For the Road Warriors: Why are Burnouts in Drive a Bad Idea?

abodyjoe said

Was that a little donut at the end? ;)

kursplat said
The OP's question was a little vague to me. if he's talking about a track car with slicks that hooks hard that's way different than a street car looking to get new tires every couple months. need to know what kind of apples we're making the orange juice out of :). street car / street tires, do however makes the most smoke. personally i'd rather have the car hook up and git

I was asking about a street setup. Seems like since burnouts are a necessary part of racing, the car is probably modified to handle them better. I suppose the bones are still the same tho...

But if a mild burnout won't hurt the trans (and 73AbodEE's did not sound mild!) then why are people so paranoid about them? All I've ever heard was "go ahead blow up the trans," "do it if you want a rebuild," etc.