This debate has come up on the street racing board. Some people say that doing this doesn't damage anything. Could an experienced mechanic shed some light on this, I guess my word that it puts damage on the tranny and rear just isn't enough.

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'86 IROC
T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK TES HEADERS
3" Hooker CatBack w/Aero Chamber muffler
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat
3:73 Posi
Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

Stalling against the converter should be limited to no more than five seconds according to all manufacturers and this is for esting a tranny anyhow. This creates a ton of heat in the converter. Now I know many people use this to launch at the strip but you are always taking your chances when you do things like this.

 

"Power braking" does indeed create a lot of heat in the converter, but if youre doing burn-outs you can wear-out and/or damage your rear brakes.

Ummm... overheating transmission fluid breaks it down quite a bit. NOT GOOD!

If you wanna do burn-outs, get a line lock put on your car. To keep from burning up your tranny fluid, leave off idle.