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The torque converter is the part that allows for engine rotation to be decoupled from drivetrain, and it does buffer the shock somewhat. But it isn't the only part that takes the beating; the whole drivetrain takes a beating from the sudden onset of full power/high revs; everything from the piston to the tires is getting a sudden shock. This is magnified somewhat in our turbo cars, because they make full torque at such low rpm. In the old muscle cars, you were lucky to have even half your torque at the start of a burnout, so the parts weren't hammered on quite as hard (and nobody had thought to try making anything smaller or lighter to save gas, so everything had a little more metal to work with). I'd look online for a 'how it works' video if you are into this, as there is a lot of cool engineering at work. And if you want to really have some hooning fun, code it into a FWD and do the tray trick (or just borrow somebody's Corolla).
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