the belt could slip a little even if it looks tight. i would look for glazing or anything like that....its very unlikely you would smell it if your moving at WOT

 

the belt could slip a little even if it looks tight. i would look for glazing or anything like that....its very unlikely you would smell it if your moving at WOT

"it" being the tires? or a slipping belt?

I'll look for glazing on the belt... I felt it today after getting home and it seemed normal and it didn't look out of sorts, but I'll check again.

My tensioner is pretty strong and I can't imagine it'd be slipping and I can't imagine any of my accessories dragging enough to slip it, but I'll give it another look.

 

are you auto or manual?

 

Auto

 

try popping the hood and sniffing around as soon as you make one of these WOT runs. try and find where the smell is coming from. stick your head under the car and smell down there too. i doubt its the tires you are smelling. the reason I was asking if you were auto or manual is because sometimes burning clutch can smell a little like burning tires.

 

Yeah, I'll just have to check it quicker..

heh.. I've smelled slipping clutches that reminded me of burnt chicken.

 

i meant unlikely you would smell tires

 

Yeah, I would imagine it would be unlikely..

I did, however, go back to a spot where I had made a WOT run and saw two very distinct black strips running about 80' down the road... whoops.

Which makes me wonder if a little of that isn't wafting in through the hole in my hatch where the "trap door" fuel pump hole resides.

 

that is very possible, especially if the black marks are that long. plenty of time for smoke to waft up through that hole!