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Lookin Good!

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truck is lookin nice for sure

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Thanks

Thanks working hard on it .

Update ; got it out of the chassis shop . I am happy with the work but have some fine tuning to do . It had grinding dust everywhere so i clay bar'd the truck before anything then washed it . The rear window is tinted lexan . I could only use 1 swing out door bar and 8.50 cert so there is one on the driverside . Front glass is scheduled for this afternoon , as i cleaned up the window tracks and painted them . Here are the pics . Have not gotten the cert sticker yet as there are a list of 6 cars in the area that are going to split the travel fees and meet up with the inspector .
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Wow they do really really nice work. One question tho (totally unrelated tot he bar) Is that a cable throttle,, at your ET they don't require a toe-hook positive return?

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Truck looks great man. Can't wait to see it run.
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looks great brother!!!

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I am probably required to have a solid linkage , just havent gotton there yet

Me too . Bought ET street bias plys for the race on the 14th and will be testing those on the 7th at the truck only race here in Baytown . I havent gotten a handle on the radial yet and dont have a progressive box , yet . I have a set of 29.5 x 10.5 trues in the garage im gonna try and fit under it also . These will be for bracket racing and some sunday night stuff .

Thanks

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New windshield .
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The cage turned out nice....truck's lookin' good :thumbs:

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HPT truck shootout . Went a few rounds . Made adjustments after every round as the truck is way different with the cage . I was the smallest tire in the event and on a DOT with a street truck . All others were bracket race trucks . 80 % of the trucks there were street trucks with hard tires . I was at a huge disadvantage , but i made a few passes and got a few things lined out . Really have to look to even see the bars in it . Also got interveiwed and pictures taking and might be in street trucks magazine as they were covering the event .
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Well , I ran Street legal warrior last weekend and got flat out run over . I changed jets to my 200 tune up and bolted up the ET streets thinking i was gonna set the world on fire . Truck went 6.25 on 165 and drag radials . Now with 200 and bias plys it went 6.30 best pass . I went 6.37 to a 5.90 in the first round . Guy had a 3100# notch with an 88 mm that flat out rolled . I tree'd him and was ahead at 60' , but here he came . On the trailer quick .

Racing for us will be down for a couple of weeks with the nationals at the big track and several grudge events at the small track . Back to 7.0 index and bracket racing . The turbos took that class over .

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Good to see you got the little truck running.

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Looks good!! Sure brings back alot of memories.

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2 day race weekend . 1/4 mile on sat and 1/8th on sunday at Royal purple raceway ( old HRP and 1/4 mile ) . The nationals were last week so the track was really good . Also first passes on 28 true 10.5's . Started out sat with a stumble tore the front off the old demon and change the pump , squirter gaskets and add 2 numbers to the front jets as i wouldnt have time to reopen it before 1st round . the stumble went away with the changes and off to first round . Ended up going 5 rounds and broke out , but a good day . It was hot and my reaction times showed it . Sunday was better . Cooler with some cload cover all day saturday in the 1/4 mile race the truck went 7.05 to 7.08 so i knew what to do . Stuck a 7.04 on it and let it eat . Reaction times were good truck was good then down to 11 cars and the stumble came back . Had 7.03 on it and we went .164 on the light ouch , he spun as he was out first and didnt know i was late . I drove it out and drug the shifts out and ended up a nose over at the strip with a 7.01 . All in all a good weekend . Now 4th in points Division 4

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These things have changed my consistancy . One of the local small tire car guys hooked me up with a set of his take offs . 6 passes @3200 and a 706 with 2 kits . Just getting broke in for my truck .
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Also had a small oil leak . Not bad enough to be backed out of the start line , but it has been there and i knew about it and it has been bothering me . Passenger side crear corner of the intake at the corner of the head and intake . Tore into it and cleaned everthing up . Gaskets are ordered and will be in tommorow . Swapping to the QFT 750 also . Got a list of about 10 things that i need to update this week . Testing friday night , as we have another 2 day event on the 19th weekend and im their .
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Got it back together with new intake and header gaskets . No more leaks . Well maybe a drip now and then from the trans selector shaft seal . Ill get that fixed also . I did get this today though.
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What did they charge for the cert. Here in Az it is like pulling teeth to get the NHRA tech to show up at the track to do certs, then... $280 for his trouble. My Nova's 8.50 cert expired last month, as did the SFI trans case. Man <9.99 is sure a money pit!

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Well good to see someone knows how hard it is to get that little silver sticker .

The guy that did the Rollcage had 7 cars lined up within a 5 mile radius . I was luckily off work and loaded up and was their when he got their . He looked everything over to a t . Very professional . $200 Cash .

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Sounds like a job I want, inspecting race cars for tons of cash, I could get used to that. Truck looks awesome, love the videos!

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Thanks

I got 7 passes in last night before the rain . The carb helped out my reactions as my worst was .041 and best being .008 Every pass was inside of those two . I also bought a pair of new tubes and rotated the slicks . It went 1.52 60' on motor which i thought was good . Still got a small oil leak and the only thing i havent touched are the valve covers . They are coming off next week .

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Found the leak on the distributor slip coller . Made some modifacations to the throttle linkage to get wot . Just been running it through heat cycles every day checking for problems . Got a 2 day ET bracket event sat & sun . If i am out quick sat im loading up and going to HMP .
http://www.royalpurpleraceway.com/
there is a huge grudge event @ HMP
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I would run 7.0 index and whatever .

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Saturday double brake in the quarters and sunday down to 12 cars and bent the rear leaf springs . Good weekend . Moved up in points .

