drag racers do a burnout to get the tires heated up to gain traction, with all that horsepower, they would burn up skinny tires, they need the bigger tire area to spread out the friction load. if they didnt heat up the tires before the drag race, they would spin without hooking-up until the tires got hot enough to grip.

 

Dude...
The same concept for street tires you tool... Wider tires = more friction contact on pavement = better traction = more power it takes to break loose...

I guarantee you if I did not do a burnout with my slicks on my car I would still get more traction than I would with my street tires...which are 2" skinnier than my slicks....I'm also guess you think if you do a burnout with street tire it would give you kmore traction too..

If u really believe that... I'm not gunna argue with you anymore..... Its beyond your brain capacity

 

I haven't done a burnout in anything since my GTO was stolen in '93. Until I get a real muscle car again, I probably won't. Seems kinda pointless after having a car that'll do it without really trying.

Part of me died that day, then I got married and the rest of me followed

 

Did it in my Silverado at our local car show. Everybody said with a "stock" 350 a truck wouldn't roast them. proved them wrong for about 50 yds. and again when this cocky kid at my school said he could do a better one with his lifted dodge than I could do with the Silverado. Again, proved him wrong and put on a show for the auto class. other than that I don't usually spin tires intentionally. Sure, I've played with the blazer in an empty parking lot in the snow, but that's about it. The truck never sees winter roads though.

 

Agreed...my Ram 2500 would break loose with 245's but when I got my 265's it all but refused.....where is this guy getting his info? More surface area=more traction=more power needed. I could run 100lbs (sarcastic, if you actually try to inflate your tires to 100psi you are an idiot..) in a 235/75, and break loose just as easy as if I was running 15lbs...

 

ive spun the tires a few times but havent ever done a full out burnout either in the jimmy and im 17

 

The car before my blazer (92 mustang lx) was a gluten for punishment when it came to burnouts....then I was ran off the road by a D.A. BMW driver and hit a tree..
But I think I'm going to treat my blazer nicely. For now

 

Ive been known to drift a corner or two in the rain, but no burn outs for me. Its hard to beat on a truck that is as old as me. Feel like its been thew alot lol.

 

I have no idea why I haven't either. Have done it plenty of times before having owned a v8 cougar. Some kind of respect I have for it that I never had with previous cars/trucks

 

I'm 18 and I have burned out at least once at every stop sign from my house to the university I attend. Pavement has not had any effect wet,dry, old, new, fresh, broken, I am pretty care less when it comes to how I treat my tires. Burning out, drifting , the works.