3rd Annual Desert Diesel Nationals

she_strokes04 said:
I'm goin home with you guys! I love Disneyland. Thats where I wanna go for my 21st this year! :Cheer:
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Maybe we can all have a Caravan from Whittmann to Anaheim ;)

DuraDan said:
haha, what did you make stock? My turbo is probably goin to eat **** hear soon... along with my tranny... I just PRAY that I will make it through 5 quarter miles at phoenix... I just want to get home and THEN blow some **** up ;-) lol
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When completely stock, IIRC it made about 16 psi unloaded uphill. With intake, exhaust and Edge Evo it made about 26 psi in the same conditions (could sneak up to 28 psi with a load on the same hill), but would only hit about 22 psi when accelerating on a freeway onramp. With the Swamps injectors and tuning I hit 34 psi almost instantaneously.

DuraDan said:
Well, I should be leaving around 2:30 on Thursday... If your goin down I-5 I might see you, look for the Big red n' white f350 with a jefferson state diesel sticker across the front!
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Yup, I am heading down I-5 (probably going to cut over near Bakersfield). If anyone is on the road and wondering if I am close, try calling my cell phone 503-407-1388. Does anyone on here use CBs anymore? I just use a portable unit in my truck (so the range is crappy). Somewhere I have a magnet mount antenna and adapter for it, I'll have to see if I can find it. Back in the old days when I towed up and down the West coast for races, we always convoyed and chatted on our CBs to stay awake. Tired racers say the funniest stuff on the CB ;)
 
Im going to be there. idk if i want to run my truck cause its the first time i would have ever raced period
 
Yup, I am heading down I-5 (probably going to cut over near Bakersfield). If anyone is on the road and wondering if I am close, try calling my cell phone 503-407-1388. Does anyone on here use CBs anymore? I just use a portable unit in my truck (so the range is crappy). Somewhere I have a magnet mount antenna and adapter for it, I'll have to see if I can find it. Back in the old days when I towed up and down the West coast for races, we always convoyed and chatted on our CBs to stay awake. Tired racers say the funniest stuff on the CB ;)
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Ya, I got a CB... and from what I heard it is better to go down I-5 till like LA area... im not sure of the roads, but i will figure that out before we go down... But i know most of the guys from redding (like 5 trucks) will be leavin thursday afternoon...
 
DuraDan said:
Ya, I got a CB... and from what I heard it is better to go down I-5 till like LA area... im not sure of the roads, but i will figure that out before we go down... But i know most of the guys from redding (like 5 trucks) will be leavin thursday afternoon...
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I have been both ways and I like cutting over from Bakersfield. But that's just me.
 
YOUNG GUNS15 said:
Im going to be there. idk if i want to run my truck cause its the first time i would have ever raced period
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You should run. Go to the test and tune Friday night if you can make it, then race the event too.

The thing about racing is that there is no better way to learn than doing it. And the best teacher you have are the racers around you.
 
DuraDan said:
Ya, I got a CB... and from what I heard it is better to go down I-5 till like LA area... im not sure of the roads, but i will figure that out before we go down... But i know most of the guys from redding (like 5 trucks) will be leavin thursday afternoon...
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You guys lookin to one shot the drive down or are you going to stop somewhere. Give me a call when you guys roll in and let me know what's going on
 
Beave said:
You guys lookin to one shot the drive down or are you going to stop somewhere. Give me a call when you guys roll in and let me know what's going on
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We (being me, my friend kevin, and parents) are leavin thursday afternoon... (makin it a two day adventure)... but we are goin to one shot it on the way back (sunday)... whats your number?
 
DuraDan said:
We (being me, my friend kevin, and parents) are leavin thursday afternoon... (makin it a two day adventure)... but we are goin to one shot it on the way back (sunday)... whats your number?
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Chris has it.
 
got my roll bar put in with the 5 point seat belt. we're legal now to run lower than 11.5:rockwoot::rockwoot:

see you guys down there, this is goin to be fun




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3rd Annual Desert Diesel Nationals

The sponsorship list just keeps getting bigger and bigger :clap:

Title Sponsors are Strictly Diesel and ITP Diesel
MBRP Performance Exhaust – The official exhaust system for the NHRDA
Edge Products
BD Diesel Performance – The official Turbo for the NHRDA
Randys Offroad Connection
FASS Fuel Systems – The official Fuel Pump for the NHRDA
AFE Power
South Bend Clutch – The official Clutch for the NHRDA
Grand Rock Exhaust
Snow Performance - The official Water Methanol injection for the NHRDA
Turbo Auto Diesl
Optima Battery - The official Battery for the NHRDA
Iron Bull Bumpers
Dynomite Diesel - The official Injectors for the NHRDA
Elite Diesel
Toxic Diesel
Underground Diesel
Lubrication Specialties
UTI
AirAid Filters
Double X Fuel Filtration
AirFlow America

and to top it off all these sponsors have donated over $5000 in raffle prizes to be given away during the event. So remember to keep your free raffle ticket that you will recieve when you enter Speedworld.
 
Shawn (Redneck6.0L),
Probably won't get hassled for it here, but I have gotten grief before for running my shoulder harness around a similarly-shaped seat. It's not explicit in the rulebook, so it's up to the tech inspector if he wants to be a jerk (although I see their point that the seat spreads the harness too much). In my case I took a sawzall to the seat, upholstery and all (it was a stock Vega seat) and made a hole for the harness to pass through. You probably don't want to do that to your leather Lariat seats!

Another issue is how the shoulder harness gets mounted to the rollbar cross-brace. Apparently the NHRA is currently teaching its tech inspectors that the best way is to wrap the harness around the whole cross-brace, but to have tabs or a small loop welded on to keep them from sliding around. Back in 1987 they told me to drill a hole through the cross-brace, then in 1989 they told me to weld a vertical tab to the cross-brace, then a few years later they wanted a horizontal tab to the cross brace (which made more sense), then it changed to wrapping the whole harness around the brace, now finally adding the straps/tabs. Maybe they're getting a kickback from chassis shops or welding supply stores ;)
 
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