Well I hooked to a sled for my first time on Saturday and it was a lot more fun than I expected. Me and a buddy of mine (dodge250) decided to make the 2 hour drive to Newman and pull in the 8000lb Street Diesel class. We were actually the only 2 that showed up for our class and needless to say I came in 1st with a pull of 243ft, beating dodge250's 182ft. I was pretty impressed with my truck and so were a lot of the gas pullers there. After the pull was over they let each of us pull again for fun, so on my second pull I was able to run with the water/meth.

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nice pull, track looks like it didn't help you much

 

Fun isnt it!! Good job!

Next thing you know you'll be buying traction bars, suspension blocks, adjustable hitch, weight rack, weights etc etc etc...

 

pouring, what are the suspension blocks like, just a solid block to prevent the springs from compressing?

i was thinking the rubber spacers of the timbren mount would help with pullin as well

 

Corey, its kind of hard to believe that that truck also runs 13.66 in the quarter

I noticed that you did change your rims and tires to pull though. Wonder what you'd run at the track with those on?

Rick

 

rj73.. were you pulling from the the Chrome bumper???

Blocks.. some just remove the rubber bump stop.. and bolt in a metal stop.. some rule say you must have 1in of travel.. other no rules... Most jack up the truck just a little and install the blocks.. I've seen some out of 2x4 tubing that looked good... (2x4 tubing standing with the opening on the top and bottom.. then a plate added to the top and bottom.. this was on a chevy..) I've seen them out of pipe.. worked.. just didn't look so good..
Keeps you from losing hitch height.. and usually keeps you from bouncing too much..

Nice pull guys..

 

Well I guess I'm hooked! I entered my 2nd pull on Monday night at Gustine High School, where there was a lot better turnout than Saturday. There were over 100 hooks on 2 different sleds that night and there were 11 trucks in the Street Modified Diesel class. I placed 5th with a pull of 200 feet. Thats not too bad is it?
I think im going to build myself a pulling hitch now!

I will post a video soon.

 

No, I was pulling from the hitch, just below bumper height.

 

I need to get my truck together and come out with you...

 

rj73... Wrong truck.. haha.. I read your posts on the 1st gen forum... didn't even think about you pulling the 00.. haha...
Did you weigh both trucks.. Just curious to see what your truck weighs.. and what dodge250's truck weighs... (was he pulling off the chrome bumper?? )
Thanks,
Bryan

 

My 2000 weighed in at right about 7000lbs while dodge250 weighed 5900lbs, and he was pulling from his hitch also.

 

When you do get it back together let me know, I am at Sacramento Raceway every wednesday night and I am probably gonna try to go to all of the pulls that are within a few hours from me.

BTW, why is your truck apart?

 

Its not apart...yet. My VP is pretty much dead and Im waiting to get a HRVP and hopefully a Bell USB turbo and studs.

 

FYI, Corey is the Vice president of Chapter #21 here in northern Ca.

Rick

 

Here is the video from the Gustine pull...

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