Burnouts?

[mjheathcote]

Thats easy, but I call that a wheel-spin. A burnout is when the car is stationary or almost so. Like this....http://youtu.be/rSwOTV-jbns. That fits my definition of a burnout, I assume Matt means the same as I'd guess he learnt how to spin up the wheels on a get away a long time ago!

The same, just keep your right foot planted!
Really its something I wound not want to inflict on my car.

 

[Grinzzz]

The same, just keep your right foot planted!
Really its something I wound not want to inflict on my car.

You managed to keep the car stationary with no brake?! Just how slippy was this pit lane! Thats seriously bad!

 

[mjheathcote]

Before I bought the Maser, I nearly bought a V10 M6.
The ecu logged any 'launch control starts' and anymore than three and the warrantee was invalidated!
You have to question why the facility was there in the first place!
Likewise a friend bought a new Exige S, that also had 'launch control'. A similar thing also applied regarding the warrantee.
Doing a burnout I see as no different, can't be good for the car!

 

[mjheathcote]

You managed to keep the car stationary with no brake?! Just how slippy was this pit lane! Thats seriously bad!

No I didnt keep it stationary, what I am saying if when the rear wheels broke traction, IF I then planted the throttle I am sure the wheels would have just kept spinning like a burnout.

 

[Grinzzz]

Before I bought the Maser, I nearly bought a V10 M6.
The ecu logged any 'launch control starts' and anymore than three and the warrantee was invalidated!
You have to question why the facility was there in the first place!
Likewise a friend bought a new Exige S, that also had 'launch control'. A similar thing also applied regarding the warrantee.
Doing a burnout I see as no different, can't be good for the car!

Yeah the lotus one was logged as "standing starts", I only ever recorded 2 on mine which was interesting

Burnouts on a car with a normal manual box and clutch dont do any damage if you do them right, a tiny bit of clutch wear, a bit of wear on the rear brakes and a heck of a lot on the tyres. A fun way to kill off a set of almost dead rear tyres

Its NOT something I'd personally do with an F1 box, but if I were to try it a rolling start would probably be the safest way into it.

 

[MAF260]

Back to the original point/question - I wouldn't attempt this. Too much to go wrong that could end up in a cloud of embarrassment/clutch smoke followed by a recovery truck!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Before I bought the Maser, I nearly bought a V10 M6.
The ecu logged any 'launch control starts' and anymore than three and the warrantee was invalidated!
You have to question why the facility was there in the first place!
Likewise a friend bought a new Exige S, that also had 'launch control'. A similar thing also applied regarding the warrantee.
Doing a burnout I see as no different, can't be good for the car!

If I remember right the Nissan GTR warranty mandates that the car needs to visit a service centre with 1,000 kms of launch control being used.

I'm also not inclined to inflict this on my car but being easily susceptible to peer pressure wouldn't rule it out. If I knew how to do it, that is.

 

[cobratwin]

We can have a play around at Llandow

 

[conaero]

We can have a play around at Llandow

Your on. I think I might buy some sacrificial rears for Llandow.

 

[cobratwin]

I'll have new ones by Llandow but ill keep the old tyres so I can kill em with front wheel burnout lol

 

[2b1ask1]

Don't the 'cruisers' still deploy the old 70's trick of laying down a patch of bleach under the rears to generate lots of white smoke and break the traction more easily?