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Are burnouts bad for the car? Is it hard on the transmission? I say its not. The only extra stress your putting on the transmission is the initial burst in the begining to get the tires spinning. Other then that, I think its the same as if you were driving, nothing more.

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Yeah its a grand prix, so what, wanna fight about it.

Damn, for a second there I thought I was going to have to make a trip to Georgia and slap someone.

But then I realized your just starting sh*t and already know the correct answer.

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Yeah its a grand prix, so what, wanna fight about it.

lmao i was thinking the same thing wolf lmao

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burnouts will tear up stock axles....better upgrade there ricky bobby

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2002 Galaxy Silver 4dr. GTP...supercharger heaven.
IM ON IT!!!!!!

nope, not the axles, the cv joints maybe...

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Riiiight.... explain how making the axle spin... is going to tear up a part that is made to...spin.

unless your pouring oil on your tires there is stress involved when getting them to spin, and with inconsistencies of asphalt texture(concrete is even worse) there is alot of shock taking place even though you don't feel it so much in the drivers seat. why do you think they make stage 2 axles.....

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2002 Galaxy Silver 4dr. GTP...supercharger heaven.
IM ON IT!!!!!!

Mmmm....hmm.... there is going to be stress on the axle shaft only during the initial 'breaking' of the tires when you first give it throttle. After that anykind of stress that is going to be put on the shaft if not nearly great enough to cuase any kind of serious harm. No more than driving down the road.

The only time your going to have to worry about harming the axle becuase of stress if when you actually get the tires to hook. Like with slicks for example. If your spinning freely your not going to harm the axle no matter what you do.

Plus, if you have a stock tranny. You have many, many, many more parts that will break before your axle does, unless it's already defective.

Input shaft is a fine example of this....

while rolling down the highway you are spinning freely, but doing a burnout there is resistance, that is why when you let off the throttle they stop spinning....

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2002 Galaxy Silver 4dr. GTP...supercharger heaven.
IM ON IT!!!!!!

Ah yes, friction ftw.

All I know is I did a quick burnout right when I got my car and I heard some clicking coming out of the driver's front side of the car. Once I looked at it I realized that I needed a new CV joint.

Dance puppets Dance!!!!

I knew this was going to get mixed feeleings.

My opinion on the matter is that, the only stress that is going to harm the car would be the inital movement to get the tires to break loose and thats about it. when your done doing the burnout let the e-break off so the car can pull itself forward and ease off the throttle.

As far as the clicking on your car when you do a burnout, that sounds like there was already a problem in the joint. I would get it looked it.

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Yeah its a grand prix, so what, wanna fight about it.

I love it when I can FINALLY get those pesky back tires to break loose and spin.

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GreenBastardPerformance2000 GTP Coupe (the green bastard)
XP, Pacesetters, LS1 TB & MAF,MSD System, P&P LIM, P&P GenV w/ 3.2, 3.0, 2.8, Devil'sOwn Injected 100% Methanol,PowerTuned, TripleEdge Trans w/3.29's
12.92 @ 105mph

There was no clicking before and right after there was. I got it fixed right away.

WOW i wish i had your car!!! haha

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its slow.

Okay...correct me if im wrong...but isn't doing burnouts what causes the diff to explode? haha, well not "explode", but you know...blow a hole in the side of the casing, good stuff like that? I mean, im just assuming there is a REASON why they make an HD diff, stronger input shaft, etc. as opposed to running a stock 4t65e into the ground

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Doing a "one wheel Charlie" burn out is what does the damage or harms your diff.

Always good to have a spotter at the track to flag you if your only spinning one wheel.

I have learned with my car, right when I burp the throttle and start my burn out at the track I will turn my steering wheel slightly to the right, and hold it there to insure both front wheels are spinning. If I leave the wheel straight, the the right front wheel stops. Thats not good on it.

~F~

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It doesn't have to be a one wheel burnout. All it takes is one wheel spinning much faster than the other (and that can happen even if both are spinning since there's nothing to regulate them).

In my car, I don't do burnouts just for the fun of it.

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burnouts only show a lack of traction (at the track it's intentional for a purpose on the street it looks stupid)

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Steve
'97 GTP VS cam, ZZP PCM, and not much else yet