light em up?
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13
Turn off the traction control. I don't know why you'd want to do it though. Vette parts are expensive and exploding a rear end for some smoke doesn't seem cost effective. And have you priced the tires? It's your car and your money so do with it as you please.
Melting Slicks
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light em up!
Auto or stick?
Auto just hold brake and gas. Stick just dump the clutch and quickly move your left foot to the brake while your right is controlling the gas. Normally don't move but 2 feet.
Vettes can take a burnout, do it right your not going to break any parts.
Auto or stick?
Auto just hold brake and gas. Stick just dump the clutch and quickly move your left foot to the brake while your right is controlling the gas. Normally don't move but 2 feet.
Vettes can take a burnout, do it right your not going to break any parts.
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
OK, Here is what you do, Works everytime...
Put your front end against a wall and put the trans in 1st, Then punch it, That should do it.
Put your front end against a wall and put the trans in 1st, Then punch it, That should do it.
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If you are asking because you have tried and find that while you feel a ton of power and acceleration, you cant seem to break the tires loose, you are not alone 
There are a ton of things that affect wheelspin (HP, tires, temperature, road surface, the traction control system . . .).
With a stock A4 C5 (just catbacks and a blackwing), with Michelins on the rear, I had a hard time doing any kind of decent burnout back when I was learning about the car and its capabilities. Like I said, it would plant you in the seat and pull like a . . .(well I was gonna say a 15 y/o in the shower...but) like a freight train but I just felt at the time it "should?" have been an easy car to leave two black stripes with.
I'm on my second set of rear tires now and ya know, I don't find myself doing burnouts
I save the rubber for the occasional spirited carve through a nice desolate road, but I have become accustomed to (and prefer) the rapid G force available rather than the ability to smoke them.
We rented a Charger RT with the Hemi when my wifes car was in for repairs. Nice car, ton of power, break the wheels at will, just didn't go anywhere :-)
So I hear ya, when you drive the C5 it does seem like it will smoke them in a second, and feels funny when you cant, but I just chalk it up to good engineering.
Enjoy
BTW, if you do decide to "experiment", what the previous poster said about "vettes can take a burnout, do it right and you arent going to brake any parts" is essentially true, however, the traction control is supposed to retard the timing when the rear wheels are spinning faster than the fronts to protect the drivetrain. In some situations, you have plenty of HP and traction available and you could easily overstress the drivetrain and either blow the rear end or the stock output shaft (particularly if the rear wheels "hop" as on uneven pavement); so just keep that in mind.
There are a ton of things that affect wheelspin (HP, tires, temperature, road surface, the traction control system . . .).
With a stock A4 C5 (just catbacks and a blackwing), with Michelins on the rear, I had a hard time doing any kind of decent burnout back when I was learning about the car and its capabilities. Like I said, it would plant you in the seat and pull like a . . .(well I was gonna say a 15 y/o in the shower...but) like a freight train but I just felt at the time it "should?" have been an easy car to leave two black stripes with.
I'm on my second set of rear tires now and ya know, I don't find myself doing burnouts
I save the rubber for the occasional spirited carve through a nice desolate road, but I have become accustomed to (and prefer) the rapid G force available rather than the ability to smoke them.We rented a Charger RT with the Hemi when my wifes car was in for repairs. Nice car, ton of power, break the wheels at will, just didn't go anywhere :-)
So I hear ya, when you drive the C5 it does seem like it will smoke them in a second, and feels funny when you cant, but I just chalk it up to good engineering.
Enjoy
BTW, if you do decide to "experiment", what the previous poster said about "vettes can take a burnout, do it right and you arent going to brake any parts" is essentially true, however, the traction control is supposed to retard the timing when the rear wheels are spinning faster than the fronts to protect the drivetrain. In some situations, you have plenty of HP and traction available and you could easily overstress the drivetrain and either blow the rear end or the stock output shaft (particularly if the rear wheels "hop" as on uneven pavement); so just keep that in mind.
Last edited by Jistari; May 10, 2009 at 02:45 AM.
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If you're really looking for a nice burnout 'show' just put some bleach on the ground and on the rear tires. I've heard this will produce a real nice cloud and looks very impressive..
