There is conflicting information on which fuse to pull for doing burnouts. I know ttrank pulled the ABS fuse , IIRC.

Which one really works?
Which fuse is the easiest to reach?

 

I can do a burn out just by hitting the VDC button. That is on my stock 215s. W/ the coupe 19 RE050s, nada.

 

^+1, brake fuse is pulled when u want to do standing still burnout (with holding the brake). Otherwise it lets u do a burnout with just popping the clutch at 4k or so, and right when u put ur left foot on the brake the power just cuts off.

 

I think this is what you are looking for Trey.

http://www.controlgenie.com/vdckit

More information can be found here: http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthre...light=vdc+fuse

 

Some people talk about unplugging the yaw sensor, some people unplug the brake level sensor. There are a lot of things you can do, and almost all of them will fault out the VDC computer, which will eliminate VDC. I, personally, have never had any issues when I just push the VDC button though.....

 

+1 it seems to serve me well that way.

 

If I turn off VDC and try to do a standing burnout (like at the drags) the second I touch the brake it turns on the traction control and stops me so I have to pull a fuse.

 

After I got my drag radials, I've been back to the drag strip twice. Both times, I removed the Stop Lamp fuse, and I was unable to do a burnout. Even with VDC off, the ECU would cut power as soon as I applied the brakes.

About a month ago, we were at Sharif's for his spring open house. We stayed the night and came back the next morning; I wanted Sharif to play with my knock sensitivity settings(another story). After he finished up, we got to talking about burnouts, and he stated that all I had to do was disconnect the ABS sensor.

We went around to the side of his shop and put down some water. w0ady and AFitchTLS were there. Sharif started off by disconnecting 2 sensors, then tried to do a burnout. Nada, because of the ECU.

He then disconnected another sensor and tried again. Same result.

He then disconnected two more sensors, and he still couldn't do a burnout. He didn't know what was going on; he'd never had this problem with any of the z's. So I suggested we also remove the Stop Lamp fuse(which has not worked for me in the past), and what do you know, we could do burnouts.

Here's the problem: we don't know what combination of sensors are required. We do know that disconnecting these 5 sensors had no effect in isolation, and that removal of the Stop Lamp fuse had no effect, in isolation. We only saw results when combined.

Here's the other problem: I don't know what sensors they are. I didn't want to post up this information until I knew which sensors were which, but even when consulting the FSM I still can't figure them out. I just know that they connect/route through the VDC relay block, located on the driver's side in the engine compartment.

And one last problem: this particular combination(sensor/fuse) appears to be different for car(g/z, possibly even coupe/sedan), possibly for year, and definitely for tranny. There's a local 04 5AT z guy that can do standing burnouts all day by simply turning off VDC and nothing else.

I would have shared all this before, but like I said, I don't like coming to the table with incomplete or inaccurate information.

w0ady was filming all this, and the burnout is here:here:
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How do you do a standing burnout.

I always thought dragsters have only front brakes and no brakes on the back so they were able to lock the front wheels and not the rear.
How can you do a burn out with both brakes applied?

 

I pulled the ABS fuse the last time I was at the drags and had no problem.

 

ttrank, this car has been a freak in almost everything it seems so I would not at all be shocked if it should have only needed the fuse removed. LOL

 

It's true.

I also noticed that when the ABS fuse is pulled, you can do a burnout but your speedo doesn't work. The fuel, temp and rpm still work.

 

I think people are confused between "peeling out" and a standing burn out for the track.

For the later, I've always pulled the ABS fuse. Should light up your dash like a christmas tree. Also disables brake lights.

 

Brake level sensor? ie.. the one at the brake master cylinder reservoir? ?! That would be great if that's all that's needed!

 

You misunderstood me. That may be what *should* have worked but I can tell you that it DID NOT. Even Sharif was a little throw because he is very familiar with these cars and what he normally does DID NOT work.