Chiefs response. :-)

Me? no, not even a little, my car is small potatoes on this board. I was just wondering if I had something wrong.