Burnouts??!!

[BenzedUP]

Just wondering how do you exactly do burnouts in an automatic merc?? i havnt tryed it my self n i don't want to tbh but just out of interest maybe andy with the c32 will know this question??

ive always thought you switch it to 1 not D and brack n put your foot down!

 

[andy_cyp]

Sport mode,Esp off, right foot on the brake and the left hits the accelerator to the desired amount of wheel spin.

But do yourself a favour and dont try it as ive heard that you can shred your rear tyres in a single burnout.

And before you ask, no i havent.

 

[pammy]

shouldn't it be left foot on the brake and right on the accelerator?

 

[SimonsMerc]

Sport mode,Esp off, right foot on the brake and the left hits the accelerator to the desired amount of wheel spin.

But do yourself a favour and dont try it as ive heard that you can shred your rear tyres in a single burnout.

And before you ask, no i havent.

I tried this and now I have bruises all over my right shin and my left calf...

 

[Maff]

Yep, that works. Done a few of these when at the drag strip in Budapest for 3 to 5 seconds before each run.

 

[PJH]

shouldn't it be left foot on the brake and right on the accelerator?

I think he's just keeping EVERYTHING crossed.

 

[Thmsshaun]

Just do it on grass if you dont want to rip your tyres up. Not that I would try Oh no not me gov.........

 

[machasm]

Doesn't braking also try to brake the back wheels too?
If so then that can't be too healthy for the discs can it?
Mac.

 

[GRAV888]

They are easy.
Not that I ever do any, eh R2

 

[Satch]

My brother in law told me that last year down in Ramsgate Ye Local Neds started a craze for doing burnouts on their "Cruze Nites". One genius must have seen drag races at night and flame outs, where sometimes a small amount of ether gets poured over the tyres just before a burn out. Has a very low flash point and ignites, flashing the smoke into a very spectacular but in the general circumstances pretty harmless ball of flame. Usually done on the classic dragster "rails" where the huge rear tyres are open to the air

But if you dump a lot of it over the wheels of your crapmobile all you end up with is wheel arches full of blazing rubber and ether. And a lot of blue flashing lights

 

[Jdukey]

Manual Style

I've done a lot of burnouts in manual cars which consists of building up revs and then dropping the clutch in first gear. This supplies a large initial force which is big enough to overcome the traction of the tyres. So naturally i did the same thing in my auto c180 (w203 1998cc) and it works well. Put the car into neutral and rev the engine. Then move the stick into drive, the car will slow the engine down to a "safe" speed before engaging drive. When it does the wheels will loose traction and the car will initiate a rolling burnout. Works well even with traction control on (it's actually a poor system on mine at least). However this comes with a warning for larger engined cars! The automatic transmission can be permanently damaged by sudden loads on it. I;m not sure how safe the car's own "safe" rev speed is!
Either way, it's lots of fun!! Try turning the wheel a bit for a full on slide!
James

 

[GRAV888]

I've done a lot of burnouts in manual cars which consists of building up revs and then dropping the clutch in first gear. This supplies a large initial force which is big enough to overcome the traction of the tyres. So naturally i did the same thing in my auto c180 (w203 1998cc) and it works well. Put the car into neutral and rev the engine. Then move the stick into drive, the car will slow the engine down to a "safe" speed before engaging drive. When it does the wheels will loose traction and the car will initiate a rolling burnout. Works well even with traction control on (it's actually a poor system on mine at least). However this comes with a warning for larger engined cars! The automatic transmission can be permanently damaged by sudden loads on it. I;m not sure how safe the car's own "safe" rev speed is!
Either way, it's lots of fun!! Try turning the wheel a bit for a full on slide!
James

Personally, I would not recomend doing this as SERIOUS damage can occur.
When I had my own garage, we used to have cars in on a regular basis with blown seals and torque converter damage due to reving the car in neutral and then putting it into gear.

By the way, my best burnout so far is a perfect figure of 8 in my yard.
Didn't do the rear tyres much good though

 

[Jdukey]

I've seen nasty damage on other cars aswell, but the fact that the car won't engage drive until a certain rev limit gives me some confidence, especially on such an underpowered car!
I like the figure of 8, new tires directly after? Was that in a mercedes?

 

[GRAV888]

I've seen nasty damage on other cars aswell, but the fact that the car won't engage drive until a certain rev limit gives me some confidence, especially on such an underpowered car!
I like the figure of 8, new tires directly after? Was that in a mercedes?

In my E55 mate.

 

[BenzedUP]

Sport mode,Esp off, right foot on the brake and the left hits the accelerator to the desired amount of wheel spin.

But do yourself a favour and dont try it as ive heard that you can shred your rear tyres in a single burnout.

And before you ask, no i havent.

Yea cheers thats sounds right and no i'm not going to try it as i have only just got new rear tires but if i want to try it i'd prob do it on the wet or grass... haha

 

[Thmsshaun]

They are easy.
Not that I ever do any, eh R2

Trip to your yard for the gtg then. I shall get some old steeld off Ebay to put on

 

[reflexboy]

Sorry to sound boring, maybe Im not seeing the attraction, but it sounds a bit 17 year old in a Vauxhall Nova'ish....And the point of doing it is....................?

 

[Thmsshaun]

Sorry to sound boring, maybe Im not seeing the attraction, but it sounds a bit 17 year old in a Vauxhall Nova'ish....And the point of doing it is....................?

Erm As grav said the figure 8 would be for Fun
In Maffs case to warm the tyres so they become hot & sticky and as such more grip on take off.

 

[GrahamC230K]

In a MB the trick is to get the car moving forwards a bit before you ignite the rear wheels too much. Too much spin means you stay on the spot, and I find if you are not moving the ~4100rpm rev limit that applies when you are in neutral also seems to kick in (I guess it's just a limit regardless of gear for when travelling <~5mph). Unless in something beefy, "burning out" with a mx of 4000rpm is a little tricky.

No I don't "burn out", but have done a plenty few serious 0-60 runs.

 

[GRAV888]

....And the point of doing it is....................?

Because we can if we feel the need