2.6 class
 

hey guys,wanting to pull 2.6 this year wanderin what kind of set up u guys are running and what i can expect to get into im bout to upgrade clutch but every thing else is in my sig,any advice will help,thanks:tu:

By clutch I hope you mean a dual disk, I'm running a 3850 12 button south bend in my truck. You will also want to upgrade your input shaft because they break easy ( you will have to if you put a dual disk in). You will also need a set of traction bars and bump stops.

If you want to pull the 2.6 class you will need to go bigger than that 62mm charger.

Better upgrade that p-pump to a 13mm. bigger charger,cam balance the engine because u need to spin it 5000+ rpms change the gears to 4.88 or 5.13, head work,. That might get you a top five truck. All yea drive the hell out of it too!

yeah guys are taking 2.6 way more serious.... Spending CRAZY money, but it all depends on were you location is. We have a 2.8 class here thats a joke...

it needs to be semi streetable so 4.10s will have to do

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and im looking at an s400

The 2.6 points champion around here is real close to 900hp so i would say its pretty serious. All the contedors around Central OHIO have built engines that cost in the 20 to 30 thousand dollar range!

if 4.10's is as big as you can go I would stay with your 3.54's and pull in 3rd low and put a set of 5k springs in there.

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edit - if you can't turn over 4k then I would still keep the 3.54's and run 2nd high

yeah i cant afford the bulit engine and make payments on my other truck so im gona stay small but im forced into the 2.6 class cause of my turbo,so i mite as well upgrade to s400 and maybe change the gears not quite sure yet thanks for the advice keep it comeing

If your just starting out there is no need for a 13mm pump, your stock ppump will do just fine.

You should how ever add a 5k gsk, full cuts,5x16's, and a bigger turbo

i was thinking of the haisely street puller cam as well,since im fire ringing and studing my head anything else

do i have to ballance the engine for 5000gsk,and im plaing on fire ring the head,studs,5x16,laser cuts,and an s400 with haisley street puller cam,how does this sound.like i said competive yet streetable

First I don't know much about making a cummins pull good.

But if there's one thing I've learned it's to do things in strides and do the best you can.

The class I pull in is unlimited single 3.0 twins. I get beat by a lot of trucks at every pull but it's all about consistency.

This year the top two trucks were duramaxes that were well over 800hp. But the truck that got third was setup similar to mine and made just under 600.

If your jb a points race it's more imprtant to make it to every pull than if is to win.

yeah if your wanting to pull 2.6 just dont try ohio.... there is stupid money over here.... im from eastern ohio and if you dont have 20k in the motor you aint placing...... im going to be close to those guys... the central ohio people that im looking at look easier than eastern ohio but there are still some stiff competition....

im builing a streetable build on mine.... huge injectors, custom 2.6 turbo, then a 72mm to drive on the street, cam, a nasty pump, 5k GSK, head work out the waazoo..... lazer cuts, im doing a 13mm.... we are aiming for 800+..... then a nice valet switch to drive it.... i have a crazy automatic in my truck.... its a manual vb with a gate shifter so i cant help ya much on the clutch


mr durallymax above me..... where are ya from? we have super street trucks here (single unlimited/twins to a size) making over 1300hp.... i will post a vid off the one team that i pit crew for.....

and yes this is a single turbo truck

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here is our typical 2.6 class trucks...... this is the eastern ohio side

you don't need to balance the engine for 5k because you will only see that rpm comming off the line.

As for the fire rings, if your gonna street drive it use o rings insted

I'm from Wisconsin. The group I run with is BTPA. I may be making some hooks with BSTPA this year as well.

