to all you guys out there who dragrace their trucks , what are your methods . clutch / auto? 4hi/ 2wheel? try to build boost onthe line before lighting the second bulb ? I already have lotsa runs in my car , but curious about the best way to race my 1st gen .

 

NON lock-up 46RH, 4WDhi. I creep to the 1st bulb and wait for the other guy to fully stage. I quickly build up boost and inch into the 2nd bulb.

If your tree has the top/middle bulb that flashes till the guy pushes the auto-start button, wait until the top/middle light goes solid (meaning auto-start is on). Wait in the first bulb till the top/middle light goes solid, quickly build boost and creep into the 2nd beam and be prepared to go.

> Sitting there, all reved-up, full launch boost, etc, . . .waiting . . . . for everyone else to get around to it does nothing but flash-heat the trans fluid in the converter. That makes it thin and it won't hook-up like cooler fluid would.

5psig ~ 10psig boost at launch would be all I'd try with a trans with stock shafts.

 

the np205 t-case doesnt mind all that stress in 4wd hi?

 

My trucks already broken two output shafts, so Ill be carefull with the boost on launch. takin the kid and car out to the mega ford drags today so i wont get to play with the dodge till some other time.