1st Annual Jackolope Diesel Nationals

I had fun thanks for putting on a great event guys hopefully it can happen again.
 
Subman631 said:
Finally found the problem with white out, bad dsp5 switch got one pass in this morning
10.89 @128.87. DA close to 9000. Truck pulled hard
Lots more fuel available but very happy at this elevation
It made the quickest pass at the event other than Dirtymax
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Congrats Rob and Ken glad to see it run so well after alot of hard work and effort !!

emiller3 said:
What has Trent run?
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Diesel Tech said:
Was told Trent did not get his problems sorted. They did not know his best time but thought it was in the 11's.
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truck is running good , def has the HP but alot of little problems to work out still , biggest problem is too many new parts go on before each race , i end up taking 1 step forward 2 steps back , now that should settle some and if i can go out a few times in a row with no changes it will start getting the t's crossed and i's dotted :doh: hell i never even got a full pass at full power and was still @ 138 mph @ 8k elevation !

A big thanks to Randy and the NHRDA guys for another fun event !!!! :Cheer:
 
Any one get any video's ? i really want to see my pass of blowing all 4 of the tires off ,I launched a bit too hard but it would really help to see what the suspension was doing ...................
 
I was always in line when you ran so didn't get a video. Your truck was awesome to watch though. I'm sure when the bugs get worked out your truck is gonna rip.
 
trentnell said:
Any one get any video's ? i really want to see my pass of blowing all 4 of the tires off ,I launched a bit too hard but it would really help to see what the suspension was doing ...................
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Only pass i got to see was 13x at 138 mph or something like that... and i had my camera in the truck :doh: Nice to see your truck in person.
 
I had a good look at that pass, tires didn't blow off, but just hopped/chattered real hard.

Shawn, Max'd out is in Pro street trim. I installed two different converters for testing this week and really didn't like either, so I strapped a bottle on with a .028 jet to help spool if needed. I knew the D/A was going to be very high and didn't want to be stuck with a poor converter and no way to spool..
 
I have no doubt you'll have it all figured out soon. Have a safe ride home everyone and see you guys at one of the upcoming events
 
IdahoRob said:
I had a good look at that pass, tires didn't blow off, but just hopped/chattered real hard.

Shawn, Max'd out is in Pro street trim. I installed two different converters for testing this week and really didn't like either, so I strapped a bottle on with a .028 jet to help spool if needed. I knew the D/A was going to be very high and didn't want to be stuck with a poor converter and no way to spool..
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thanks Rob , it def wasnt "smooth" thats for sure , all i knew is i hit my rev limmiter(4700) and had to let out of it just to get it to shift , log isnt worth much either , video is usually worth a thousand words , better make sure i bring the wife next time . NOS would have been a big help up there for spooling.
 
I had a great time at this event even with the rain. Wish we could have stayed for Sunday but had to get home.

Brad and the rest of the G&J guys it was good talking to you guys again. Hope I helped more than hurt getting the slick back together. That is one sweet looking Duramax your buddy is building. Can't wait to see it in person. I will see if I can get in touch with that guy we were talking about for showing off the truck.

Michael- hope you made it home in plenty of time to get your sweetie back to work today. Always a pleasure talking to ya. I will try and get in touch with ya next week when we are up in the pacific northwest and buy ya a beer.

Trent nice to meet you as well. Hope to see the truck at Truckfest in a few weeks.

Great event and turnout for the NHRDA.
 
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trentnell said:
thanks Rob , it def wasnt "smooth" thats for sure , all i knew is i hit my rev limmiter(4700) and had to let out of it just to get it to shift , log isnt worth much either , video is usually worth a thousand words , better make sure i bring the wife next time . NOS would have been a big help up there for spooling.
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Trent, suspension looked way too stiff with no give, if that helps.
 
TravisG said:
I had a great time at this event even with the rain. Wish we could have stayed for Sunday but had to get home.

Brad and the rest of the G&J guys it was good talking to you guys again. Hope I helped more than hurt getting the slick back together. That is one sweet looking Duramax your buddy is building. Can't wait to see it in person. I will see if I can get in touch with that guy we were talking about for showing off the truck.

Michael- hope you made it home in plenty of time to get your sweetie back to work today. Always a pleasure talking to ya. I will try and get in touch with ya next week when we are up in the pacific northwest and buy ya a beer.

Trent nice to meet you as well. Hope to see the truck at Truckfest in a few weeks.

Great event and turnout for the NHRDA.
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Travis,
It was great chatting with you, and thanks for the help with the flat tire! If you like dark beer, I have all the beer we need (I keep a keg of Black Butte Porter at the house, it is a microbrew that tastes very similar to Guinness). I pour it into soda bottles to take it places.

