How Often: Do You Spin Tire?

"BJL" (simplifyandaddlightness) 08/14/2013 at 10:00 • Filed to: How Often

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Now, I don't mean professionally, and just to heat up the slicks. What I do mean is either you want to get out into traffic quickly, or you just do it for fun. It may be against the law , but who really enforces that law...

Subaru BRZ, Scion and all of the equivalent all come standard with the Prius tire, allowing for 'maximum hoonage'. The car spins tire relatively well, and all in fun. By spin tire, I mean that you don't necessarily create a barrel of smoke, but rather just hear a chirp as you power down the road.

I really do not spin tire very much, but there is an intersection that I like jumping on the gas in. A tight intersection where I hook a right after a stop and have to get up to 45 is the location. Usually I don't need to go fast, but it sure is fun... Do you ever burnout, or do you have your car "grounded to the ground" all of the time...

Chteelers > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:03

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Close to everyday, I'd say. No lurid slides or burnouts, but I exceed the grip on the fronts or rear fairly regularly.

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:04

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I've only done it once in Grimace, and that was before I swapped the motor. I won't be doing it again until I do the Supra axle swap & LSD.

SP23 > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:06

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I have these: BF Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp 2's (that's a mouthful) on my stock Mazda3. Either my car doesn't have enough power or they're so grippy that I can't spin them easily. Perhaps I'm not trying hard enough, but I don't like dumping my clutch either...

William Byrd > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:07

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In my 400+hp RWD Mustang, I used to at least weekly. I'm not talking smoky burnout, but a tire chirp into 2nd or a quick sprint off the line usually resulted in some spinnage.

In my 200+hp AWD Lexus, less so. The Surburban will get pretty sideways but the tires are already getting light in the tread dept. so I keep things calm.

Takuro Spirit > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:07

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If I'm driving a shit box FWD sometimes I accidentally spin the inside tire if accelerating around a turn. See: Camry, Mazda3

In my Subaru I'd try and four-wheel drift it around a certain corner on my way to work, daily.

My truck I tried not to spin the tires at all, because they were hella expensive, same thing with my Crown Vics, though they were hooned in the snow and wet.

Come to think of it, the last time I ever properly abused a set of drive tires was in my Hombre. I constantly did brake stands, and would load up the rear axle with a little brake torquing at stops, because it would leave a short set of 11's like clockwork. It was my first vehicle that could do so, so I exploited it every chance I got. Plus I was 18 and dumb.

Burrito de EJ25 > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:17

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In my WRX? Never. Because it's hard. And I live in LA so it never rains.

Though I did end up on a wide, completely empty dirt road on a road trip to Salton Sea. I got all four tires spinning a couple of times. Trying to drift an AWD car with my level of experience would be downright irresponsible in any other environment. So, that's been my only opportunity. I respect the limitations of my experience (or lack thereof).

Casper > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:22

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Since spinning your tires won't make you go fast, it's always for fun. If I'm trying to get into and out of traffic fast, there shouldn't be more than a chirp from the tires. If I'm bored and feeling like I want to merge with style in my wife's BRZ, I'll kick the ass end around from a light, but not much. The BRZ is a pretty weak chassis, so I don't like to do too much to damage it. Generally it's just a power spin from a dig so I can walk it out and back without really putting stress on the car, but that is still rare.

I did it a lot more in my S2000. The S2K just seemed to like to walk the back around on a couple intersections that were positive slopes intersecting slightly negative angle surface, so I didn't discourage it. I also didn't turn it into a "HAY YALL LOOK AT ME" moment either. I would just throw a nice controlled slide to about 50 or 60 degrees and run it out up to speed. Generally keeping the revs low enough I wasn't really smoking anyone out.

