How to lay down a nice burnout in a 5-speed Mustang GT?

d98gt said:

You do that in your 4r70w?

Seriously, once you get out to the track you will realize that street cars DON'T do the huge burnouts as its not necessary on street tires. Avoid the water if possible, or if you must go through it, just do a mild spin to get the water off. Doing a massive/smoking burnout isn't going to do you any good and you'll regret it the next day when removing the rubber on the car.

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ceracer33 said:

i just rev it up around 4500ish and dump the clutch and move my left foot to the brake pedal. this is done in 1st gear. i have been thinking about trying it in 2nd but dont want to kill it at the burnout box lol.

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georgio440 said:

If I aggressively launch it (not dropping the clutch, BTW), the tires will spin for a while, but eventually hook to the road.

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some do a heal on brake toe on clutch, but imo you need a firewall adjuster for your clutch to active that early. I put my heel on the clutch, and the big toe part of my shoe on the top left corner of the brake. Press that foot down, depressing the brake and the clutch, put your foot into the gas 4500rpms or so (depending on if you have gears or power you could do it from 2k, lol), then lift your heel off the clutch transferring weight onto the brake (but not alot if needed) then swing your heel down to be upright with the brake (unless you heel toe your 1-2 shift for extended burn outs)

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badas85 said:

Heel toe'ing a burnout is a great way to produce smoke but it's usually from your clutch.

On the road, a stock to semi-stock mustang (or many cars for that matter) isn't going to do the best burnout. But the best(and really only way IMO) to do it is to get those RPM's up and when you dump the clutch quickly find the brake and use it to keep you still enough to keep the tires spinning.

At the track you have to remember there is going to be water there, if you practice on the road and go through the burnout box and try the same stunt there you will quickly find your rev limiter, assuming you have one, if not you could imagine what would happen. d98gt had the best answer here, avoid the water and when you get on the other side do a small tire spin to clean your tires and get the little bit of water that gets brought to the start line by other cars off your tires. If you not running slicks and want to get good times at the track i would suggest spending most of your time getting the tires NOT to spin.
But of course if you want to show off(we are all guilty of that) get your garden hose wet the concrete in front of your house dump the clutch and lay on the brake till you cant see or you hear rims hit the pavement.

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