Here's a couple vies of our group running, most of the truism are shown between the two videos. The trucks range from stock to full blown puller. The super street class is the only class we have.


this next pull was a hard one, the track was a bitin SOB and tore up the front end of my truck.

cool vids

I run an itpa 3.0 truck, making 1200+ at the crank, and it is nuts seeing these 2.6 trucks not far behind our trucks, i think we need to regulater the classes a little more, make it more conservative, i mean beseides some suspension mods and turbo size the 2.6 and 2.8 are the same.

thats very true, the 2.6 is not the entry level class anymore. Lots of 2.8 guys are dropping to the 2.6

thats true
 

you know its fine to have a full time puller. Id love to have one myself but id like to just go an play a lil. An the way stuff is set up at the tracks is a little out of hand. I drive to the track with my wife an boys in a single cab truck to pull. An guess what most of the trucks are hauled in with the hole name thing on the side. Well i know it takes $ to play. but they really need to find out some how to make this fair. for the ol feller out to just have a good time with out getting spanked to death. lol well that must be the way it is. the more jack the more power. So is it just a game on who can poor the most money into a truck or what.If thats the case the little guys like me should watch a drink a beer. But thats hard to do when pullin is in your blood. well i think thats all. :scare2::dang:

You can build a competitve engine very cheap compared to what big shops charge. You just need to know where to spend the money and what parts are actually need and whats not and what to focus on.

to build a truly competitve engine I bet you would be suprised how close it is

yeah my local shop is cheaper that all the rest i can find but the way its turning into Enterpise is getting my motor..... 2.6 is the most competitive class out there now....

I am building my truck for the 2.6 class this year...and I also take my truck to EEP...you may pay a little more but, you get what you pay for!

i have been looking at the prices and they are cheaper than haisley and scheid...

im having them do my motor machining and then the local shop will do the install and add ons....

Don't believe everything you think! :humm:

hey Dale..... ya change anything for this year? going for another 2.6 title in the Mid East points?

keep it up ...

Very little change, probably will run for points in USA East again. What are you doing in Lima, Oh.?

im here for school at UNOH..... im hoping to have my truck at the fairgrounds pull.... im looking forward to finally competing with ya....

i have made some changes to the truck this year

How about at the crank and lets reword to 800+!

i think the ol nofullpullel may be right :ouch:

im aiming over that at the wheels and dale has the most competitive 2.6 truck in the USA East series..... its a Duramax called Social Security..... their youtube page name is trailerpro...... look it up.... nasty

Your getting closer. Probably real close.:jump:

Just to get you started, most of these trucks would tech 2.6, but I've only been to a couple pulls that teched the turbo. It mostly seems to be sort of an honor thing around here with level of mods. Which is why I had a 6oh with a "tuner" put 30 feet on me :argh:

But, out of 7 hooks last year.

Three were broke up in "stock", street, unlimited classes.

Two were work stock, super street, unlimited.

Two were WS, 2.6, 2.8. But nobody ever looked under my hood.

But, the guy that dominates the "unlimited" class around here pulls 2.6 and is around 650 so...

This is the Robertson Co fair pulls. I'm the first hook in the 8500# class.

This pull I was around 350/700, so if the numbers in your sig are correct, expect to do pretty well. Pullin hasn't gotten as competitive (expensive) in TN as it has a little north of here. 650 in KY for instance is probably pretty average.


Chris Stroud in the red regular cab chevy dyno'd 503 or so at Beans.

Travis in the silver lifted ford dyno'd 478.

Underwood dyno'd around 650 a few months back. He's the dodge that gets all squirely.

And he and the red 4 door long box chevy that missed his shift usually trade 1st and 2nd place around here.

There are a few other trucks here and there that can pull with those trucks, but they seem to have a hard time makin two pulls in a row.

He'll be fine down here with it, especially first year pullin.

Exactly...

im going to TN!!!!:hellox:

Yeah, it's still fun down here.

around me they realy dont break it up much. a 600hp truck is about average for the winner. sometimes its a 400. just depends on what sled it is and what group of guys are pulling with that sled.

i just need to figure out how to drive my truck and pull it a dozen times before i take it back home to pull it....

Good idea ! Cant wait to see that thing on the track round here.:jump::jump::jump::moon:

who is this one? whinnery?

quoted for truth. There is no class for a guy that has a mild build truck anymore. Your out of workstock if you run an aftermarket turbo and then your running guys that have CRAZY money in competition only trucks.