I can smoke the tires with the 307 and 3.42 gears, but I swapped from 2.73 about 6 months ago.
The 2.73's could smoke them too.
Hold the brake and push the gas, ease up off the brake just a bit and the car will jump a bit and should start smoking them up

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2000 Alero running 14's
2005 Nissan Altima (her's)
1967 Olds 330 motor sitting on a stand
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