Cheating in work stock

[derek06]

Lately I've been noticing more and more trucks locally bending the rules or just plain ignoring them all together. This past weekend we had a big pull and was asked to help tech trucks in along with a few other people and I'll admit they are getting slick with ways to hide their weight in the front end. Anyone else having this issue in their club and if so how are the guys cheating there? so we can keep a eye out for it.

 

[SSchmi5519]

I though "sled pulling" was southern talk for "cheating" lol

Isnt that the name of the game in sled pulling? Build the truck to the hilt and tell no one?

 

[SSchmi5519]

I know one thing for sure, mid-west/east coast guys (where pulling is big, not so much here out west) are the kind of people who will ask someone to race, and tell them that their truck is stock or has "a chip" when its a fully built everything. I hate people like that at events and car meets. Makes them come as a standoffish jerk. I like talking about mods and potential mods, not being all :secret: :secret:

 

[derek06]

Yes built it and tell no one within the rules but when there is not supposed to be weight any further forward then the bed and they are making trick brackets to bolt weights up behind the radiator and such that's a no go. Just figured I would see if anyone else would share things to look for when trucks go over the scale that's all.

I still put distance on the trucks who were cought cheating but allowed to pull for fun and I'm playing by the rules

 

[Balindir]

Another case of "I'm cheating and your beating me, therefore I know your cheating..."

 

[02greysixer]

I know one thing for sure, mid-west/east coast guys (where pulling is big, not so much here out west) are the kind of people who will ask someone to race, and tell them that their truck is stock or has "a chip" when its a fully built everything. I hate people like that at events and car meets. Makes them come as a standoffish jerk. I like talking about mods and potential mods, not being all :secret: :secret:

I raced a friend of a friend's lml this weekend and that was his story to an extent. He kept saying how his truck was bone stock just exhaust and that was it. I told him I'd leave my 18' car hauler hooked to my truck to make it fair and he beat the sh** out of me from a dig. And it had a strait pipe sound so I knew the dpf was gone. We got back to my buddies shop and come to find out he's got exhaust, intake, dpf delete and h&s hottest box tune. We tried to get him to race me again without my trailer but he wouldn't do it.

sent from a galaxy far far away

 

[derek06]

Another case of "I'm cheating and your beating me, therefore I know your cheating..."

They have tried that with me in the past till I say go look at it hoods open cooling down tell me what you find. I'm more of one to play by the rules and piss off the cheaters I find that to be fun.

 

[PACougar]

If you ain't cheatin you ain't trying!

 

[Andrew]

everyone round here feeds the same story an wont pop the hood way to much of this :secret: around here too

 

[derek06]

They were all made to pop hoods and if it was a aftermarket turbo it was checked. But as soon as we said we had a turbo plug 7 or 8 dropped out of the class for some reason

 

[Evan@InglewoodTrans]

The weight bracket has been in Cody's truck for 6 years from the previous owner. Was it right for him to be running it absolutely not I agree with you on that and i'm glad he got caught. I'm new to the whole pulling scene and my feelings on the cheating end of the sport is the same as with any other form of competition if you had to cheat to win then you didn't really win. Helping Cody get his tuning issues figured out was one thing but I know if I or the shop is going to drop any money to help that truck to compete it's going to be 100% legit or I honestly don't want anything to do with it.

 

[derek06]

The weight bracket has been in Cody's truck for 6 years from the previous owner. Was it right for him to be running it absolutely not I agree with you on that and i'm glad he got caught. I'm new to the whole pulling scene and my feelings on the cheating end of the sport is the same as with any other form of competition if you had to cheat to win then you didn't really win. Helping Cody get his tuning issues figured out was one thing but I know if I or the shop is going to drop any money to help that truck to compete it's going to be 100% legit or I honestly don't want anything to do with it.

It was not only Cody's truck there was a few others but I'll say Cody's was by far the cleanest one and the most hidden that I have seen there was a lot of thought that went behind that one.

 

[Chevy1925]

sounds like this crap is as bad as the drug smuggler cars i use to do searches on at DPS. that was fun to do

 

[j.stanton2009]

"Where there is Racing; There is cheating!"

Isnt professional baseball about the same in that aspect then?
*Cough* A-Rod

 

[Andrew]

They were all made to pop hoods and if it was a aftermarket turbo it was checked. But as soon as we said we had a turbo plug 7 or 8 dropped out of the class for some reason

hahaha cause they knew they was gunna be screwed :roflmao:

 

[TheBac]

Sad to say, but nowadays the people who dont cheat in W/S usually lose. I've seen a W/S truck that had lead weights fit into the front frame crossmembers and in the frame space under the radiator. But IMO the worst cheating started with the "stock appearing" rules.

 

[Fastorange]

Sad to say, but nowadays the people who dont cheat in W/S usually lose. I've seen a W/S truck that had lead weights fit into the front frame crossmembers and in the frame space under the radiator. But IMO the worst cheating started with the "stock appearing" rules.

In a way I agree... but then again however you look at it, the rules are written so someone can sell a part... that's why you hear all this talk about ws class and now 2.5... its all about money... I understand the idea is to play with in the grey areas... but what is black to some maybe grey to others...

 

[bubba2400]

Poorly worded rules that allow a grey area are a big problem then if the techs do not stand firm on how they will enforce the rules it just becomes a joke.

Sounds like you guys are on the right track with actually teching the trucks. Ever see front fenders filled with lead? Ha, there are a million different things that can be done.

 

[Evan@InglewoodTrans]

From what I've seen tech is a who ya know and who you blow game.

 

[derek06]

From what I've seen tech is a who ya know and who you blow game.

All trucks have been teched and can be re teched if you would like... But this year they are following the rules closer than last.