Emergency Brake
#1
Emergency Brake
Or hand brake.....I'm wondering what it specifically does to your car if you pull it while turning...Why exactly is it so bad for the car? Is it only that it locks up your rotors and flattens one part of your tire or is there more?
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Pros: you can use it to break loose the rear tires, and help rotate the car around a sharp turn, or do a 180 (u-turn).
Cons: if your car is not an 05+ it can damage the center diff (the ACD opens when the brake is pulled). You can get "flat-spots" on the tires, because you are sliding across the tarmac with them locked.
Depending on the surface condition and tires you are running, it may not be possible to lock the rear that way, because you don't have enough braking force on the e-brake. After all, iti is not hydraulic, but just a cable/lever (most rally cars are retrofitted with a hydraulic e-brake). Lastly, if you do it a lot, you will stretch the cable connecting the handle to the rear brakes. You can retighten it (may snap eventually), or replace with a kevlar cable instead of steel (stock).
Cons: if your car is not an 05+ it can damage the center diff (the ACD opens when the brake is pulled). You can get "flat-spots" on the tires, because you are sliding across the tarmac with them locked.
Depending on the surface condition and tires you are running, it may not be possible to lock the rear that way, because you don't have enough braking force on the e-brake. After all, iti is not hydraulic, but just a cable/lever (most rally cars are retrofitted with a hydraulic e-brake). Lastly, if you do it a lot, you will stretch the cable connecting the handle to the rear brakes. You can retighten it (may snap eventually), or replace with a kevlar cable instead of steel (stock).
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Originally Posted by evilferret
So I guess the 03-04's don't have to worry about the ACD.
What other damage would it cause?
What other damage would it cause?
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#12
what exactly are the steps to do a 180 turn with da hand brake...
ive never done it before
here's what i think........
1.slow down
2.put in 1st gear....leave clutch in
3.turn the car
4.once the car is turning a little bit, hand brake up, fully lock the wheel to the direction ur turning
5.clutch out....drive normal.....
Something like that?????
Also....how do u control how much u spin???
Thanks
ive never done it before
here's what i think........
1.slow down
2.put in 1st gear....leave clutch in
3.turn the car
4.once the car is turning a little bit, hand brake up, fully lock the wheel to the direction ur turning
5.clutch out....drive normal.....
Something like that?????
Also....how do u control how much u spin???
Thanks
#13
Hey guys, i dont know if I would do much of this in my evo, but its a crap load of fun in a lighter, FWD car like a honda civic or something. I had an 88 civic, and my friend had a CRX, they are TONS of fun.
My advice- take your girlfriends FWD car out to a huge parking lot next time it rains or snows and have a blast practicing e brake drifting and 180s ! Let your evo rest, or just drift it without the e brake.
My advice- take your girlfriends FWD car out to a huge parking lot next time it rains or snows and have a blast practicing e brake drifting and 180s ! Let your evo rest, or just drift it without the e brake.
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practice the e-brake turn in a very big open parking lot.
1. go over 5000 rpm in 1st gear driving a straight line.
2. as u turn the wheel kick in the clutch and yank the e-brake hard enough to lock up the rear wheels.
3. pop the clutch back in and give it enough gas so that ur rear-end comes out to however far u want it to, while doing this simultaneously give the front wheels the proper steering so ur heading in the direction u want.
process these maneuvers quickly and u should be heading in the right direction.
1. go over 5000 rpm in 1st gear driving a straight line.
2. as u turn the wheel kick in the clutch and yank the e-brake hard enough to lock up the rear wheels.
3. pop the clutch back in and give it enough gas so that ur rear-end comes out to however far u want it to, while doing this simultaneously give the front wheels the proper steering so ur heading in the direction u want.
process these maneuvers quickly and u should be heading in the right direction.