. . . . . . . . TWICE!






I hope I'm not out of line in posting this here but I had to boast.

On top of that, this was my first real bona-fide "Kill" as there's not a lot to do in Buies Creek. (They turn off the stop light at eight. )

I'd gone down to the Dunn Benson Drag-strip (1/8 mile) to practice my reaction times. First time racing there. It was the Porsche (NOT a GT or 911) drivers first time to.

The first pass I got him with 9.92 @ 66.23. He seemed to have missed a gear with only a 12.37 @ 55.71.

The second pass had me prevail with a 9.98 @ 66.13 to his 10.65 @ 80.35.



THEN!


I squeaked by a late model Chevy V6 (I think) pick-up (Not a FULL sized truck) running nitrous with a 9.85 @ 66.53 to his 10.22 @ 69.72

My best reaction time was .465. The Porsche Dude was .516 and the Chevy was .1783

My 60' mark averages 2.065



I gotta do something with my trans.



Again, y'all please pardon my noise over here. I'm just tickled.

 

Way to go, keep racking them up!!!

 

Do you launch in 4x4? How much boost?

Your 60' actually looks pretty good, but I'm sure a nice DTT trans would make it even better... *insert stick poking smilie*

Nice kill

 

im guessing by the times and speeds that you were running the 1/8th mile.......i got rid of a 02 silverado that was in the 8's 1/8 mile and low 13's in 1/4.....man i miss that thing.

great kill man...keep them up!

 

Yes I launch in 4wd as I'll spin them big-time without. Currently I'm launching with only 10 pounds boost thinking of the trans.

With my thinking of around 350+hp as a goal, folks are making noise about that figure being the point where I'd do well to consider some billet stuff.

 

AWSOME! Doesn't say much for the Porsche, does it?

A lot of people are surprised by these trucks with a few mods. Yesterday, a guy at work has a 1st gen, 91 std cab 5 spd AR Mojaves IC, RUSTLESS!! Garage kept by the 1st owner, he has only had it for 4-5 years. 2 tone gray. I have told him of my mods. He said he only has a straight pipe and pump "turned up" 20% by some guy. He follows me out of work. So I wait for him to catch up and floor it. I was still in 3rd gear when I saw him shift into 4th. Lets just say I let up when I hit 70 and about 6 truck lengths. I got a job coming up.

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread. I was just trying to show the difference between stock and slightly modded.

Jon

 

Hey Dave congrats. I would have liked to have seen that.I been watching your posts and it looked like you had a good day at the "ROCK" also. I should never have taken you to the dyno in Durham. ( ha! ha! ) it seems all you are possesed with is " MORE POWER". I'm hopin to be there with you soon. Take care Alan

 

Nice work, BC847.

 

Thanks folks.

It's funny, I think it'd be fair to say that most guys have wanted some form of a hotrod all their lives. I'd have never imagined mine would turn out to be an old diesel.

But hey! It's paid for, . . . .. well, . . . . .. you know. Till the next project anyway.


I need to burn off some more fuel . . . . .. ..




I was told after the first pass that after I got past the bleachers, the crowd was hollering. My old super-quiet muffler system might have misled folks. Guy said that when I hit it, the turbo went to screaming along with the Cummins hammering and I pretty much left the Porsche.

I imagine they (I) was pulling for the underdog. I wish I could've been there.






You know you guys did this to me.

 

When you need a bad influence, you can always find one on DTR.

 

BC847, You are the one that I get the influence from!

Jon

 

Yea Dave, you are making it hard on me to keep my money. Oh well, looks like I will be busy this summer.