During a burnout, the car's wheels spin at high speed causing a lot of smoke. The car remains stationary until you release the clutch and trigger traction. The first burnouts were done in acceleration races (the so-called "drag races") and for a reason: in these competitions the wheels must be heated to reach the goal; besides, they are beautiful to look at. Sadly, you can't burnout just any old car, but if you want to literally burn layers and layers of expensive tread just for fun, then this article will tell you how. Keep reading!
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Basic Burnout
Step 1. Make sure you have the right machine
To perform a burnout you need a car with a lot of power. As for the type of transmission, it is easier to do this with a manual transmission car, but it is also possible to do it with an automatic transmission. If you want to get a good result, you should use road tires, which have smoother surfaces and create a lot more smoke. Avoid trying this in a Ford Mustang because the only rubber you will be able to burn will be the engine belt. Better to try a Holden Commodore or a Ford Falcon.
Step 2. Put the first gear
Squeeze the clutch completely and rev the engine; you shouldn't move as the clutch is engaged. Turn the engine up so the tires are warm when you let them go.
Step 3. Apply the handbrake
When you have released the clutch, the wheels will start spinning at high speed so you can disengage the brake and "skid2 in a peel-out" or pull the handbrake and let the tires spin around creating a lot of smoke (burnout).
Step 4. Release the clutch
When you let go of it completely, the tires start spinning at great speed, burning from the friction on the asphalt and creating a lot of smoke. To stop them, just take your foot off the accelerator and release the brake.
Step 5. If your car has automatic transmission, shift the gear to "D", depress the brake pedal as firmly as possible and increase the engine revs by pressing the accelerator
When you're ready, release the brake pedal; the wheels of the car should slip.
Part 2 of 2: Different stunts
Step 1. Try peel-out
This is a "stunt" similar to burnout in which the driver spins the tires before leaving (the "skid"). The peel-out is easier to do and less dangerous for the car, and sometimes you happen to do it unintentionally when you start again at the traffic lights, if you give too much gas. Here's how to do it:
Squeeze the clutch and put the first gear. Increase the engine revs and release the clutch suddenly
Step 2. Perform a 360 ° spin
It is a circular burnout that leaves a "donut" design on the asphalt. To do this you need to find a large area, with no other cars, poles, lampposts or other obstacles you might hit - during a spin it's easy to lose control of the vehicle. Start by driving slowly in circles and then give the throttle sharply, so that the tires lose traction; keep the tires in the same position to start spinning.
Step 3. Try a backward burnout
It consists of a normal burnout but performed uphill. This is a good method to perform even with low-powered cars, as the backward movement helps in traction.
Find an uphill road and put the car in first gear. Squeeze the clutch and let the car slide back slightly; finally presses the accelerator. Suddenly let go of the clutch and perform burnout
Step 4. Use a line locker
It is a device that modifies the car so that the brake pedal acts only on the front wheels. A line locker is a solenoid (i.e. a switch) that gives you extra buttons on the dashboard to control the brakes. Here's how to perform a burnout with a line locker installed:
- Press the brake pedal and operate the line locker button. When you release the pedal, the front wheels will be locked, but the rear ones won't, and can therefore spin, burn and make a lot of smoke. Press the button again to disengage the line locker.
- Just like burnouts, this device is illegal and quite dangerous.
Advice
- Watch where you go, so you won't hit anyone or anything.
- If the engine stalls, it means you haven't revved it up enough before letting go of the clutch or your car isn't powerful enough.
- Check for yourself how much tread you have before doing a burnout, as this maneuver literally burns a lot of layers of rubber and you don't want a wheel to blow.
- An alternative to the line locker is the "brake caliper". It is designed to lock the brakes when servicing, but can be used to disengage the rear brakes and leave the front brakes active. Note: Most cars have a link that runs from the brake booster to the rear axle shaft to operate the brakes. The caliper goes on a short length of rubber hose that attaches to the differential (some cars have two connections, one for the right brake and one for the left - in this case you will need two calipers).
- Try changing the tires. The worse the condition of your tires, the better you will be able to spin them without causing a lot of smoke and without damaging the new tires.
- You can damage one of the axles or the crankshaft by doing a burnout.
- Increase the smoke by wetting the wheels with old engine oil.
- Spin the front wheels before applying the handbrake (for front-wheel drive cars only).
- Pulling on the brakes while accelerating doesn't ruin the brakes as much, but it's terrible for the engine!
Warnings
- Never seek to force a car's transmission with an automatic transmission by overspeeding the engine while in neutral and then engaging the gear. This ruins the transmission or crankshaft resulting in very expensive repairs.
- Burnouts are illegal in many countries and municipalities, they represent a violation of the highway code and are punished with large fines, withdrawal of the driving license or administrative blocking of the vehicle.
