F-150 Platinum Smokes Low Profile Tires on Huge Wheels

F-150 puts on a solid smoke show, but it may have damaged the rear differential in the process.

Adding larger, wider wheels and tires to your Ford F-150 certainly creates a more aggressive appearance, but there is a downside. Huge wheels wrapped in wide tires, even when they are low profile, often weight more than a standard size wheel-and-tire combination, so when coupled with the added width, big custom roller setups can make burnouts tough.

The video above comes to us from the BurnoutChannel37 YouTube channel and it features a 12^th generation Ford F-150 flexing its V8 muscles with some huge wheels, but it appears to take its toll on the drivetrain bits.

F-150 Riding High

There are no details on the Ford F-150 Platinum in the video, but we know based on the styling that this is a 12^th generation truck, offered during the 2009 through 2014 model years. It appears to have aftermarket headlights and taillights, along with a cowl induction-style hood, a lift kit and, of course, those huge wheels. Also, we can tell from the sound that this truck is packing V8 power, but we don’t know if it is the 4.6- or 5.4-liter V8, both of which were available during this era.

We don’t know how big of a lift has been added to this F-150, nor do we know the size of the wheels, but we would guess that they are 24-inches in diameter while being much wider than the stock wheels. Along with the wider wheels come wider tires, but they are much lower profile than any normal F-150 tires, creating a ton of wheel gap with the lift kit. More importantly, these heavy wheels wrapped in wider tires are harder to spin, even for the V8 under the hood.

However, the driver powers through and does a few nice burnouts before mechanical failure strikes.

Spinning Two, Then One

The video begins as this F-150 pulls up to what appears to be a designated area that has been roped-off for burnouts. The silver Ford easily spins the tires, but the engine can’t build any RPM at first, leading to slow rotations of the rear tires without any smoke. After about 20 seconds, the tires get hot enough that the surface liquefies and the burnout action really picks up.

After a few seconds of impressive burnout action, the transmission shifts, engine speed drops too much and the tires stop spinning. The driver climbs right back into the throttle, getting both rear tires spinning and smoking right away, but once again, the transmission shifts into a gear with too little torque multiplication and the smoke show ends.

Finally, the driver pulls up a little and tries to do another burnout. At first, the engine won’t spin the tires, but the F-150 eventually begins to spin the passenger’s side rear tire, but the driver’s side tire doesn’t spin again as the truck races off into the distance.

Crank up your speakers and enjoy!

Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

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