Drag wheel ideas

[garner]

That be fun

Get to the track and post up some times, I need to head out and see what my new setup will do with the new cam and hopefully slicks here soon.

Well the local track(little river dragway) ended the season last week for some reason so I might have to go to the track about 2 hours away(san antonio dragway) to get some times. Hopefully I can get some traction with this truck, probably gonna have to buy some sand bags or something for the bed. Well if you have cam and slicks then I'm screwed

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

You will just have to prac launching it and play with your air pressures. You might have the feather then go WOT also just depends.

 

[truckin151]

Thats what I have to do, feather it on launches with the street tires on or I do this

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Not my proudest moment, first run with the new TC and headers, run was also on a poorly prepped track and I had my worn 275/55/20's on so traction was tough to get.

Now with the 305's on there its better and I can hit it a little bit harder but still gotta feather the launch. Cant wait for some DR's or slicks.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

Hahahah mine did the same thing my last run. My trans is jacked though... actualy think the converter is jacked but non the less its sluggish as hell. Went from not hitting hard 1 pass so I got on it hard and had a slip n slide on the next one with issues getting into second.

 

[truckin151]

That was the first run of the season last year, first run with the new stuff so it was slippin and sliding, the next run was a 14.8 though with the feathered launch so it wasnt horrible just had to get the launch down.

 

[truckin151]

This year should be better, with the new cam and hopefullly new tires it should be lots of fun when we do end up making it out there.

 

[garner]

I have major traction problems as it is. I pulled out of the school parking lot and my tires were spinning while my truck was jumping, not sure why the jumping though

 

[adamwilkes14]

wheel hop? be careful with that...could easily damage a diff with wheel hop...

 

[Shiloh 24]

I don't understand how the hell you have wheelhop with the different suspension in the rear? I thought that was just a leaf spring thing not for coils with a link setup?

edit: the fact that you were spinning the tires completely explains why you are getting 14mpg like you were saying in that other thread in the lounge.... lol

 

[garner]

I don't understand how the hell you have wheelhop with the different suspension in the rear? I thought that was just a leaf spring thing not for coils with a link setup?

edit: the fact that you were spinning the tires completely explains why you are getting 14mpg like you were saying in that other thread in the lounge.... lol

Wheel hop can happen with any suspension setup, whether it be coil or leaf, solid rear or independent rear. And yeah, my lead foot doesn't help any with mpg

 

[garner]

wheel hop? be careful with that...could easily damage a diff with wheel hop...

Yeah, that sucks. Only thing is it's hard to feel anything in this truck, it's so smooth and quiet

 

[Shiloh 24]

Wheel hop can happen with any suspension setup, whether it be coil or leaf, solid rear or independent rear. And yeah, my lead foot doesn't help any with mpg

I figured if anything, at least the traction control crap would try and at least limit that to some extent?

 

[garner]

I figured if anything, at least the traction control crap would try and at least limit that to some extent?

It does limit it by cutting power, grrr

 

[Shiloh 24]

It does limit it by cutting power, grrr

Just talking about that truck even if we are mentioning a bad thing about it is making me drool lol, I wanna see a vid sometime if possible

 

[garner]

Just talking about that truck even if we are mentioning a bad thing about it is making me drool lol, I wanna see a vid sometime if possible

I'll try to get some video of doing burnouts in the school parking lot and pictures of ones I've already done too. And some burnouts at the lake. Anything else in the video?

 

[Shiloh 24]

I'll try to get some video of doing burnouts in the school parking lot and pictures of ones I've already done too. And some burnouts at the lake. Anything else in the video?

Lol I'm not so concerned about burnouts as I am with pure power, do some burnouts but I am more interested in seeing like an in cab vid of 0-60, 0-100, and stuff like that. Just be sure to keep it safe man, I hate to see that in a news article wrapped around a tree or something. I used to think I was hot **** driver and that is why my front bumper is dented.....

 

[garner]

Lol I'm not so concerned about burnouts as I am with pure power, do some burnouts but I am more interested in seeing like an in cab vid of 0-60, 0-100, and stuff like that. Just be sure to keep it safe man, I hate to see that in a news article wrapped around a tree or something. I used to think I was hot **** driver and that is why my front bumper is dented.....

I can get some power videos. You'll be surprised by how quick this gets to 60 and how quick it gets to 115(speed limiter). I think 0-60 is about 200 feet give or take and 0-115 is less than a mile

 

[Shiloh 24]

I can get some power videos. You'll be surprised by how quick this gets to 60 and how quick it gets to 115(speed limiter). I think 0-60 is about 200 feet give or take and 0-115 is less than a mile

Those are some pretty incredible numbers man, I'm getting anxious....

 

[garner]

Those are some pretty incredible numbers man, I'm getting anxious....

I'll try to get some videos during lunch tomorrow. Might be crappy though cause balancing the phone and driving the truck at high speeds with cross winds and not trying to wreck=tricky

 

[Shiloh 24]

I'll try to get some videos during lunch tomorrow. Might be crappy though cause balancing the phone and driving the truck at high speeds with cross winds and not trying to wreck=tricky

Ok man, have a buddy stand outside and record you haulin ass by too. Like just be cruisin along like 30-40 and then mash it before you pass the camera, it will sound sexy and you'll look like a badass lol