Q&A for How to Do a Burnout

Yes, if done for too long your car can overheat. The transmission and clutch can overheat. If you have an automatic and you're holding the brake for too long, it will wear out. And those 60,000-mile tires you spent so much on: for every twenty seconds of tire burning, you've just worn them down 20,000 miles.

Yes. The best way to do it is the following: put the car into Drive, hold the foot brake, build the revs then release the foot brake. How much power the car has and the quality of the tires will determine how good the burnout is.

Yes. Press the clutch in all the way, rev it high, then pop the clutch while in first gear.

In a manual, rev to bout 3500 rpm with the clutch on the floor, then let go of the clutch completely. In an automatic, hold your foot on the break while you rev your engine.

Lock the car in a gear (for instance, on the gear selector, there should be a position that says 1 or 2), turn gradually, release the accelerator, depress the accelerator fully and the car should drift.

Depending on your city laws, you can get a apprentice permit. However, in most places, the age for driving usually starts at 16, so you really do need to check your local laws. In some countries, it is legal for minors to drive on private property, such as on farms, which can be a great way to learn initially, without traffic hassles.

Yes, it can. Put the car in drive, hold down the brake pedal firmly, build up the revs and release the brake pedal.

If the engine is anything better than a stock 4-cylinder, you can probably burn out. However, there are too many variables for an accurate, generic answer. Vehicle weight, tire compound, and whether the car is FWD, RWD, or AWD are huge factors. Additionally, wheel horsepower (WHP) is the number that matters most for any performance question, and often isn't fully known by an owner without a dyno pull.

Yes, although HP isn't the only thing that matters. There is car weight, what kind of tires you have, and the torque to consider as well.

Yes. Horsepower is not a determining factor.

You could in theory, but I wouldn't recommend trying it.

You can only drift a rear wheel drive car or all wheel drive car. You will also need a decent amount of horsepower, but you definitely don't need a huge amount.

Put the car in the lowest forward gear, floor the gas while holding the brake and then release the brake.

Go really fast and turn the wheel hard. Don't turn too hard or else you will flip over.

No because it's not RWD or AWD. In order for it to be able to do a burnout it has to be one of the two, and not FWD.

As soon as you let off the clutch, pull the brake and you will lock your front wheels so you won't move.

Make sure you're giving your car enough rev to support the pop when you release the clutch. Not enough rev will result in the car stalling. If this still doesn't work, try releasing your clutch slower.

You probably need to tighten your handbrake. Alternatively, wet the driving surface. Water tends to work well in most circumstances.

Yes, but it is a little harder to do because they are heavy. Make sure you have a high powered engine.

Yes, most cars are easily capable of burnouts. You just have to learn your car and the appropriate way to attempt one without overheating the engine or transmission.

Your wheels won't be spinning if the clutch is down. It'll just get the engine revs up. Once you release the clutch, the wheels will lock into the high revs and start spinning very fast, so either have the handbrake on to hold out that spin, or dump the clutch and you'll peel out.

Yes. A 1900cc car will do a better job thanks to the higher engine power, but the 800cc will work fine too if you do the burnout on loose sand or grass.

Yes, though it may be more difficult it is still possible. With traction from all tires , the amount of traction is greater, making it harder to complete an AWD burnout.

Any car that has at least 2 cylinders, anything above that is not necessary but it is recommended.

Typically, a rear-wheel drive with lots of horsepower. Also, you want a manual transmission.

No. Most SUVs either have AWD or FWD, and doing it in an SUV is definitely weird. Stick shift is also needed for a good burnout.

Unfortunately, you will not be able to drift that car because it is front-wheel drive.

Pull your E-Brake up and press on the gas pedal. That applies to all FWD cars.

Depends if you have a standard transmission or not. If it is a standard, the put the gas pedal to the floor when going around a corner. Make sure that you are in a gear that will allow you to spin the tires.

Yes, unless you do it wrong; then your transmission will start to smoke.