Burnout for a beginner
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 154
Likes: 2
From: Europe
Burnout for a beginner
Hello!
If you are at a car show and want to join a burnout show...is there a gently way to do a burnout?
The car has a 300hp engine.
1.Should you have gearselector in pos. 1?
2.Is it best to first press down the brakepedal and then press accelerator slowly down?
If you are at a car show and want to join a burnout show...is there a gently way to do a burnout?
The car has a 300hp engine.
1.Should you have gearselector in pos. 1?
2.Is it best to first press down the brakepedal and then press accelerator slowly down?
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 11,608
Likes: 780
From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 5,339
Likes: 546
From: Central Texas
Happy Motoring
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 6,284
Likes: 1,171
From: Hermosa
What you are describing is power braking. Where the power of the engine overpowers the rear brakes. I wouldn't recommend that as it very hard on the brakes.
Gear selector in 1 is fine, don't over rev the engine though. Putting it in 2 will allow it to shift but if your engine doesn't have the power to keep spinning it'll launch the car forward.
turning tight circles at least allows you to control the forward movement of the car and the tires spin easier.
If you haven't done a burnout before I would recommend getting somewhere where you can practice before doing it in front of a crowd or with people in the vicinity such as a burnout competition. Done wrong it can be a disaster with obstacles or people around.
Team Owner
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 81,241
Likes: 3,063
From: altered state
St. Jude Donor '05
If you haven't done a burnout before I would recommend getting somewhere where you can practice before doing it in front of a crowd
dont practice with anyone around period!
I dont understand the fascination with burnouts at all
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 6,284
Likes: 1,171
From: Hermosa
Sort of. I would let the clutch out lightly to take the slop out of the drive line then as you dump the clutch push the accelerator to the floor to get the tires spinning (depending on HP level) and adjust from there.
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,990
Likes: 183
From: Port St. Lucie Fl
Don't, here's why
Don't be one of these guys.
Last edited by Kacyc3; Jul 11, 2017 at 01:36 PM.
Race Director
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 18,734
Likes: 2,582
Autocross
Why would anybody in there right mind set up a autocross course in a parking lot brimming with trees!
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 31,273
Likes: 4,366
From: Westminster Maryland
Hi c74,
Some times on old cars, (and even on new cars), doing burnouts can break something that would not have broken in ordinary driving.
So you might need to be ready for an unexpected expense.
Regards,
Alan
Many folks learned this when they were 16….. and there was money to put gas it it but really no money for repairs that required new parts.
Some times on old cars, (and even on new cars), doing burnouts can break something that would not have broken in ordinary driving.
So you might need to be ready for an unexpected expense.
Regards,
Alan
Many folks learned this when they were 16….. and there was money to put gas it it but really no money for repairs that required new parts.
Last edited by Alan 71; Jul 11, 2017 at 04:19 PM.
