2020 GT stalled during spinout: cause?

[Cranky]

During a rainy autocross event I spun out, did a full 360 and the ignition died. Hit a bunch of cones, no biggie. It wouldn't start until I put it make in park. I've spun out before and it wasn't an issue. Is there a way to keep it from stalling or is this a built in safety feature? It's a base GT, 10A.

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[Mike Pfeifer]

Depending on how things happen, you can force the drivetrain to spin in reverse, which would stall the engine. I remember back in the day, people would drill and wire the nut for the oil pump sprocket on BMW M engines to keep it from backing off when the car spins out.

 

[delz05]

Could also be a fuel pump relay. An automatic shut off feature to prevent fuel spillage in case of an accident.

 

[Craig Brown]

I know that if the oil in the pan was displaced while spinning it can shut down the engine.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Is there a way to keep it from stalling or is this a built in safety feature? It's a base GT, 10A.

Yeah the surefire way is to not spin out.

Since its an auto, you dont really have any techniques other than somehow maube quickly shift it into neutral, but spinouts are best avoided. If you’re running in a throttle more where the throttle is more sensitive, you dont need that for autox and its not really advised because it removes some of that fine control over the go fast pedal.

If the spin is trying to come out of a corner, you need to learn to straighten out the wheel before ramping power. Simply holding the wheel turned and adding gas is a recipe for spins. Addding gas and removing steering angle should be coordinated, and you can practice that on the street. If the spin was in a slalom or something where you tried to hard to stay on the right side of a cone, the thing is to try to see when its about to get away from you and just bail out of the slalom, taking the DNF or hitting the cone and staying in control is preferred to a spin.

Have fun out there and stay safe!

 

[Grintch]

"When you spin, both feet in" used to be the rule. Even with an auto, I would think getting on the brakes would reduce the rolling backwards issue.

Plus a car that is left to roll after a spin can often shoot rather unexpectedly to one direction or the other as it slows and the tires regain traction. While a car with locked brakes has a predictable trajectory that helps prevent another driver hitting you. Though I haven't had enough spins with ABS to know if or how it changes things.

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