I'm pretty sure he does but I could be wrong...jbone said:you have paddle shifters???
jbone said:also what times were you running? and how was it compared to some of the other cars?
keith455 said:Tires Rubbing on some of the turns ?
T-Bone said:I was wondering when you were gonna get past that Geo Metro. J/K, looks like you are in for a summer of fun. I ran the 600 class with WERA a few years ago and there is nothing like it.
Spinall4 said:Funny to see you joking about not having big enough balls to drive it any faster. I pretty much remember thinking I was going to die the last time I rode in the truck, and that was what 3 years ago? Funny how time flies. The Talon I had at the time was sold to a friend, and now is back at my shop as he showed up at my work a couple weeks back with a nasty case of rod knock. Its getting a full 6 bolt swap.
What turbo are you running? sounded like you had some decent lag, and it takes a little bit of turbo to get some lag on the 4.3. Also, don't I remember you talking about not doing an aluminum block because you didn't think they were strong enough?
ivanko barbell said:It's all relative!
TE-44 on the turbo. Not much lag, just sounds that way in the video.
Aluminum block adds a few worries. Heat, making sure it was assembled correctly, but since the block was designed for road racing and not all out drag racing, it shoudn't break if I don't kill it with huge boost and it was built right. I want it to run all day long on conservative boost which is what I do with the stock/current motor anyway. No need to run 22 lbs and overheat and stress everything for 20 minutes in the desert heat. I will run 15-18 psi with the new motor with water injection and a very large intercooler.
I wouldn't want to make an all out drag truck with an aluminum motor. What really interested me in the motor was that the weight loss/weight distribution/lower cg=better handling factor.
Spinall4 said:Always been wondering, just how much weight did the alum block drop from the truck? My current toy has an alum block, and is about to get some boost. It does also have 6 bolt mains from the factory though.