fast450ridr
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Raced my pickup at Mo-Kan Dragway this past weekend.
My previous best in this truck was 16.02 in the summer heat a few years ago. I've had a goal of running 15.99 or faster since then, but haven't had a chance to get back to the track. To help achieve this goal, I welded the open diff to gain traction, and did some minor weight loss with a roll pan and removing the spare tire.
Mt first pass Saturday was against a big block powered Pontiac Lemans. Being my first race in years, and not being able to hear myself think next to his nasty, open header big block, I got excited and smashed the pedal to the floor, resulting in some nasty wheel hop and tire spin. I ran a 17.50something at 75 mph this pass.
The next pass was against a 70's c10 with a badass sounding small block. I was focused on leaving smoothly this pass, and left the starting line drama free, cruising to my fastest pass of the day, the 15.19 at 90 shown on the time slip below.
My third pass was against a rust bucket Vega that broke his read u joint and showered me in bearings. I aborted this pass in fear his driveshaft would fly off his car and cause an accident.
My final pass of the day was against a fourth gen trans am that ran well, and I backed up my 15.19 pass with a 15.28 also at 90 mph.
I believe I'll be going to Mo-Kan again this weekend, and will have a set of drag radials on the truck with the hopes of a more aggressive launch and maybe a 14.xx 1/4 mile et. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Details on the truck are as follows:
~175k miles
Stock 5.7 vortec
Stock intake
magnaflow muffler dumped before the axle
Rebuilt 4L60 trans with transgo shift kit and minor pressure mods
Stock replacement torque converter
3.42 gears with welded diff
225/70-15 tires all around
My previous best in this truck was 16.02 in the summer heat a few years ago. I've had a goal of running 15.99 or faster since then, but haven't had a chance to get back to the track. To help achieve this goal, I welded the open diff to gain traction, and did some minor weight loss with a roll pan and removing the spare tire.
Mt first pass Saturday was against a big block powered Pontiac Lemans. Being my first race in years, and not being able to hear myself think next to his nasty, open header big block, I got excited and smashed the pedal to the floor, resulting in some nasty wheel hop and tire spin. I ran a 17.50something at 75 mph this pass.
The next pass was against a 70's c10 with a badass sounding small block. I was focused on leaving smoothly this pass, and left the starting line drama free, cruising to my fastest pass of the day, the 15.19 at 90 shown on the time slip below.
My third pass was against a rust bucket Vega that broke his read u joint and showered me in bearings. I aborted this pass in fear his driveshaft would fly off his car and cause an accident.
My final pass of the day was against a fourth gen trans am that ran well, and I backed up my 15.19 pass with a 15.28 also at 90 mph.
I believe I'll be going to Mo-Kan again this weekend, and will have a set of drag radials on the truck with the hopes of a more aggressive launch and maybe a 14.xx 1/4 mile et. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Details on the truck are as follows:
~175k miles
Stock 5.7 vortec
Stock intake
magnaflow muffler dumped before the axle
Rebuilt 4L60 trans with transgo shift kit and minor pressure mods
Stock replacement torque converter
3.42 gears with welded diff
225/70-15 tires all around
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