Back in the day with my 240Z autocross car, I did a lot of excessive hooning. There was one time that I completely filled down town with smoke just showing someone that the car could be transitioned from a hard burn out in reverse to a hard burn forward without stopping motion. Of course that was when I was extra young and dumb and tires seemed like they were free.

drunkenup2 > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:22

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Worn tires on my Audi Q5 make a front inside tire spin on a sharp low speed turn when the gas is applied. When I still had my RWD S430 (worn tires too) I could always get at least a single tire-fire coming out of any turn, regardless of angle with the right amount of throttle.. miss that car. AWD is boring.

The Swedish Bandit > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:24

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Just about every time I take Joy out for a spin. At stop signs and redlights I almost always try to find the maximum stall speed before it does a brake stand. I then proceed to floor it of the line and struggle for grip for about 3 secs. However being a base Firebird it only has an open 10 bolt diff, meaning that I usually only spin one tire, which of course is super embarrassing :( Seriously gotta get around to welding that diff sometime soon.

ColoradoTaco > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:28

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Never, because quattro

LeadfootYT > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:36

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It would happen a lot in the Civic before I got new tires. Not extended periods necessarily, but even very low speed squeals when pulling away from uphill stop signs.

In the E24 it happens a lot when turning and braking. I attribute this to the massive, 70-section sidewall on the current tires, but regardless, it happens all the time, even under light driving. It doesn't spin the wheels from a dead stop as easily (again, balloon tires), but I have gotten the wheels to chirp in a hard first-second shift once (which was totally not at a stoplight with my friend's E30 next to me, a car which was definitely not demolished easily by the Sixer's M30).

MrCrash > BJL 08/14/2013 at 10:54

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If I'm bored, I might get a little sideways through a turn or chirp them leaving a light. I don't make a habit of it unless I'm sure no one is around since I'm not in a stealthy vehicle, and I really don't want to crash into a bus full of orphaned kittens and puppies that are being delivered to orphaned children with incurable diseases.

LumberJunk > BJL 08/14/2013 at 11:28

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Always. I need an alignment. FWD problems.

SgtHop > BJL 08/14/2013 at 12:02

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I'll chirp my tires every now and again in my Mazda 6. Never able to get them to spin in my 325 though, don't think it has enough power.

Matt Urban > BJL 08/14/2013 at 12:47

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220k miles took some of the sprite out of my Tacoma. I don't think that the 190hp new was every enough to lay scratch, well on tarmac anyway.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > BJL 08/14/2013 at 14:03

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In my Milan I do it by accident every once in a while, though if I turn of traction I can spin those front wheels for quite a good ways.

In the Montego I enjoy the hell out of that Ford 5.0 with some fun burnouts. Now with the power upgrades (it's an automatic 3 speed btw, Ford C4 Transmission) if I have it floors I chirp the tires in all 3 gears. It's fun as hell. I always keep an eye out for the other kind of 5-0, the cops, when I enjoy said burn outs and tire spinning with shifts though!

MPA > BJL 08/14/2013 at 22:44

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When I was younger, I loved to do burnouts, and spin them under acceleration. But honestly, I really can't remember the last time I've spun my tires other then the slight, occasional chirp of an aggressive launch in my Honda Fit. I enjoy cornering more than anything now.

I really haven't had a quick car in a while, and that makes me sad. I had a '09 WRX, but I wasn't spinning tires in that even though I used the launch control to launch from 4000rpm on several occasions.

If anything, it was this burnout on a '04 GSX-R600 back in '08.

And here are some burnouts of mine from my youth

davidj210 > BJL 08/15/2013 at 10:31

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My 2012 Impreza is a bit lacking in the torque department, and each wheel only gets 25% of the power. So my tire spinning is limited to dirt/gravel roads and snowy days.

911e46z06 > BJL 08/15/2013 at 20:10

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Just bought an M3 a couple weeks ago. I ordered a new set of wheels from Forgestar, which takes 8 weeks. So, my tires only have to last me a couple more weeks. Lets just say I've put a lot of miles on the buttons for sport mode and traction control.