Cudajon said:
Is this thing going to see a dragstrip or just the mile?
I've actually, finally made it out the last two Fridays for T&T sessions at the local strip.
First day out was just to get the feel for the truck, and ran on street tires. Silly me. Really didn't hook until 4th gear. Still, a trap speed of 115mph with a 13.4 ET showed plenty of potential.
I think Dale was trapping at 117mph with a 12.11 ET.
Second trip out I took the slicks. Hooked well, shifted better, but encountered substantial instability in the truck. I had to pedal the living crap out of the truck from about 500' on to keep it from swapping ends. Come to find out that one end of the rear sway bar was no longer connected to the end link.
Gee. That might have something to do with it... :stupido2:
Anyway, managed to get down to something like a 12.35-12.34 in spite of being on and off the throttle over much of the pass. I also had no one to watch my stuff, so everything had to go in the bed of the truck. I figure there was 250-300# of wheels, tools, and floor jack in there. That probably wasn't helping my 60'.
Finally, just as I was getting a handle on things, the truck was starting to fall on its face not far from the line, and after the second and third gear shifts. Eventually I noticed that I'd dropped below 1/4 tank, and realized I was probably starving the fuel pumps. Ran for fuel, and made a couple more passes. Note to self: don't go to the track with less than half a tank of fuel.
Next T&T is early June. I, ahem,
should have the skinnies to run up front, the suspension fixed and adjusted, and have an
empty truck bed. Might also lose the tonneau cover (maybe the tailgate too), and put the wing on. That will probably make the truck about 400# lighter than last time.
That should give me a much more respectable 60' at the very least, and should make 11 second passes possible with decent shifts.
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