Originally Posted By: TJ's Chevy
...3rd gear burnouts...hammer them and they take it. With the T5...No burnouts...unless you spice one up a bit.

I like doing burnouts in high gear (not OD) only. That takes all the internal stress off the counter-shaft gears inside of the transmission and the case. The trans essentially becomes a straight pass-through driveshaft. I learnd this the hard way trying burnouts on aluminum case Muncie four speeds.


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