In addition to your burn out technique might I suggest to do your burn outs in 2nd gear. That way when you do your burn out (especially if you're doing a 10sec one like suggested in the thread [I agree with 01GT4.6]) you won't be hitting your rev limiter while doing the burn out.
Example (this is on M/T drag radials):
I pull through the waterbox and set my line lock
Put the shifter into second gear
When I get the okay to spin I rev up to about 5grand then let it drop a little then rev it up one more time
When I hit around 5grand again I drop the clutch and let the tires spin (about 4 to 5 seconds. I have noticed that some brands like to be smoked longer than others)
The I turn off the line lock and burn foreward a ways (stopping BEFORE the staging beams)
Then Stage and wait for the lights to drop
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