<VV> Brody vs J-turn

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/1/2006 2:38:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, pp2 at 6007.us  
writes:

>"A  brody is essentially a half doughnut, essentially a U-turn but in  a
>much tighter radius because the rear wheels have broken loose,  thus
>steering the car

I learned it as a bootleg or J-turn,  usually involving the hand brake (a 
piece of garden hose could be used to  prevent the rachet from working). 
Corvairs are quit good at swapping ends,  the problem is stopping the 
rotation in the right place and not  stalling.

Padgett 



I thought the Brodie was a u-turn where the front wheels are planted,  turned 
to one side, then power oversteer brings the rear around the front. (like  
half a "donut")  A J-turn (aka the bootlegger turn) was performed while  backing 
up. In the J-turn the rear wheels are fixed (while moving backwards- by  
braking with the hand brake) and the front wheels are turned hard, causing  the 
front end of the car to spin around toward the direction of travel. When the  
car has spun the 180 degrees it is now pointed in the direction of travel, and  
the driver has to let off the hand brake, straighten the wheels, pop it into a 
 forward gear and stand on it - thus leaving the "ATF revenuers" behind as 
you  speed away. Something tells me Rick Norris should know about this, not sure 
 why!  <grin> By the way, 4-door PG equipped late models can do great  
J-turns to slippery-type roads. I really do know, but it's been years.  -Seth