The Build: 2001 ECSB Silverado 2500HD "SS"
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Dropped it off to get the cage built....I'm pretty excited about being able to see what ole' SS has in her. Thanks Steve and James!:hug:
Also, I decided to order a ARB front locker and mini compressor. I hate E-lockers, so I decided to bite the bullet.
Tim , whats the specs going to be on cage ? reg dom or cm ? and when you can pm how much , eventually I need to get mine done .
1 5/8 chromoly, 10pt with swing outs for the door bar. I'm going to save all the measurements and should be able to duplicate Tim's pretty easily if your thinking about getting it done Craig
Tim loaded the truck on the trailer and headed home around 8:00, we took it for a little cruise and he seemed to be pretty happy with the tuning and cage. I'll see if I can get some pics up tomorrow
well:
I ran on the track for the first time tonight with the truck....ever. left 3 hrs late and got up there with 30 minutes till closing time. Made 2 passes, first was a 13.7x at 108 and the second was 13.65 at 107. I didnt have time to get my fuel cell hooked up and my stock tank sender is junk, so i thought i had more fuel in it than i must have. The other night, the feed psi was holding at 25psi WOT which i could probably raise by tightening the regulator. tonight it dropped below 5 psi from launch all the way down the track and rail pressure was only 17800 and holding with 25k commanded.
I have also not had a chance to get the truck aligned and it screwed me bigtime. My camber is waaay off and it almost sent me to the wall on both runs.
So tomorrow I will hook up the fuel cell and get it aligned so we can make a better attempt next week.
On a good note, nothing on my truck broke and no new leaks. Also, I am very pleased with the grizzly locker we installed today and I think My guess on suspension setup isnt going to take too much tweaking to get to the sweet spot.
We did lose our second trailer tire though on the same route we lost the first back in october...I'm tired of these cheap chinese ST tires...we are going to have to spring for 17.5 trailer tires and rims in order to hope to make it to Denver unscathed
I ran on the track for the first time tonight with the truck....ever. left 3 hrs late and got up there with 30 minutes till closing time. Made 2 passes, first was a 13.7x at 108 and the second was 13.65 at 107. I didnt have time to get my fuel cell hooked up and my stock tank sender is junk, so i thought i had more fuel in it than i must have. The other night, the feed psi was holding at 25psi WOT which i could probably raise by tightening the regulator. tonight it dropped below 5 psi from launch all the way down the track and rail pressure was only 17800 and holding with 25k commanded.
I have also not had a chance to get the truck aligned and it screwed me bigtime. My camber is waaay off and it almost sent me to the wall on both runs.
So tomorrow I will hook up the fuel cell and get it aligned so we can make a better attempt next week.
On a good note, nothing on my truck broke and no new leaks. Also, I am very pleased with the grizzly locker we installed today and I think My guess on suspension setup isnt going to take too much tweaking to get to the sweet spot.
We did lose our second trailer tire though on the same route we lost the first back in october...I'm tired of these cheap chinese ST tires...we are going to have to spring for 17.5 trailer tires and rims in order to hope to make it to Denver unscathed
Did some back out? I had the same thing happen to mine..I loc tighted the hell out of them and been fine ever since.
I can't remember if we did or not, but I'll find out in a couple hours.....the wheel moves a few degrees back and forth right now
Damn so no more intermittent popping and running like sh#t what fun is that
yesterday was fun wasnt it? lol. im going to grab some beer for today....we'll need it