I've seen footage of a Z doing a burnout /w the front wheels locked. Someone help a rookie out and explain this task. i'm a fwd convert to a rwd vehicle, and I don't have a clue!

 

1: Automatics are easy - Hold left foot *lightly* on break so that the front breaks lock up but not the rear. Then apply throttle.

2: Manual Transmission #1 - take off and then apply breaks and keep foot on the gas, should come to a stop and the tires will start spinning given enough throttle. Very tricky

3: Manual Transmission #2 - Heel/Toe the break/throttle while letting out on the clutch. Very tricky as well to find the right balance. Just takes practice

 

Line lock the front brakes with a push button switch

 

You can only do this in the Z if you remove the fuse for the brake lights. The Z has a drive by wire throttle and the ECU will only give you 20% throttle if it detects the brakes are being applied.

 

This may be true on other Z's, but not on mine. When running at the dragstrip, I powerbrake to clean the tires at 3000+rpm or so. The first time I did it, it really got away from me quickly went over 5,000+ rpm and would have redlined had I not feathered it right away. All this was while not moving and in the staging area. I have read the other post(s) about the 20% only being available, but that is not the case on my 5AT Touring. It appears I have 100% power available when preloading. Regards, Jim

 

I did a burn out the other day and the same thing happend... the car got away after passing 3000 rpms went all the way to 6000 before getting of the gas...car really has some puch to it

 

The 20% figure was published by Sports Compact Car (I think), maybe it only applies to MT6? I haven't tried to brake torque my Z, it is plenty capable of spinning the tires without such techniques. I'm not interested in sitting still, I want to accelerate!