Trans Brakes?

phat rat · August 20, 2006, 08:28:58 PM

That picture of the Jeep is good example of how hard a car will launch off of a transbrake and a two step. And ya better have a GOOD torque converter,drive shaft,u-joints and rearend with a trans brake!! If you don't......you WILL find the weak link.

The first time he cut it loose he didn't have wheelie bars on it and came close to going right on over. He ran it off and on that year and didn't break. Runs a Ford 9" with 4.56 gears and is still 4wd

Crosley.In.AZ · August 20, 2006, 09:30:33 PM

Our race team's Corvette a few weeks back launched off the trans brake......Sears Point ( Infineon raceway) the throttle stop did not cycle 'on'. The Corvette stood up high enough the battery shut off hit the asphalt & shut the power off.

The car is in the shop in El Paso getting repaired .....bent chassis , oil pan & other items,so I heard.

donsrods · August 20, 2006, 10:14:57 PM

SKR8PN, thanks for the good description of what the trans brake and 2 step are and how they work. I've been out of racing for a bunch of years, and have heard these terms in recent years, and never knew what they were exactly.

Your post clears it up for me, and for others, I bet.

Don

Back when I ran, a line-lock was high tech.

tomslik · August 21, 2006, 05:23:53 AM

QuoteA line lock is used ONLY when you do a burnout. They will let the front tires push thru the beams if you are trying to stage at a higher rpm.

well, not always.
if you're running a manual trans, they keep you from rolling out of the beams....

40 · August 21, 2006, 08:13:49 AM

Jim...Looks like you're having fun this Summer

SKR8PN · August 21, 2006, 06:17:26 PM

Quote from: "tomslik"
QuoteA line lock is used ONLY when you do a burnout. They will let the front tires push thru the beams if you are trying to stage at a higher rpm.

well, not always.
if you're running a manual trans, they keep you from rolling out of the beams....

True dat,but..........ya GOTTA make sure you RELEASE the darn thing when ya stab the throttle. DAMHIK

SKR8PN · August 21, 2006, 06:18:39 PM

Quote from: "40"Jim...Looks like you're having fun this Summer

Does the word "YEEEHAAAA" explain it clearly enough?

Dave · August 21, 2006, 07:00:58 PM

Hows your junk runnin :?:
good seeing you out here.........
Dave

SKR8PN · August 21, 2006, 09:41:43 PM

Quote from: "N8DC"
Hows your junk runnin :?:
good seeing you out here.........
Dave

Best lick so far,has been 9.52 @ 139.98 MPH.....in street trim!

2700lbs.......all steel...REAL window glass.... D.O.T. tires......POWER WINDOWS....and MUFFLERS

This is with a 20+ year old tune up.

I really need to start "tweaking it" a little bit, and see what it will really do