How can powerful cars easily do a burnout, but also take off from the line without spinning their tires?

Question

How can powerful cars easily do a burnout, but also take off from the line without spinning their tires?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Depends on the car and the driver.

If you mash the go pedal on a 1st generation Viper, it’s going to spin rubber because there’s nothing to interrupt the cable from your accelerator to the throttle body.

If you mash the go pedal on a 5th generation Viper, as long as traction control is on, a computer will take care of figuring out how much throttle to give the car.