Off Season Sled Pulling Mods

quadracer37

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Had our engine day day yesterday with Duramaxsandwiches motor, we'll have a video up soon of the action. With the help of his dad and brother we got the triple cp3's working in sync. (while using efi live not bosch, which a lot of people said wouldn't work)
 

Yellow Jacket

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depends, how soon do you have to have it back up and running?

I have drill for the National Guard, but my brother will hopefully be down to TS with it...

Only if you don't trust your motor building skills.:thumb: I'm going on season 3 without any major engine work.

Made it 2 seasons and 70+ hooks on the last build, cracked a piston and the main bearings were pretty beat up. Crank failed mag test between 1&2 rod journal and #2 main journal... Went internal balance with a used stock crank and new forged pistons for last season, just gonna pull pan and check bearings.

No it isnt, always next year...:D
Your to busy trying to be the King of the Mountain anyway :woott::roflmao:

Got the GoPro, hopefully get some good video..... Hell, if I order a new sled I might not touch the truck or hit the track this season. Never know.
 

bullfrogjohnson

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making progress

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bullfrogjohnson

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You don't by chance have a part number for those blocks do you Travis? What is the qt coupler for on the feed block?

Those blocks took me a long time to find and are my pride and joy. But for you dave I will send the part number but you have to keep them a secret:hug:

The coupler on the front of the feed block is a pressure tap. We use them all over CAT equipment and I was trying to find a way to be able to bleed air out of the system. I can use one of my pressure gauge lines to bleed air out and also hook a gauge up to keep an eye on pressure:D
 

JD Dave

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Those blocks took me a long time to find and are my pride and joy. But for you dave I will send the part number but you have to keep them a secret:hug:

The coupler on the front of the feed block is a pressure tap. We use them all over CAT equipment and I was trying to find a way to be able to bleed air out of the system. I can use one of my pressure gauge lines to bleed air out and also hook a gauge up to keep an eye on pressure:D

I was kind of thinking that, our John Deere combine has quite a few of those ports on them. The whole truck looks like your pride and joy. :hug: I'm good at keeping secrets.
 

RENODMAX

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Travis you do nice work. I like how everything is capped and clean. I think I will do a van bridge when my built motor goes in.
 

juddski88

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I have drill for the National Guard, but my brother will hopefully be down to TS with it...



Made it 2 seasons and 70+ hooks on the last build, cracked a piston and the main bearings were pretty beat up. Crank failed mag test between 1&2 rod journal and #2 main journal... Went internal balance with a used stock crank and new forged pistons for last season, just gonna pull pan and check bearings.

How many pulls did you put on the new crank? did you like how it ran compared to an externally balanced motor?

Got the GoPro, hopefully get some good video..... Hell, if I order a new sled I might not touch the truck or hit the track this season. Never know.

Glad to hear you don't have to do too much to it this offseason. Last season was pretty expensive from what I've gathered.