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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
You can go to YouTube and type in PCHRODS it will pull up a ton of videos pre-hotchkis suspension I will try and get some more up loaded over the weekend with the new setup on it!
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Truck looks good. Here you go, I linked some of your vids up here:
Keep up the awesome work!
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
oooh look at me im so cool driving my old truck around cones.
![]() try it pulling a boat blindfolded! ![]() ![]() bobbo navagating, me driving and several other board members rowing the boat at the midwest all truck nationals in kcmo. i placed 2nd. on a serious note thanks for the suspension info. i can hear the local autocross from my house and id love to crash the party with a bunch of old farmtrucks.
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
I would love to get into this ! Tried to run mine at the 2010 hot rod power tour but the tech inspection got me - no seatbelts
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Are you running in SCCA events? If so, what class?
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
My guess is C Prepared, unless the classes have changed within the last few years. I used to compete pretty heavily with a Mustang in E Street Prepared. This involved using R compound racing tires. I would drive to the events on street tires with the racing tires in the back seat and trunk and then swap them to the R compounds once I got there. I generally used Hoosier but the Kumhos were good as well. In my experience of buying those tires, they were cheaper the smaller the rim diameter. So your best bet with those would be a 10 inch wheel in either 15 or 16. You could use a 15x10 factory steel wheel this way, provided you haven't put any crazy big brake system on your truck. In my experience, the big brakes weren't necessary for autocross either because of more weight and the fact that runs are only a minute or so. However, you could play with pad choice.
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Rob- We really appreciate you opening this thread up. It seems that the trend to build "Pro-Touring" trucks has grown from a small flicker to a huge flame in the past few seasons. I think you will find that most of the members here are more the "Joe-Touring" crowd but we all enjoy the big buck trucks too.
Certainly the Ride Tech sponsored autocross at the Goodguys events has been a huge catalyst in this trend. Unfortunately the GG staff hasn't had the vision to adopt a rolling 30 year break like NSRA has. At least us "late model" guys have Super Chevy events to look forward to. When time permits, please drop by the Suspension Forum here. You will find many of the industry heavy hitters call this their home. Even your buddy and nemisis Rob from No Limit has found it a comfortable place to hang out, despite his strong Ford bias. Make it handle- LINK
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Not entirely true in the 72 and older limitation for goodguys, the only events that hold that title are the "nationals" events they hold. All of the "get together" events they hold throughout the year that have auto x are open to all years of cars and trucks. I too have noticed a fair amount of growth in the pro-touring style with trucks lately, my main focus has been to get some of these truck owners with some badass trucks to think outside the box ( their trailers) these trucks were made to haul not be hauled!! Buy as you suggested I will definitely drop a thread over in the suspension barracks and see what kind of feedback I receive! Rob @ no limit has some great products and a *****in effie, but we do need to bring him over from darkside into the chevy world ![]() Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Thought you guys would like this, you've been asking for photos and these are the most recent!!
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...hevy-c-10.aspx Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
How is that Locker diff working for you on the autocross?
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Wow! Nice truck. Thats all I can say.
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
I will let you know on the locker this spring, just got it and haven't tried it yet, the brand new auburn took a poop at the optima challenge, and lockers are what the big boys run so I figured why not?!?! Right?!? I needed something that was gauranteed to push BOTH tires!
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
Rob,
I got the Ls motor up and running. I will see you at the next GG event in costa mesa or del mar. |
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
I asked about the locker because my currie 9" has one (havnt even started the truck yet, so I dont know how itll work). Ive been mulling this pro-touring thing over since I figured out that it was way more than 20" rims.
By the by... there is an autocross at the Las Vegas Super Chevy Show the last weekend of April. Also planning to be at Del Mar, but probably wont be taking the Jimmy as it wont have the whole interior in it yet. (unless the wife gets real generous..lol) |
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
where are all the trees? That is no fun...
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
I found this site. It's pretty cool. They have quite a few events going on. Even in and around my area. One of the mods, Bill Howell, lives in the same county. I've seen his GTO several times. www.pro-touring.com
Can anyone give me some info on Treadwear ratings. I've seen where alot of AC events require a minimum of either 180 or 200 TWR. My tires have a 420 TWR. Would I still be able to AC? Or are they basically saying you can't use a real sticky race tire?
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Take a look at the info Rob posted in the "Make it handle" thread in our Suspension forum- LINK Quote:
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Regardless, we LOVE your truck and happy that you are representing the GM line in an impressive manner. Your early showings have been impressive. I can't wait to see the action heat up next season.
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Re: Autocrossing your chevy truck....who wants to?
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Also, many guys don't intend to build their trucks for trailers. But any 'blue collar' guy that spends 25g's on a build wants it to stay as nice as possible for as long as possible. The difference is they substitute real roadways for the autocross ![]()
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