Potential burnout issues?

Drunkaroos

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So maybe a few times a week I go to a gravel road beside my house to do burnouts. ESP off, handbrake on, dumping the clutch at around 3-4k rpm.
This shouldn't really pose a risk to anything but my tires, right? I just don't want to mess anything up drivetrain-wise, although I was gonna replace the clutch/flywheel anyways.
 

Ol'Rattler

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Broken motor/transmission mounts and an ABS DTC (code) that will have to be reset.
 

crazyrunner33

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Good point. so we could add broken CV joints to the list then?
Possibly, but more than likely they'll weaken and form issues later on that'll result in people believing it was nothing related to the burnout. Just like how people in the diesel truck game will complain about a transmission input shaft breaking randomly when it was already weakened by a few 20-40 psi boost launches. That'll probably be the case for the user on here who's going to attempt to sled pull with their SUV.
 

bl00tdi

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I'd be much more concerned about the diff rivets shearing off and wrecking the entire trans.
 

Ol'Rattler

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I'd be much more concerned about the diff rivets shearing off and wrecking the entire trans.
Oh come on. It would only completely destroy the transmission a little bit if the ring gear rivets sheared. The drain plugs and transmission mounting bolts would be reusable wouldn't they? :D
 
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Mattyoctavia

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Destroyed engine mounts, drive shafts and cv joints, diff, clutch& flywheel, hubs ( seen the splines been torn out before) broken gearbox input shafts. Then there’s the damage to your wallet! Probably best to find a new hobby!
 

Drunkaroos

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Destroyed engine mounts, drive shafts and cv joints, diff, clutch& flywheel, hubs ( seen the splines been torn out before) broken gearbox input shafts. Then there’s the damage to your wallet! Probably best to find a new hobby!
Jesus H. I didn't think there was that much of a risk, thanks for the input.
Lets just say I'll stick to highway pulls from now on.
 
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