[TATA79]

I'm wanting to take some smokey shots of my TA, but I can't get the tires to smoke, they are BF Goodright TA radials, they squeel louder than anything but absolutly no smoke, any tips?

[79TA455]

Try this again....

Just don't hold the brake that long, unlike this one I did a long time ago

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[KevinDush]

I agree, water is good, or if you're a dummy like me and don't want to mess around with it (ie. the "impromtu burnout") just go to town, they'll heat up and do it on their own.

Here's a few of me in my '77 SE... ahh how I miss that car





I like this one best:



And of course we can't forget my '76. I really need to get some better pictures of this one doing burnouts.



Later,
Kevin

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1976 Trans Am, 4050lbs, 462", TH400, 3.23s, 255/60R15 street radials, 13.68 @ 100.35.
Kevin's Trans Am Source - Check out my site: it's incomplete but has lots of pics of my car.

[Dens71TA]

Need more horsepower! You have an manual or auto transmission?

1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white
1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red
1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue

[TATA79]

Thanks for all the replys, I'm going to try the water and the bleach, will the bleach hurt my new paint? I mean I don't plan on letting it sit on it, but it could be there for a few minutes. Its a 79 Tenth anniversary, with a 200-4r overdrive out of Monte SS. I just put in a set of 4th generation seats out of a new formula, and let me tell you, they are sooo comfortable. It's a 403 with 63000 miles, and I'm looking into doing some up grades, cam, lifters, rockers, and intake, I'd like to not have to bolt my shaker to my hood, so does anyone have any 403 they have hopped up before?

[Brian Baker]

Go to your kitchen and raid the pantry of a spray can of Pam cooking spray.

Spray some on the quarter panels before doing your burnout. The Pam will not hurt the paint and when you're done, just hose it off. Any Pam, bleach, rubber on there will hose right off.

[chucks79ta]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 79TA455:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chucks79ta:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Txbobcat:
Transmission fluid????<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I used to work at a tire shop where we used to take the cars out back and pull them into a small puddle of trans fluid(it all we had at the shop) it smokes like crazy.

I'm on that like a Hobo on a ham sandwich!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And people never found out that you were doing this with their cars?

http://www.geocities.com/rpk76/1979.htm
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It was our own cars. Not customer cars. Whenever the shop would get slow we would find stupid stuff to do. Ever see how big a inner tube gets before it blows? I miss that job.

I'm on that like a Hobo on a ham sandwich!

[79TA455]

Crap! Hit Enter way to soon!

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[This message was edited by 79TA455 on September 04, 2003 at 02:09 PM.]

[79TA455]

Same car, couple more pics. This time, these are from the dragstrip.

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[72 Street Bird]

Water will do it.
Just try to explain to my wife why a new tire only has half the tread left on it now

72 Firebird, sorta green, mostly gray with a red trunk lid.
14.9 95mph in the Quarter mile. Street tires, highway gear open rearend.

[LouisianaGuy]

Take some water and wet the pavement, start the burn out in the water, let it sit and eat a minute, put it to the floor and rev some rpm's in 1st gear, then shift to Drive and let it Eat i guarantee they will smoke, that is how i do My BFG TA's The water helps keep down the squeeling, and once it starts smoking they will start hooking a bit then you can work on your hole shots, you just have to sit on them and burn em down a good bit before they smoke.
Mike

[ChrisTransAm78]

Nice burnout in the grass! Now that's smokin it!

BTW Good job on the editing...

[79TA455]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chucks79ta:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Txbobcat:
Transmission fluid????<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I used to work at a tire shop where we used to take the cars out back and pull them into a small puddle of trans fluid(it all we had at the shop) it smokes like crazy.

I'm on that like a Hobo on a ham sandwich!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And people never found out that you were doing this with their cars?

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[68ragtop]

I think I can smell that one through my computer!
I'll bet the quarter panels were nice & clean after that

hey poncho455, isn't that dangerous to do without a driver?

68ragtop

1968 GTO Convertible (currently my resto project)
1978 Gold Edition Trans am
1979 10th aniversary T/A
1980 Pace Car Trans am

[TATA79]

I'm wanting to take some smokey shots of my TA, but I can't get the tires to smoke, they are BF Goodright TA radials, they squeel louder than anything but absolutly no smoke, any tips?

[79TA455]

Ooops. Only one is from the strip. This one is on the same country road as the first one I posted. This time, it is my brother behind the wheel.

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[Brian Baker]

Pour some cheap bleach, they'll smoke faster and save some tire wear.

[poncho455]

TenthAn;

If you want some burnout pics use Paint Shop Pro - it will really save on tire expenses!

[Txbobcat]

Transmission fluid????

[Brian Baker]

Pour some cheap bleach on the pavement, drive rear tires into the bleach, get camera ready, and light 'em up!