When burning a tire, the wheels of your car spin at a high speed producing a large amount of smoke. The car stays stationary until you release the clutch to put it in motion. Wheel burn started in acceleration races, where the tires were heated to achieve optimal traction on the racing surface. It also looks great. Unfortunately, you can't burn a tire on an old car, but if you want to remove layers of expensive rubber without achieving any significant dynamic goals other than having a good time, it can be done. Go to the first step to learn more. Once you've done it successfully, you no longer need to use the clutch (manual transmission only), or stop (automatic only).
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Perform a Basic Wheel Burnout
Step 1. Make sure you have the correct type of car
To burn tires you need a car with a lot of horsepower. With respect to transmissions, it is easier to burn the wheels using a car with a manual transmission, but you can also do it in an automatic one. For the best effect, the best tires are street tires, as they have a smoother surface that generates more smoke. Don't buy a Ford Mustang to burn off the wheels because the only rubber you'll burn is the engine belt. Ideally, you should use a Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon.
Step 2. Put the car in first gear
Fully depress the clutch pedal and begin revving the engine. As long as you have the clutch all the way down, you shouldn't move. Crank up the RPM so the wheels burn out when you let them go.
Step 3. Lock the parking brake
After lifting the clutch, the tires will start spinning very quickly so you can either increase speed and skid or keep the handbrake or parking brake locked so that the wheels spin and smoke comes out, thus burning tires.
Step 4. Release the clutch
When you fully release the clutch, the tires start spinning very quickly, generating smoke from burning tires. To stop wear, lift the throttle and release the brake.
Step 5. If the car is automatic, put the transmission in D, hold the foot brake as firmly as possible, increase the revs of the car by pressing the accelerator pedal
When you're ready, release the foot brake and the car should skid.
Method 2 of 2: Do the Thug
Step 1. Try to skate
Skidding is the "good cousin" to burning tires, and it occurs when the driver spins the wheels on the road before moving. Skidding is much easier and less dangerous for the car than burning tires, and sometimes you accidentally stop at a stoplight when accelerating too hard. To skate:
Step on the clutch with the gear engaged. Rev the engine high and release the clutch sharply to skid
Step 2. Make a circle
This is burning tires in circles. To do this, find a large, open area without any more cars, streetlights, and other obstacles that you can hit. It's easy to lose control of a car by circling. Start off by driving in slow circles and then hit the gas pedal hard so the rear wheels start to lose traction, keeping the steering wheel in the same position to make the round turn.
Step 3. Try to burn backward rolling tires
Burning with recoil is like burning tires but doing it uphill. It's a good way to burn tires with a low-powered car because backward motion helps with tire-burn traction.
Find an uphill and put the car in first gear. Step on the clutch and allow the car to roll back slightly downhill, then hitting the gas pedal hard. Finally, "release" the clutch so that the first one enters and you begin to advance
Step 4. Use a line selector
A line selector is a device that modifies a car so that the brake pedal activates only the front brakes. A line selector is a solenoid (fancy name for a switch) that provides some additional controls on the driver's seat to control the brakes. To burn tires with a line selector installed:
- To use the line selector, apply the brakes and press the line selector button. When you release the brake pedal, the front brakes are still locked but the rear ones are released, leaving the wheels free to spin, burn, and smoke. Release the line selector button to release the front brakes and move forward.
- Like burning a tire, this device is almost always illegal and quite dangerous.
Advice
- Be careful what you do so you don't hit someone or something.
- If the engine stalls, it means that you did not accelerate the car enough before releasing the clutch or that the vehicle does not have enough power to burn the tire.
- Check your tire pressure in advance to avoid a puncture as burning a tire literally uses up a lot of rubber from the wheels.
- An alternative to the line selector is a "brake clamp". Designed to hold the brakes when working, they can also be used to lock the rear brakes allowing only the front brakes to operate when the pedal is depressed. Note: most cars have a steel bar from the brake booster to the rear of the car, the place where the brake clamp is a short rubber hose attached to the differential. Some cars have two separate brake lines, one on each side, in which case two brake clamps are required.
- Try changing the wheels. The worse the wheels are, the easier it is to turn them. They also smoke more easily and you will not destroy your wheels in good condition.
- You can damage one of the car's axles or gear lever if you try to burn the tire.
- Increase the amount of smoke created by lubricating the wheels with old motor oil.
- It may help to spin the wheels quickly and hard before releasing the brake (front-wheel drive cars only).
- Slamming on the brakes while revving the engine is not so bad for the brakes, although it is for the engine.
- The only place where you can do these maneuvers legally is the racetracks or in some areas where you are allowed to do so.
Warnings
- Again, burning a tire is illegal and you could be fined for violating traffic regulations or get worse penalties.
- Never Try to loosen the transmission in an automatic car by revving the engine in neutral or neutral and shifting into gear. This can damage the transmission or gearbox leading to extremely expensive repairs.