cromwell74

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?

LT1M21Vette

cromwell74

Oops, that´s not the right way to do it. =)

The13Bats

I thought guys stopped doing that when they left highschool,

cromwell74

Not Vin Diesel =)

Street Rat

Some of us still like to live in the past Bats.

The13Bats

Even if you take out a c7?

Im all in favor of showing off if thats what a cat likes,
But do it on a track,
I have lost friends being stupid on the street where they can take out an innocent person,

jim2527

Over inflate the rear tires....

Press brake, press gas. lift brake and stab gas at the same time.

Street Rat

Nope. My wife has a 2008 C6. I never do burnouts in it. I do it very seldom in my C3. When I do it's on a desolate road with no people. I"m not sure about the OP was wanting to show off or not. You are correct though. If that's what a cat likes let him roll.

Happy Motoring

resdoggie

.......and Jay Leno.

Iceaxe

Some of our local car shows supervise, close off and designate a section for burn outs. It's about as safe as it gets for showing off. I assume the OP is talking about a similar setup.

Bergerboy

How about with a manual?

REELAV8R

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.

cv67

dont practice with anyone around period!

I dont understand the fascination with burnouts at all

jim-81

Maybe try it out in a wet parking lot first.

Tiger Joe

push clutch in, shift to 1st.


rev engine
dump clutch

REELAV8R

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.

Kacyc3

Don't, here's why

Don't be one of these guys.

MelWff

Why would anybody in there right mind set up a autocross course in a parking lot brimming with trees!

Alan 71

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.