Me breaking an Axle at the strip (vid)
 

Its not really too exciting except for my huge burnout breaking in some new ET Streets.

Enjoy!

http://www.indyhpmedia.com/vids/zinx...BrokenAxle.wmv

Bummer.. haha nice burnout tho! :thumbsup:

why were you modulatin the throttle like that durin a burnout...

did you know the axle broke before you lined up or did you go to take off and was like oh ****

It happened during the launch, i heard it snap. It really didn't seem violent though.

Sweet car! Nice setup too!

To maintain the rpms high enough to keep spinning, but not sit on the rev limiter for a long time. It's easier than trying to hold it at say 6000 rpm. Were you in 2nd gear?

Wait 'till you break an output shaft... (hopefully you never will)

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/7...8F1D43E4DE.htm

:)

I was in 2nd gear and its was really hard to just hold the throttle at a given RPM since those were new ET streets and I was in the water box.

Were you on stock axles when you broke that output shaft?

No, chromoly racing axles. I have a set of stock FD axles for sale, if you're interested. Good condition, and very cheap. They came out of an automatic, but if I'm not mistaken they are identical to the 5-speed axles. They sure look the same.

Thanks for the offer, but i just borrowed an axle from a friend and I'm just going to stay away from the track until i put some chromoly ones on it, probably during the winter some time.

but doesnt this places further strain than if you were to just maintain the rpm...

Possibly but I would think it's not much strain at all if the tires are spinning freely. Also, I find it very hard to stay out of redline when I'm doing a burnie. It's much better to be approaching the redline and then letting off a bit than to be bouncing off the limiter and staying at a very high rpm. You just have to keep the tires spinning with the least strain possible.

one the smoke begins to blow the rest is all show and the tires are being wasted then.. the tire temps are hot enough and u cause unneeded stress on the axles by maintaining it..

at any cost nice burnout sorry to see the breakup

Not according to Mickey Thompson. Direct from their website:
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/faqpage.php?faq=27