Looking forward to Truckfest (a track I've never been to). We got our "thin air spooling" practice this weekend!

Regards,
Michael Pliska
 
Finally made it home, it was a good time, would have been great if we could have raced Max'd Out, but was nice to finally get a little performance out of White Out, too bad it was after the race was over. Track owner said it was the largest crowd they had ever had at the track. Lots of cowboys hanging on the rail watching. entire track was lined with diesel trucks. Too bad we couldn't get them to race. As one cowboy said, we have to work out trucks all week, can't afford to break them. Not sure how we get around that? Anyway it turned out well, even with the wash out Sat nite. Place dries out in a hurry, sled pullers on Sunday were tossing up a lot of dust.
 
Subman631 said:
Place dries out in a hurry, sled pullers on Sunday were tossing up a lot of dust.
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yup LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXthoTBON-U


I knew about 5 of the trucks that were parked up against the fence and they all said they were going to race, up till the point of signing up :doh: i should have drag raced but i was saving the truck for the pulls, now that it got rained out i would have had time to make repairs if needed. I missed your fastest pass, damnit!
 
Subman631 said:
Finally made it home, it was a good time, would have been great if we could have raced Max'd Out, but was nice to finally get a little performance out of White Out, too bad it was after the race was over. Track owner said it was the largest crowd they had ever had at the track. Lots of cowboys hanging on the rail watching. entire track was lined with diesel trucks. Too bad we couldn't get them to race. As one cowboy said, we have to work out trucks all week, can't afford to break them. Not sure how we get around that? Anyway it turned out well, even with the wash out Sat nite. Place dries out in a hurry, sled pullers on Sunday were tossing up a lot of dust.
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I agree - there were a ton of diesel trucks in the parking lot, compared to the number in the lanes!!! If I can drive my truck 1200+ miles hauling a camper, then race it and drive it 1200+ home, then the locals should be able to do it! We see the same thing at every event though. LOL, maybe we should offer towing insurance or something ;) Or a gift certificate to a local diesel repair shop, which gets awarded to the person who has the most carnage? Kinda like a free set of tires as a burnout contest prize!

Congrats on sorting out the issues with White Out, should be interesting in Portland in a few weeks! I can guarantee that the air won't be anywhere as thin as Douglas was!

We got into Portland about 9:00 this morning, after driving it straight through. Sherri even got the hang of "driving by pyro" on the hills. I made the mistake of taking the route suggested by my GPS, which included some roads that are probably just goat trails (and were around 10,000' elevation). Even my mild tow tune will smoke like crazy at that elevation!

Regards,
Michael Pliska
 
I tried to get most of those trucks to run but couldn't convince any of em. Got my top turbo off tonight. Looks like it melted the exhaust wheel pretty bad on my first run.
 
Not sure yet. That was my first time running that setup with 5x18 injectors and two stages of nitrous a .78 jet and a .110 jet. Wish I would of looked at my egt gauge not sure how high they got.
 
97singlecab said:
Not sure yet. That was my first time running that setup with 5x18 injectors and two stages of nitrous a .78 jet and a .110 jet. Wish I would of looked at my egt gauge not sure how high they got.
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Shameless plug: You need an ISSPRO Performax system so you can use the peak recall (or better yet the full datalogging) feature! OTOH, I rarely look at my peak EGTs any more on a dragstrip run. I know they hit at least 1600° F, but it's only for a few seconds. I will probably throw a 2000° pyro on one of these days just to see what it gets to.

Sorry to hear about the carnage. It was great chatting with you and your parents.

Regards,
Michael Pliska
 
Michael said:
Shameless plug: You need an ISSPRO Performax system so you can use the peak recall (or better yet the full datalogging) feature! OTOH, I rarely look at my peak EGTs any more on a dragstrip run. I know they hit at least 1600° F, but it's only for a few seconds. I will probably throw a 2000° pyro on one of these days just to see what it gets to.

Sorry to hear about the carnage. It was great chatting with you and your parents.

Regards,
Michael Pliska
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Yeah it was good to meet you to. Had a great time hanging out with brad and the crew from G&J. I wish I would of looked at my gauges but I was concentrating to hard on catching white out and probably pushed it a little harder than I should of. How much are those performax systems?
 
Just got the turbo the rest of the way apart. The divider for the scroll in the turbine housing is completely gone and the housing is cracked. The openings for the wastegate pucks are melted open to about 2 inches long and the pucks for the wastegates are gone. The turbine wheel is melted down to about 30mm in diameter also. Anyone know how hot it had to of been to do this kind of damage?
 
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