406shark
Member
Hey guys.
The engine in my race truck blew up last time at the track. I've been planning on hauling it down to Tennessee for a race/meet with some friends. I'm still going to go down and was thinking about racing with my Ram as they have a street class at the track.
I wanted to ask anyone that either has raced, or is racing their Ram for suggestions on what I should do with my truck to be consistent.
Leave it in drive?
Put it manually in a gear so it'll only shift so high?
Tow haul mode or not?
Traction control on or off?
2wd, 4wd auto or 4wd locked?
The track is only 1/8 mile... so it won't be going very fast, or using many gears to get to the finish. I'm thinking either second or maybe somewhat into third gear.
I've heard that you don't want to brake torque these trucks as they'll pull timing out. So my thought is to go to the floor off idle.
My truck is a '17 1500 4x4 crew cab with the 5.7 8 speed. I'm running the BFG KOA's in a 305/55/20... not an ideal drag tire. lol
Thanks in advance.
Jeff
The engine in my race truck blew up last time at the track. I've been planning on hauling it down to Tennessee for a race/meet with some friends. I'm still going to go down and was thinking about racing with my Ram as they have a street class at the track.
I wanted to ask anyone that either has raced, or is racing their Ram for suggestions on what I should do with my truck to be consistent.
Leave it in drive?
Put it manually in a gear so it'll only shift so high?
Tow haul mode or not?
Traction control on or off?
2wd, 4wd auto or 4wd locked?
The track is only 1/8 mile... so it won't be going very fast, or using many gears to get to the finish. I'm thinking either second or maybe somewhat into third gear.
I've heard that you don't want to brake torque these trucks as they'll pull timing out. So my thought is to go to the floor off idle.
My truck is a '17 1500 4x4 crew cab with the 5.7 8 speed. I'm running the BFG KOA's in a 305/55/20... not an ideal drag tire. lol
Thanks in advance.
Jeff