Trucks that do more then a Straight Line...

[joeys66pickup]

So are we as truck people outcast from the Open Road racing(ie. Silver State Classic ect.) and other alike forms of racing where you have to make left and....Right hand turns? is it just pointless to push a brick through the air or are people frightened by the weight added from all that extra sexy sheetmetal

where are the Fast trucks that turn is what im asking? or am i crazy for even thinking a truck could perform such a feat...

[leftcoast66]

Originally Posted by joeys66pickup

So are we as truck people outcast from the Open Road racing(ie. Silver State Classic ect.) and other alike forms of racing where you have to make left and....Right hand turns? is it just pointless to push a brick through the air or are people frightened by the weight added from all that extra sexy sheetmetal

where are the Fast trucks that turn is what im asking? or am i crazy for even thinking a truck could perform such a feat...

Been a few threads discussing the idea. I definitely think its feasible, just will take a little bit of engineering to get it setup correctly, and a lot of patience with spring rates and dampening pressures.

[68K20 x Drill]

I have been waiting to see where the Banks Duramax project goes

YouTube - Banks Type-R race truck practice

[joeys66pickup]

What would a SEVERELY lightened say 55-57 or 67-72 pickup weigh compared a Chevelle or something of the full frame variety? And would the Aerodynamics of the truck hurt it badly enough to make it just pointless even with some body mods if need be? i remember them saying at 220mph Big Red(Awesome Car) was pushing so much air through the grill it was starting to hurt it speed wise and if they had chucked the body for a later 90's F-Body it would have picked up 30 or so mph

What times are the duramax running? is that willow springs?

[Inverter]

Trucks are not a great platform for pro-touring,only because it takes so much more modding to get them to a competitive level w/the usual built camaro and mustang road cars. The Banks truck is only a truck in outter shape,,and just barely. B/A though...

[joeys66pickup]

thats the point....growing up a 69' Yenko or Z28 camaro was my favorite car hands down,then as i grew into the Gearhead i am today i noticed everyone goes for them or a mustang and you can pretty much say you've seen those cars in every racing class with every motor and tranny combo imaginable! i like to head to the other side of the hobby with things you dont see everyday(one of them being a truck trying for 200mph at Bonneville and The Silver State Classic)

Plus whats the fun in just modding something "alittle" and having it do just "ok"?

[leftcoast66]

Originally Posted by Inverter

Trucks are not a great platform for pro-touring,only because it takes so much more modding to get them to a competitive level w/the usual built camaro and mustang road cars. The Banks truck is only a truck in outter shape,,and just barely. B/A though...

Just means the trucks are more fun, and a bigger reward for getting going good.
Edit: Didn't everyone scoff at big red when it was built originally, and it crushed the competition once they build the frame and did that all up.

[joeys66pickup]

Yes everyone laughed at it saying "theres no way your gonna throw that ton an a half brick through the air at 200mph no matter how Red it is" and look what it did! blew 220mph and Ate the competition for like two years....

Thats exactly what im thinking with the truck,i mean i no its not going 220 but i dont expect it to.i just would love to see the look on some Subaru drivers face when a Big Red(hahaha no probably Black) truck almost sticks right with him in the bends and then lays into the muscle on the straights and shows him some Tailgate

[Super73]

Yes the camaro has a 3-link in it.

The front end would support any LS1/2/3, LQ4/9, or L92..

The LS3 or L92 with a T56 would make a fun motor in a corner carving truck.

[ripdog28]

Im still waiting to see someone with one of our trucks get into the drift series. How sick would that be? F@C* those imports up.

[Inverter]

Drifting is Lame........

[ripdog28]

That is your opininon. It takes more skill then most are capable of. Lots of people think left turns are lame a long with straight lines.

[joeys66pickup]

i Think a Truck In Formula D would be So damn *****in!!! hell look how everyone freaked when the Falken 69' Camaro came flying sideways onto the scene 468ci Big Block,4 Speed,Truckarms and All...now think of that in an ol chevy pickup they would need to hand everyone a wet nap during intermission

that or anything where there is more then 1 turn in both directions is all im sayin

[Inverter]

Originally Posted by ripdog28

That is your opininon. It takes more skill then most are capable of. Lots of people think left turns are lame a long with straight lines.

Its a contest that involves burning multiple sets of rear tires while going nowhere.. Its pointless. Yes thats my opinion.
Now back on topic.

[dieseldr4]

ive been toying with the idea of throwin an old 74 swb onto a craftsman truck chassis.. just think of that well engineered chassis with a old school body rippin it up.. the fact that my friend owns a craftsman truck team and will almost give me an out dated roller is a plus...those chassis can handle lots o power and will go left or run road corse very easy..if you did it correctly you could keep it street legal as well... the more budget minded approach would be to use a metric front clip from a g body, fab the rear rails from 2x3 and use a trailing arm rear suspension..you can get alot of trick suspension pieces for that front end from various race car suppliers like day motorsports in texas..and the parts are cheap too! so bust out the wire feed and lets beat some imp*rts...picture a squarebody bustin around an evo in a corner at button willow raceway and showin them the tailgate down the next straight away....

[joeys66pickup]

Exactly! i was just thinking more along the lines of a 55-57 body(So Purrty)
the body shape cant hurt it at low speeds like 170 and below.Ok so i laughed at that one to

So could you get one of those chassis....For Sale?

[Super73]

I know, I know.. But the truck I would love to do some thing like that with is a 40 F**d. It's got all of our trucks beat regarding aero. It's physically smaller as well.

[joeys66pickup]

That truck would atleast cut through the air...instead of ours which more or less try to break its knees with a sledgehammer

[Super73]

So if I had a F**d with an LS1, would I still be allowed to hang out here?

[joeys66pickup]

Originally Posted by Super73

So if I had a F**d with an LS1, would I still be allowed to hang out here?

HELL YES! fast truck is a fast truck in my book...not the trucks fault its a ford that chevy under the hood will make it scoot regardless

O' and you Have to have a "Built ford tuff with Chevy stuff" sticker on the back window just because