Smoke under hood after hard 'launch'

[Grishbok]

Hey everyone,
I was on my way to work this morning where there is a relatively steep, sweeping right turn with no merge area. I usually punch it to go from 0-45ish since it's a pretty sketchy spot. Well, this morning I did that, and a bit of white smoke started coming up from under the passenger side of the hood. I figure it's gotta be the inside corners brake pad got roasted from the ESC (i'm skeptical since it came out from under the hood not the wheel well but it could've found it's way up), or the coolant sprayed a little bit causing steam. I'm not thinking oil since there was no tinge of blue or brown in the smoke but i could be wrong. I popped the hood and saw literally nothing.

Anyway, has anyone had this happen before? Anyone experience anything similar?

 

[DaJackson]

I think we need some more info

Did you see the smoke when you were doing 45mph+? If so that’s a lot of smoke to see with the wind passing through the engine bay and above and below the car.

We’re you losing traction on the corner? If not why would ESC be kicking in. Also, 0-45 should take you all of 3-4 seconds, I don’t think that’s enough time to get a pad to smoke enough to see through the hood at those speeds.

 

[eflyguy]

I think unless you are able to replicate it, drive more, worry less..

 

[DiabloStinger]

wheel spin from a front wheel... white smoke is either tire or something you don't want to deal with

 

[bumble bee]

Hmmm, very intresting. Did you do it again? Your car ok?

 

[SteveCo]

Possibly hit a puddle which splashed onto the hot exhaust?

 

[Grishbok]

I thought wheel spin, but ESC was active and that wheel was on the inside corner, so the brakes would've been clamping down on it. I'm also AWD

The roads are as dry as a retirement home today.

The car seemed totally fine, just a bit of smoke and a smell that went away, I didn't get the opportunity to do it again, the smoke dissipated a little over a minute after, but it was significant enough to say 'well that's new....'

 

[NS_Stinger]

Could it possibly be smoke from torque brake vectoring?

 

[Grishbok]

Could it possibly be smoke from torque brake vectoring?

It's possible, I couldn't replicate it on the way back from work so I think it has to be that, or something similar.