UCC results and discussion
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Hell, hes as fast as a dragster now. I heard Merchant had problems. Anyone know what happened?
I got Lavon on social media and he definitely puts the hours in. When you watch the video from the stage pit angle you can see him sway back and forth about halfway through the pass but he held it!
I haven’t seen any carnage videos yet. It’s crazy how much people put into their trucks for this specific event. Baca ran a 9.32 as well and with a better launch he could probably scratch high 8’s that launch he did today looked like his suspension was wayyyyy off
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The last two years he was stuck in the 11’s and he kept saying 9’s or 8’s in the future but he had horrible luck with that 48 trans. Glad trial and error and a tubular chassis got him there!
Are we gonna see you in UCC? I know it’s a bragging rights type of competition but when I went in 16’ in Utah there was maybe 15 or 20 vendors and now there are 150 vendors and a boat load of show trucks. It’s slowly becoming SEMA mixed with Hot August Nights in SoCal.
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No sir I doubt I’ll ever have a truck for it. I was on Hollyrocks team and had transmissions in DHD and Starlights trucks also.
His one off trans he had was the downfall. Keeping the converter unlocked with big power is the key to making a fast pass and make stuff live. His truck is a full frame I believe, just gutted.
Them and hollyrock both threw rods out the sides of the block.
I had some high hopes for them both but it didn’t work out.
Last I looked yesterday merchant had pulled the motor out of the rail and was dropping it in the truck. Lol
They smoked the trans and windowed the block.
Lavon does pretty damn well with lock up still.
The key isn’t big power, it’s the whole setup. Baca struggles with that
Glenn (ED) said Eric’s trouble on the dyno with the sand rail engine was an issue with the vss losing signal so couldn’t hold gears. Bummer. From even before they got there they’ve had trouble. Think he had a failed head(s) like a day or two before. Hate that for those guys.
How lavon has continued to dominate with a target on his back for YEARS now is unreal. What he’s doing is like that girls UConn teaming going undefeated for several seasons at a time. It’s just incredible dominance.
How lavon has continued to dominate with a target on his back for YEARS now is unreal. What he’s doing is like that girls UConn teaming going undefeated for several seasons at a time. It’s just incredible dominance.
Eric lost a engine Friday on the strip. Pulled the engine out of handrail and put it in. Had some wiring issues to speed sensor. Definitely a bad year for the duramax crowd.
Merchant windowed their block first day. Swapped motor from the sand rail over night. Then when it was time for the dyno the motor had only been alive for like 20 minutes. While dialing in the tuning as they were driving it up onto the dyno it the trans wouldn’t do anything. They found out it had a bad output speed sensor so it would kick it into neutral. Got it fixed and it ran much much better during the pull. It was a small set up on air for a UCC competitor but they still competed!
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It was a very disappointing start to the event for us to say the least we were shooting for very low 9’s but never got anywhere.
What Lavon is doing now is similar to what Michael was doing in the early years of Dmax performance. He thinks outside the box and years ahead, and adapts ideas from other areas of motorsports to his truck.....and it works. Very smart guy.
Sorry to hear about Eric's troubles. **It happens.
Sorry to hear about Eric's troubles. **It happens.
At what point did it throw the rod out. Like how far into the pass?
The 2 1/4 mile passes I saw he had some boost building issues I think
