Budget 6.70 drag truck build!!

Chassisman said:
It will load the rear tires better that way.
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Yea. It looks alittle goofy. But if it works I’ll run it for awhile. It was cutting 1.6-1.7 every pass on the old setup. And I lost over 200lbs off the front end. And roughly 140-150 of that was rolling weight from the wheels.

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What it does is shorten the time it takes for your chassis to react, squat, and launch.
 
Well. Had another set back Friday. Messed up something in the trans. Will be pulling it tongiht to find out. Truck lost 5mph consistent in all my passes. Checked line pressure after the last pass and it was at 65psi. Pulled the pan yesterday and it wasn’t very good. We will see how it looks when I tear into it later. Hopefully nothing to major!
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However tho. One good note my new electric water pump is working great! Made 3 passes right after each other and truck barely broke 190*


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bateman said:
Dang, tough luck. Hope it's simple (cheap).
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Me to. I could put new fluid and filter and get by for a bit longer. But I’d rather do it now and spend alitte then mess up more trying to limp it


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Ended up being the thrust washers. Had to much play on the intermediate shaft assembly. It’s been a busy week but the trans is back together and hopefully making more passes tonight.


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Had the truck out last night. Made 5 passes. Tried alitte gamblers racing aswell. Went 7.20 7.08 6.95 7.40 and 6.92. Happy with the night. 60fts were all 1.6s the whole night.


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Heading back to the track tonight. Hope to see some more 6 second passes.
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I thought about putting a flapper on mine also, lol keep the rain, and squirrels out!
 
67baja said:
How did the truck run last night?
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Got two passes and it started pouring rain. Was playing with tire pressure. Ran a 7.26-7.30. Something came loose on alignment and had deathwobbles when I woudl slow down
 
Got some better gov springs on the way. Time to retire the 4ks. Weather pending might try to race the truck this weekend at foothills diesel shootout if anyone is planning to go!


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Springs are in. Not looking good for passes this weekend tho due to weather.
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Rained off an on all day yesterday in Knoxville. Looks like a few days of it in the forecast.

What gov springs are those?
 
bateman said:
Rained off an on all day yesterday in Knoxville. Looks like a few days of it in the forecast.

What gov springs are those?
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DDP 5500s. Yea not far from there myself. Gonna be a wet weekend.


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