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From: Rosebud
It burns out your rear brakes,not to mention the stress on suspension parts,I.E.torqueing the engine against the front suspension(whitch is holding the truck back)It will also wear out your motor and tranny mounts.
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From: stevens point
roasting your tires! you hold your foot down to the floor and give 'er gas until your back tire(s) (ford rangers and exploreres arent posi usually) and watch your tires smoke! leavin rubber
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From: Rosebud
If you keep doing them,your truck will start to handle sloppy and develope all kinds of squeeks and rattles,It might even start using oil and smoking.but ultimatly its your money, smoke it if you want to.
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From: Belleville, Ontario
Just one question:
Do you have another vehicle to use if your truck breaks?
If so, go ahead and beat the truck. When it breaks, you get to learn more about how to fix it.
P.S. Some of us are probabbly older than your dad.
P.P.S. Been there done that. We used to have smoke shows to see who's car would burn the hardest.
Do you have another vehicle to use if your truck breaks?
If so, go ahead and beat the truck. When it breaks, you get to learn more about how to fix it.
P.S. Some of us are probabbly older than your dad.
P.P.S. Been there done that. We used to have smoke shows to see who's car would burn the hardest.
Last edited by Dealford; Apr 1, 2004 at 09:43 PM.
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Do what ya wanna do, after all it is your money. I used to do this stuff years ago back when cars put out some noteworthy power, so to me doing it in my Ranger would not only be very boring but from "hands-on" experience you will compromise reliability. I finally got tired of fried clutches, rebuilding trannies, broken engine/tranny mounts, replacing spyder gears, tires out of balance, u-joint problems, and replacing twisted axles. I guess I could mention how I had the ponies to be able to lift my front tires off the pavement, but all that did for me was result in a cupped frame and the front end could not be aligned until I coughed up the bucks for a visit to the frame shop. Not to mention the inconvenience of being 60 miles from home on a cold winter night and having something break thanks to my having fun. Maybe I do sound a bit like your dad, but I heard it all from my dad and guess what.........he was right.
