Brake heat during open-header parade

[turbo84gn]

Lane Automotive (imagine having a Summit showroom in your back yard) has a yearly car show/cruise (www.laneautomotive.com). This year they had the first open header cruise/contest. We entered our '87 (you can see us in the pictures at the website). When you take the plate off of the TH 3" downpipe, you can really here that TE-44 whine :biggrin: We weren't as loud as the big block V8's, but we were hoping to get points for sound appeal :wink: with our turbo. Judging by reactions as we drove through the main stretch of town, I think we had a winner.

The problem was that to get the turbo to spin up enough to get a nice loud whine, I had to ride the brakes. You could smell 'em 3/4 of the way through the route.:frown: They were really hot at the end

Any suggestions for next year?

 

[TurboDave]

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The problem was that to get the turbo to spin up enough to get a nice loud whine, I had to ride the brakes. You could smell 'em 3/4 of the way through the route.:frown: They were really hot at the end

Any suggestions for next year?

Imagine the tranny heat built up!!!!!

 

[garyk1970]

i would put car in neutral for a couple of revs,then move up,then do it again.....

 

[turbofish38]

Ride the parking brake instead.

 

[scottyb]

Imagine the tranny heat built up!!!!!

:frown:

 

[yullose]

Don't ride the brakes like an old lady and you'll be fine.