So I had to run up to wisconsin yesterday to deliver a set of rims/tires. I took 39 up there and ran past Byron, and it being saturday, I thought why not run the test and tune.
Of course it started raining right at 10 when we were supposed to start racing so I waited it out and we got going about 2 hours later.
I've never ran this truck on the track before so a 4wd boosted launch was new to me. I had just sled pulled the Friday night so the truck was still set up with the spring clamps and torsion bars down. I also still had all the weight in the truck which put me at about 7700 or so lbs. The tires are a set of 285 firestone m/t's with 40 psi in them. I literally changed nothing to race as I hadn't planned on doing this when I left home.
First run was a 14.031 at 96.78mph. 1.7 60ft. not bad for the first time but the truck layed down in third and picked back up when it finally recovered and shifted to fourth. This is on my top #1 race tune
I couldn't log the runs because I left the laptop at home. kinda bummed I did because I had been feeling like the truck was doing the same thing on the pulling track but it's over so fast I couldn't tell. Now I know for sure something is going on and will be logging right away to find out what it is
second run I switched to #2 race tune and ran a 13.929 at 97.87 mph with a 1.8 60ft. Still had the big lag middle of track
Last run I switched to the #3 lowest race tune and ran a best of 13.418 at 99.57mph with a 1.7 60ft.
Very happy I stopped to race! Now I need to log the truck to see whats going on and get the truck running up to its potential. Byron Dragway is by far my favorite track. The people are very friendly and accommodating. I was in no way ready to race and they had no problem letting me go out there anyways. They don't get caught up in the details, they just want people to race and have a good time. I'll post up a pic of the timeslip later.
race calculator says around 500 rwhp but the truck should be making a bunch more than that. Hopefully the logs will tell whats going on
Of course it started raining right at 10 when we were supposed to start racing so I waited it out and we got going about 2 hours later.
I've never ran this truck on the track before so a 4wd boosted launch was new to me. I had just sled pulled the Friday night so the truck was still set up with the spring clamps and torsion bars down. I also still had all the weight in the truck which put me at about 7700 or so lbs. The tires are a set of 285 firestone m/t's with 40 psi in them. I literally changed nothing to race as I hadn't planned on doing this when I left home.
First run was a 14.031 at 96.78mph. 1.7 60ft. not bad for the first time but the truck layed down in third and picked back up when it finally recovered and shifted to fourth. This is on my top #1 race tune
I couldn't log the runs because I left the laptop at home. kinda bummed I did because I had been feeling like the truck was doing the same thing on the pulling track but it's over so fast I couldn't tell. Now I know for sure something is going on and will be logging right away to find out what it is
second run I switched to #2 race tune and ran a 13.929 at 97.87 mph with a 1.8 60ft. Still had the big lag middle of track
Last run I switched to the #3 lowest race tune and ran a best of 13.418 at 99.57mph with a 1.7 60ft.
Very happy I stopped to race! Now I need to log the truck to see whats going on and get the truck running up to its potential. Byron Dragway is by far my favorite track. The people are very friendly and accommodating. I was in no way ready to race and they had no problem letting me go out there anyways. They don't get caught up in the details, they just want people to race and have a good time. I'll post up a pic of the timeslip later.
race calculator says around 500 rwhp but the truck should be making a bunch more than that. Hopefully the logs will tell whats going on
