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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 08:24 AM
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302 burnout?

has anyone with an automatic 302 successfully burn out their bronco? cause mine just wont do it!....pisses me off cause its a monster off road but just cant look like a bad *** on the road.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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lol I feel for ya ! ok take the hose off the windshield washer hose off , run it back to where it sprays on the front of the rear tires. Fill it with bleach. squirt it and smoke em . the sad thing is I had a buddy with a mazda pick up and he did this and it was awesome. it would just roll smoke the good kind of burn offs!!!! lol good luck
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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Taller gears. Better for off road torque anyway.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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Taller gears. Better for off road torque anyway.
Yea....you could swap gears......and then put on a set of smaller tires!

Oh what I would give to be young again!
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Pickup trucks usually have light rear ends, Broncos don't.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 11:22 AM
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I dont have a problem smoking my 31s. open rear end though so its just one wheel. But if you get enough smoke rolling nobody can see it anyway
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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My bronco has no problem burnin the tires but its got the 351
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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my 302 does it you gotta hold the brake and quickly get your foot off the breake and onto the gas (dont do it its really hard on your truck i only did it to my old '87 because it was goin to the boneyard anyways)
 
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 05:00 PM
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My old 88 had a pair of hardened up old stock sized tires and I could smoke those puppies ..... when I had less than a quarter tank of gas and no top on! It's just isn't possible on my 89.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 01:04 AM
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lol I feel for ya ! ok take the hose off the windshield washer hose off , run it back to where it sprays on the front of the rear tires. Fill it with bleach. squirt it and smoke em . the sad thing is I had a buddy with a mazda pick up and he did this and it was awesome. it would just roll smoke the good kind of burn offs!!!! lol good luck
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I am so doing that to my nissan pickup tommorow! I'm gonna be smoking all the way to the tire center
 
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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i can bark mine a little, but it has to be wet and uphill.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Crisconsin you will love it !! bleach and pavement = slick stuff take lots of pics !!
later Jeff
 
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