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Trucks first time at track!!
well i bit the bullet and bought the slicks today
![]() First pass 2.00 60ft 9.5 1/8th 15.1 1/4 87.16 MPH that run was breaking up VERY badly Second pass 1.84 60ft 8.7 1/8 14.13 1/4 90.00 MPH second run still was breaking up ALOT but i launched a bit harder Third pass 1.79 60ft 8.4 1/8th 13.35 1/4 97.96 MPH she was still breaking up but seemed much better than before. Overall she did pretty good for the first track times ![]() ![]() ![]() Ill post up some times if i go tomorrow. thanks guys
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
First thing I would do is buy a rachet shifter if you plan on continuing to race it. Trying to manually shift on the column is a bad accident waiting to happen.
Whats your timing set at? What type of carb? How hot is it there? Fuel pump? Pull a spark plug and let us know what it looks like. My guess is your timing is off or you are running lean. I am assuming you are meaning its falling on its face when you say "breaking up". Nice times though! That 60 ft is pretty darn good. Did you adjust your tune between passes? Thats some pretty wild variance in your ET's
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
Hey, ending the night nearly 2 seconds quicker and 10mph faster than you started,, is a GOOD night. Just think how much fun it will be next time
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
Rough day at the track is almost always better than a good day at work! Cool!
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
i am confused when you say it is a rachet shifter and it goes into nutral.. i thought that the hole idea behind a rachet shifter was for positive shifts without hitting nutral. most generally should not the shifter be all the way down like in the 1st gear position and then you slap it all the way forward to the park position and that gets you to first, then do just the oposite slap and that gets you to secound, and again back up towards park and that gets you to 3rd... on some rachet shifters dont you have to push the shifter down hard in nutral to get it in rachet mode and out of standard mode? what brand and model is this shifter?
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
i am not trying to seem ignorant or start an argument but i can not understand how you are slipping it into nutral. i found the instruction on this shifter and i think it operates as i described. are you geting the shifter into rachet mode.. here is a short link...http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c....it.A/id.113/.f
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
it shifts fine normally but when racing it will go into 3rd or "drive" and then slip right back in to neutral. maybe its just a cable adjustment issue. like stated before this was the first passes ever made in this truck so im still workin out the kinks
![]() *EDIT* rachet shifting UP is the problem. but going down (if it were reverse VB) would be fine
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71 cheyenne lwb 300rwhp best 1/4 time so far 12.8 @103 ![]() http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...en58/001-2.jpg Last edited by lowriden58; 05-26-2008 at 03:37 AM. |
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
Well guys i made it to the test n tune today
![]() ![]() first pass 2.1 60' 9.13 1/8th 14.2 1/4 93.99 MPH she felt dead on that one second pass 2.0 60' 9.07 1/8th 14.3 1/4 92.35 MPH I changed nothing on that pass but tried to launch harder third pass 1.87 60' 8.22 1/8th 12.89 1/4 103.88 MPH this pass we messed with the timing. noticed timing was WAY to high fourth pass 1.8 60' 8.21 1/8th 13.00 1/4 101.13 MPH this pass she seemed like she launched in 2nd gear and it sucked!! overall it was a decent day, would have been better if we were allowed more than 4 freakin runs!! normally during T & T they allow "round robin" which is where you can hot lap it. would have been great to mess with the timing a touch more and maybe play with the shifter cable. but im happy with that 12.89 for a while!!! ![]() what you guys think??
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
12.80`s in a truck is awsome. So whats the specs of the truck and engine?
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Re: Trucks first time at track!!
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trucks is stock for the most part. bed is rusted out alot. running DJM 3" & 4" drop springs with Toxic shocks. also running 28x10.5" ET DRAGS on some cheapy cragars, which are spinning on the rims so i need to do screws and possibly tubes ![]()
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71 cheyenne lwb 300rwhp best 1/4 time so far 12.8 @103 ![]() http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...en58/001-2.jpg Last edited by lowriden58; 05-26-2008 at 06:06 PM. |
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