Hello. I'm brand new to The Mustang Source and I had a couple of questions. I just bought a 2018 Mustang GT with a manual transmission. I wasn't sure who else to ask so I appreciate any help you can offer.

In a remote area the other day, I wanted to get the car to do a burnout from a stop. I'm not talking about the Line Lock, where the car stays stationary. I'm talking about popping the clutch and doing a burnout as the car is accelerating forward. I'm wondering what I did wrong. I disabled the traction control. I revved the engine up pretty high, I thought, but I didn't want to stomp the accelerator. Anyway, when I popped the clutch, the car just lurched forward a little with a weak chirp of the back tires.

Is there some other feature that will enable a moving burnout? Should I have revved the engine much higher? I wasn't sure what the problem was.

Also, just wanted to check, I used to do occasional burnouts in a previous Mustang GT. Does doing this occasionally do any real damage to the car/clutch?

Thanks a lot for any help.

Steve Werk

 

hi,

you need to hold the traction control button for 5-6 seconds to completely turn it off. be cautious though

 

I have read that the 2018's have a weak trans fork, be careful or your gonna have some problems.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mustang/com...and_2019_mt82/

 

The issues are from early builds of the MT-82 transmission - I don't recall specific dates but figure out your build date on your car (drivers side door inside panel stickers) - then research that to find out what month the transmissions were that had problems.

In my 13 - I had no problems burning out, even decent sized ones with traction control on - turning it off, I could leave yards of rubber... have fun

 

Absolutely, or you'll be in the next "Mustang Fail" YouTube video.

 

Not sure if it's the same on the newer cars but on the '11-'14's to do a healthy burnout you need to disable the Advancetrac, not just the traction control.
To do so you need to be stopped, foot on brake, and hold down the trac-control OFF button for at least 7 seconds.
ADVANCETRAC OFF will display on the dash in the cluster message center.
Push the button again and it comes back on (just a push and release, no hold needed)
If you just start the car and give that button a quick stab, it disables only the traction control, which is supposed to allow burnouts as long as the steering wheel is straight and the car is going straight.
Any sideways action and the Advancetrac kicks in.

 

I never bother turning everything off for a burnout. Just a quick press. You have trouble keeping it straight? That explains a lot...

 

No, I just like to write my name in things ... lol


The last time I may have had some fun it stayed mostly straight ...

 

Haha touche