With 2 asking, and me feeling a tiny bit motivated, I thought I'd put something up on installing a line lock.
First things first though. What is it? A line lock is an electric valve. It inserts in the brake line for the front brakes such that it blocks the line when you push the button.
How do I use it? Well, you stomp on the brakes. Then push and hold the button and let go of the brakes. As long as you hold the button, the closed valves keeps the pressure in the front brakes.
Then just do your burnout. Car will sit still while the back wheels spin and smoke. Big fun, Of course, drag racers use this technique to heat the slicks in the water box at the strip. But it's fun just about anywhere.
Lots of different kits and individual parts are made and sold. I bought a summit brand valve, some generic parts store brakelines, and the button shown in this hurst kit (it has a rubber collar that slips tightly over my gearshift)
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Here's my master and brakelines before installing the line lock.
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Lots of people just screw the valve to the inner fender, and most of the kits have brakelines long enough to do that. Of course, I had to make mine vanish.
I modified the existing bracket that holds the distribution valve on so the valve would also attach to it.
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The front (left) bolt goes into the stock distribution valve. Here's a pic of it installed.
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Then it was just a matter of making and attaching some new brake lines and bleeding the brakes.
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Here's some other examples of mounting the line lock valve.
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