I hear the ‘fun’ squealing and imagine the short lives of their tires. But is this true? If so, why not?
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Doing a burnout is pretty fun, and yes it does obviously wear the tires more quickly than normal. Breaking traction and spinning the tires rapidly heats them. This causes the outermost layer to start to melt away. This is what causes the white smoke you see around tires that are doing this and what causes the tire marks you see, as the hot rubber is transferred to the road. If it’s a short burnout, this doesn’t really use up much tire life, although still much more rapidly than normal use. The longer you hold the burnout the more heat goes into the tires and the more quickly they break down. So if you’re just doing a little 1-2 launch burnout you might not even use up a noticeable amount of tread. If you do a prolonged burnout you can destroy the tires on the spot, and everywhere in between.
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