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Congrats on the rounds! It make the whole thing worthwhile to get a good group of win lights!!!

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Yea , it's more about going rounds . This is my first year over there and im the "new guy" funny they all know me by name now . Think we had 58 or 59 cars saturday for 1/4 mile and more sunday for the 1/8th mile race . fun weekend . Now to fix the truck . Call to Calvert .

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Talked to Travis at Calvert today and he pulled up the specs from the Blue truck i had . Looks like they only make 2.5 inch springs @ 200 a # spring rate. This leaves me having a set made and then having them milled to 2.25 in front for the spring pocket or replacing the front mount . Also looking at moving to a 9/16" or 5/8" front eye bolt for safety reasons . Also considering a sllider style rear mount vs a shackle any input on this would be greatlly appreciated , ecspecially street drivability and manners .

I have been wondering why i had 7 degrees of nose down pinion angle . I took some of that out with a shim awhile back , looks like the spring has been flatting a little every pass for awhile . I'll be starting from scratch on the pinion angle with new springs and adjusting the heighth with the rear mount .

Looking at this front mount
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/AFC-50200/
and these sliders
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Well , ended up goung Mopar style front mount and rear slider . Speedway has the ball bearing slider for $49 each . The spring will be built to factory lengths and stock height and i willl adjust the ride height with the rear slider spacing off the frame . Also rear shocks are in front on axle and inboard of the leaf . These will be moved straight up and down and behind the axle . I am told the adjustments become more distinctive when the shocks are not angled and are vertical . Waiting on parts now going to the chassis shop tuesday after the long weekend . Im just letting the guy that did the cage do it .

I also bought a new ( used ) trailer . 24 ' enclosed with 4' side door and a/c and work bench . Picking it up saturday 20 miles east of Dallas .

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Trailer deal fell through . Drove all the way to Dallas , 10 hours round trip , to find the trailer was from up north and had road salt type damage . Lost $100 deposit and $150 in fuel plus a day .

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Looks like we are going to leave the shocks in their factory state an dadjust the bottoms to 1.5"-2" of compression and the rest extension . This will allow the springs and bars to work . Also looking at a Coilover in front to replace shaocks and remove all the torsion bar cross member and parts . Just going to make one change at a time . Hoping to have it back together by the weekend .

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I saw you posting on HTR the other day and was wondering if it was the same hotrod80. Cool truck you have, and as close as youre running with Billy it must be fast! I've been considering stepping out of the lowriders and in to racing as a hobby.

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Yeah , thats me . Billy is a good guy . I like racing with the "conroe bunch". Im kinda the outsider . Come on out and do some racing , its alot of fun .

Got all the parts and the truck to the shop and looked it over today . Should be ready friday and we moved the shocks so i can upgrade from the Rancos later if needed .

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I've known Billy since I was 16 and he's always been a pretty cool kat. I go out to HMP on Friday nights and watch a lot, I guess I need to throw a motor in something and come play:lol:

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Billy is good as gold man. I have known him for almost 20 years. Has always had some nice cars and he does awesome work.

Should have my new motor in my truck soon Hotrod... Hopefully in a month or so I can come out to HMP and play some as well. Working a deal right now to get a lil cage done. Dont want to cut the firewall or back of the cab tho. Not sure I would need it for my lil' motor anyway. Hope your suspension changes work out for ya.

Jay

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Yeah , me and Billy seem to end up as rivals . Good people .

Well , truck is in the chassis shop and rear frame is stripped down to the rails . New front mounts are tacked in and the will be ready for me to inspect in the morning before final welding . Same guy that did my 12 point cage is doing this work . Mclwayne's racecars in Baytown . I have been very happy with the work , price and time frame . Hoping to get it back monday or so . i'll get a picture up soon , as i think ive been almost a page with no new pics .

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Update :
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Went by today and they had it finished up . I put about 200#'s in the drives seat , gapped the bars and tightend everything up . I fired it up and let it warm while checking tire pressures in the drag radials . They were asking me what i was doing . I told them "testing your work " and jumped in for a ride . Guessing these guys dont get to see what they do on the street very much . Truck "works" alot better so far . We will see friday night if i can get it to behave . Saturday and sunday are a 2 day event . I will be double checking everything and changing the oil .

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Back from Mclwayne's racecars in Baytown . hoping it is still consistant .
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Got it home and did some adjustments to the bars Checked everything out to make sure it was ready to go and headed for the track friday night . Truck did pretty well ,, but had some space in the front spring eye mount inside the Caltracs and outside the eye . Seemed to be rocking on the sidewalls all the way down . Added some tire pressure as a temp fix . ended up 4 clicks from firm on the Ranchos and 1 turn of preload in the bars . Truck was working but i ended up going red bad almost every pass .

Got it home and saturday morning dropped the front of the springs and shimmed the space with washers for tractor supply . Greased everthing and set tire pressure at 17 . Won the first round and broke out second round with a 11.25 on a 11.30 . I even had the time to dump with my reaction ,, which still wasn't on .

Sunday morning worked on it again . Pulled the spacer plates between intake and nitrous plat and plate and carb as it seemed to want to stumble unless it was at the perfect temp. Took 1/2 turn of preload out of the bars . Dropped 1 # or pressure out of the slicks so they could wad up and put my 26 " M/T sportsmans on the front . It went .006 right off the trailer . Worst light was a .051 . Got down to 9 cars and went red .093 . Truck seems to leave great if i load the converter and suspension . If i get a head start on the converter from idle it pulls the front tires straight out of the beams . Still working to get a handle on it . Points should come out in a couple of days . thinking sunday put me in the #2 spot .

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Love the Luv!