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

The burn out in 2nd gear came about when Chrysler debuted the rmvb. They wanted a faster 1-2 shift so the only way to get it was to not have the low/reverse band not applied when in manual low. With them u can still start ur burn out in 1st gear and shift to 2nd or even 3rd I’d u have the power. What the rmvb did was not allow the tranny to shift back to 1st on its own. With the auto vb the tranny can shift on its own when it wants if left in auto. U can do ur burn out in 1st if u want. Or shift to 2nd but u have to manually shift back to 1st b4 the tranny wants to. No problems on the up shift. The problem is when the tranny automatically shifts back to 1st on its own as the sprag/over running clutch is the only thing applying 1st gear then. And that’s the problem. When u shift it to manual low the rear band applies reducing the shock when the tires grab traction. It doesn’t help to be in 2nd or 3rd when the tranny automatically shifts back to first u still have the chance of hurting/ blowing the sprag/over running clutch to smithereens. Hope this helps. Kim