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YEEHAW.. 1/8th mile drags

Old Jul 25, 2016 | 03:57 PM
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well, yesterday I went to my first drag event in 10 years, and the first time in my truck.. I had an absolute blast.. it was a small town thing, but about 600 people showed up which was really good.. I only got about 5 runs in, but that was fine by me.. truck ran good, there'll be a few tweaks for next year of course.. best time was 10.055.. I was SOOO close to breaking into the 9's, MPH was at 75mph for pretty much each pass except the last one where I smoked the clutch through the last 2 gears.. Guys at the water box were asleep and didn't water nearly enough, so I wanted to roast the tires off for the last pass but got traction instead.. First 2 passes I launched in 2wd, but roasted the tires in 2nd and turned them in 3rd, so after that I did 4x4 launches and it helped a lot. I should have had the smoke screw turned in a little more, it bogged a little at the 10' mark until the turbo lit up, but through the gears it stayed on.

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4th pass.. poor chevy gasser slept at the wheel and it all went downhill from there
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And I was so close to getting this old muscle car.. I ran a 10.24, he ran a 10.12.. I had a 2wd launch which would have made that difference (see attached pic)
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 02:40 AM
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Those are impressive times for your truck, nice!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 04:06 AM
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I really have a hard time believing it.. but apparently a girl took a picture at just the perfect time during the launch and at least one of the front tires came off the ground.. I know my physics, and I gotta think it's an optical illusion.. I'll get the picture tomorrow supposedly.. time will tell
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 04:58 AM
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X2 nice run!!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cavalierx
Those are impressive times for your truck, nice!
Now if I can get it to do a 1/4 mile in that time I'll be stylin'... Somehow I doubt a 10 second truck is going to be a very good work truck though
 
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