Why is it that I can burnout in reverse but not drive or 1st?

 

reverse is a lower gear

 

Wrong. When you are in reverse you are UNLOADING the rear end, meaning your not shifting weight of the truck onto it as a means of acceleration, quite the opposite. And for that reason, even though a FWD car is quite heavy on the front, it has a terrible disadvantage horsepower for horsepower, weight for weight vs a rear wheel drive car. This cantilever action (i think) is the exact reason by its so much easier to do reverse burnouts (which you shouldnt because your ring and pinion isnt cut to take a load on that side of the teeth.

 

^^^ Weight transfer.

 

good thing im finding out now that its bad lol

 

eventually burnouts will cause limited slip clutches to wear out and break . i did a 3 gear burnout and the differential was never the same. swapped diff out 8 months later cause clutches broke and clutch disk debris wrecked a bearing(s).

 

Well I don't have LSD so would it hurt if I made one tire spin from a standstill going around a turn?

 

not as much but still isnt good for the diff or transmission. clutches seem to be the biggest weak point. aside from that i believe the chrysler 9.25 diffs are relatively good. are you for sure you have an open diff and not a worn out lsd? they tend to act similar, and burnouts on a worn lsd is a sure way to kill it fast.

 

If you want to do burnouts you need a real truck...........like a Ford...

 

lol ^