We do need to act pretty quick if there are going to be rule changes as I personally know of at least three more builds that are just getting started and knowing the rules is paramount to which trannies are going to be used.
More of a bump than anything, but.....
Yeah I have a truck in the driveway, a few go-fast parts laying around, and a wallet that would really like to know what to do.
I'll lay my cards out here:
I have an 03 Duramax reg. cab 4x4 that is going to run faster than brackets. Will I drive it on the street? No. Already have a truck for that and have raced it brackets. More fun for me to trailer a "race truck", whatever it may be, and not have to worry about getting home if it goes south.
It's not going to be a 9 second truck. More like 10.5 and try and hold it together. What I want to do with it is race in whatever NHRDA class it will be competitive in, go fast a Fri/Sat night fun drags, and bracket race with the gassers too. I love racing NHRDA, but spending all the time and $$$ on a truck for a few events a year is not where it's all at for me.
That being said, I have been thinking about putting a Duraflite in it just because it seems like a good drag trans for us Chevy guys. No learning, could change tunes on the fly to run different classes without it freaking out. Consistant/fast shifts blah blah blah.
If possible, it'd be good to know if this is going to work or not for NHRDA sooner rather than later. I'll run whatever, just trying to build a truck I can have the most fun with racing NHRDA and otherwise.
This is really a tough deal to make these classes. Not enough 10 second and faster trucks to really decide. We could all end up in our own classes racing ourselves. At least we'd all win LOL