Are burnouts bad for my '05 GT? Seriously

I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.

Thanks

> wrote in message
...
>I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>
> Thanks

I have no hard evidentiary facts for you, but, yes.

Are they "bad" for your car? Define "bad." Certainly, the car is capable of
doing burnouts all day every day, but you can expect one part or another to
fail faster than it would if you babied the thing.

Your transmission is going to need periodic maintenance. Burnouts will
probably hasten the need for that maintenance.

I only recently had a shift kid installed in my "new" '93 GT. Nothing fancy,
it only serves to greatly reduce the shift interval between gears. You might
want to look into one. Having an automatic that chirps the tires going into
2nd gear is pretty cool.

dwight
www.tfrog.com

wrote:
> I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.

As long as you're not doing neutral drops you should be fine. I think
the engineers that designed the Mustang GT did so with burnouts in mind.
Light those tires up because that is one of the things the car was
designed to accomplish.

"Michael Johnson" > wrote in message ...
wrote:
> I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.

As long as you're not doing neutral drops you should be fine. I think
the engineers that designed the Mustang GT did so with burnouts in mind.
Light those tires up because that is one of the things the car was
designed to accomplish.--


Go ahead and do it if it makes you happy. It makes me laugh out loud every time I do it.


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.boB
2006 FXDI hot rod
2008 Mustang Coupe
2001 Dodge Dakota QC 5.9/4x4/3.92
1966 Mustang Coupe - Daily Driver
1965 FFR Cobra - 427W EFI, Damn Fast.

..boB wrote:
> "Michael Johnson" > wrote in message
> ...
> wrote:
> > I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of
> damage can I
> > expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000
> relatively
> > gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have
> some fun
> > every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil
> changes at
> > 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>
> As long as you're not doing neutral drops you should be fine. I
> think
> the engineers that designed the Mustang GT did so with burnouts
> in mind.
> Light those tires up because that is one of the things the car
> was
> designed to accomplish.--
>
>
> Go ahead and do it if it makes you happy. It makes me laugh
> out loud every time I do it.
>
>

The only deleterious effect you're likely to notice (unless you keep
the car for 250,000 miles) is that molten rubber from the spinning
rear tires will vulcanize itself on the inner fender wells and fender
lips. It's not easy to get off without creating blemishes.

--
Frank ess

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:01:58 -0800 (PST), wrote:

>I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
>expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
>gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
>every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
>3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>
>Thanks
They do accelerate wear and tear, however, a performance car that is
not at least occasionally driven hard will suffer wear and tear of a
different sort.

The worst thing about doing burnouts will be the cop you didn't notice
:0) In California it's called "exhibition of speed" and "breaking
traction".

Live on the edge. Go ahead. Mechanics need the income :0)

dwight wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
>> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
>> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
>> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
>> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I have no hard evidentiary facts for you, but, yes.
>
> Are they "bad" for your car? Define "bad." Certainly, the car is capable of
> doing burnouts all day every day, but you can expect one part or another to
> fail faster than it would if you babied the thing.
>


Tires cone to mind....

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> GUEST wrote:
> I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage
can I
> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000
relatively
> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some
fun
> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>
> Thanks

Your car will be fine... just don't do them all the
time or anything. I always spin the tires in my cars, but only really
do burnouts at the track.

On Mar 8, 2:48 am, "dwight" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
> > expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
> > gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
> > every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
> > 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>
> > Thanks
>
> I have no hard evidentiary facts for you, but, yes.
>
> Are they "bad" for your car? Define "bad." Certainly, the car is capable of
> doing burnouts all day every day, but you can expect one part or another to
> fail faster than it would if you babied the thing.
>
> Your transmission is going to need periodic maintenance. Burnouts will
> probably hasten the need for that maintenance.
>
> I only recently had a shift kid installed in my "new" '93 GT. Nothing fancy,
> it only serves to greatly reduce the shift interval between gears. You might
> want to look into one. Having an automatic that chirps the tires going into
> 2nd gear is pretty cool.
>
> dwightwww.tfrog.com

The fun thing about the 5r55s automatic tranny in the S197 Mustangs is
it's computer controlled... no more shift kits... shift points, shift
firmness, etc. are all controlled by the computer!

I had 60,000 very hard miles on mine without a single problem. LOTS
of burnouts, lots of N20 bottles, etc. Only thing i found was it
really like to have it's fluid changed about every 20,000 miles...

"dwight" > wrote in message
...
> > wrote in message
> ...
>>I know about tire wear. But other than that, what kind of damage can I
>> expect on my '05 GT with an automatic trans? It has 31,000 relatively
>> gentle miles, I'd like it to last years, but I want to have some fun
>> every once in awhile when nobody is around. I do all oil changes at
>> 3,000 miles and use Mobil 1, 5-20w, and motorcraft filters.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I have no hard evidentiary facts for you, but, yes.
>
> Are they "bad" for your car? Define "bad." Certainly, the car is capable
> of doing burnouts all day every day, but you can expect one part or
> another to fail faster than it would if you babied the thing.
>
> Your transmission is going to need periodic maintenance. Burnouts will
> probably hasten the need for that maintenance.
>
> I only recently had a shift kid installed in my "new" '93 GT. Nothing
> fancy, it only serves to greatly reduce the shift interval between gears.
> You might want to look into one. Having an automatic that chirps the tires
> going into 2nd gear is pretty cool.
>
>Thompson Engineering kit?