I know this is a really stupid and immature question to ask but ever since my salesman took me out for a test drive and pulled doughnuts on the s2000, i been longing to try it out with some reservation.
Well I tried the other day but couldnt really get the whole car to spin around, more like a 180. What's the technique. I remember my salesman not using the parking brake at all. Thanks

 

turn the wheel, rev, drop

 

I hope you didn't buy the car your salesman took you doing donuts in not to mention the engine not being broken in at all The S2k is not ment to do donuts. You should get a Z28 or something with enough torque to do it w/o tearing everything up "as easily" if you must do donuts.

 

From a stop -- rev, turn the wheel, drop the clutch. In cars with a bit more torque .. or in your S2000 when the roads are wet just goose it from 5mph or so and crank the wheel.

From a roll, 40mph or so, hit the handbrake, count to 1 or 2, crank the wheel. Around she goes. Now -- the trick is, can you manage to get a 360 by coming on and off the gas and adding the correct steering input at the right times AND stay in the same lane. It's possible.

Go to an empty asphalt parking lot the next time it rains and play around. The S2000 has a very interesting spinning sensation -- unlike most other cars the driver / passenger sit damn near if not right on the center of polar moment.

 

to me, that is the hardest part of learning to control spins.....the sensation of spining. that is what trips most people. if you look where you want to go, the sensation goes away.

 

new tires = difficult to spin.

if you continue on the donuts, look me up when you blow the rear end. =D I'll help you out with rebuilding it back up.

 

this is going to cause massive wear on your motor, drivetrain and suspension. its not worth it all. its your car, do whatever you please.

 

Travel north till you find snow, then do it. Real easy and not hard on the car.

 

I think some of you are a bit paranoid. Donuts are not gonna hurt anything but the treads on your tires. When the rear tires are spinning there is very little friction between the road and the tire. Therefore, very little stress on components. Clutch drops and very hard acceleration cause much more stress since there is much more resistance and stress on the drive train. Do donuts all you want as long as you don't mind roasting away rear tires.

 

BTW, Alex Zanardi = King of Donuts