True, True. AWD systems really don't like this. I can hear your diff's screaming in pain right now

 

i am curious as to why it would mess your diffs so bad. i know a considerable amount about the suspension, drive components on the cars, and can not really see how this would hurt your awd. if someone has a resonable explanation i would love to hear it.

as far as an auto, its not really any different EXCEPT for how the awd system works. autos have what is called the awd solenoid which is located in the back of the tranny. it is a com. controlled mechanism that engages the gear to the rear drive shaft. when these solenoids go bad they cause the system to bind (causes a weird vibration and the whole car shakes when you turn a corner, or take hard enough activate the awd). i have seen the teeth on some worn almost all the way through. this is one reason to keep your tires all the same size, and rotate every other oil service. anyway sorry for the essay on awd, just felt like typing.


-PJ

 

I didn't know about the solenoid on the auto's, but if you want to put that much faith in the action of those solenoids go ahead. I am refering to the manual's where when the E-brake is pulled and your still in gear. The axels are being driven but the back axels are also being stopped at the same time making excessive strain on the rear/ center diff

 

what the hell, are you a spy or something?

"Personally I dont see why cops think its such a big deal, I can get the car into the other lane facing the right way"

british guy you get dumber every day.

 

...and you seem to get ruder... if you don't have anything to contribute, don't bother with the bashing.

 

true, i had not considered that. very good point though. anytime i have done this the clutch has been in, so no torque to the wheels. but you do make a good point.

-PJ

 

Nah - but I do get in chases fairly often - mostly just my friends messing with my head. I live in the pacific Northwest - in Corvallis, Oregon - where it never stops raining - so I don't have to worry about the roads being too dry. Also, what got me thinking about it was the morning of when i originally posted this question - I was running a bit late and then accidentally missed the exit on this completely empty rural highway thingy. I had to do a u-turn - and while I was doing so I couldn't stop thinking about how much cooler it would be if I could have just done an e-brake turn. Anyways - could someone tell me exactly how to execute one? Thanks!

 

true.... true... when the hell would you do an e-brake, on public streets your nopt james bond and i dont think you need to do this.

 

The only use I have ever seen for pulling the e-brake is 360's and 180's ... Maybe some of those tight hairpins seen in the WRC. How do they rotate their cars around those turns like that, anyway?

Personally, I've never tried the maneuver myself. I autox, and even on the tightest course, it's completely unnecessary, but then, at the time, I was in a RWD car. If you're curious about what happens when performing the maneuver, get GT3, or if you don't have a PS2, Try Need For Speed Porche Unleashed, and play around with it ... In NFS there were a couple of the 'factory driver' courses that required it. There was one CTF type deal where you had to take a 90deg, and tack a cone on the way around ... I used it to kick the back-end out a bit to get the cone.

I don't recommend doing it in the real world, unless, like everyone else said you're in a wet or snow-covered parking lot. I'd more more worried about shredding my bearings than my diff's though..