So I Ran My F350 Saturday....

[Super Bleeder!!]

gahh that shit is amazing. why dont people throw these engines into fox bodies or something?! i imagine the engine is probably too tall/long.

[tim]

gahh that shit is amazing. why dont people throw these engines into fox bodies or something?! i imagine the engine is probably too tall/long.

Think about the weight of one of those too. I am sure it could be done with a tube chassis of some sort but I doubt it would be worth it when you can just turbo a big inch windsor or something.

[YiNYaNg]

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/video/player.wtdr/wMTMxMjcwMTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx

Shouldn't the truck be way faster?

weight, gear ratio, etc..?

what factors since I'm not to familiar with trucks and their issues?

[Thor06]

Congrats man. Turbo diesels arent my cup of tea but thats still pretty cool.

[CVD]

gahh that shit is amazing. why dont people throw these engines into fox bodies or something?! i imagine the engine is probably too tall/long.
Torque is the devil. It moves heavy things but fucks light things.

[Outlaw1]

Torque is the devil. It moves heavy things but fucks light things.

Shhhhhh.... Don't tell that to the dragster that was running mid 7's on straight #2 diesel, no drugs.

Last weekend the Predator Dakota truck went 8.4's @ 161. Keating Machine's Cummins powered full size Chevy went 8.6's @ 156. Both of these are Pro Stock style tube framed trucks.

The top three Street Outlaw trucks qualifying on Saturday...Stuckey went 9.90's @ 140+, Jeff Prince went 10.33 @ 136 (he drives this truck all the time! stock suspension, 6,000lbs!), Joe Hellmann went 10.67 @ 126 (street driven regularly, 5,800lbs)...Cummins owns.

We rained out on Sunday so nobody got to turn up their trucks for the showdowns.

There's actually a tube chassis Powerstroke in the works right now. It should have ~800RWHP and weigh ~3,500lbs with driver. They're aiming for the 8 second zone. Currently the fastest 7.3 Powerstroke is a standard cab street truck that ran 11.10 @ 129. They're still trying to work the bugs out of it. The next closest 7.3 is a 4x4 pickup that runs 11.90's. Then there's a couple in the mid 12's and several in the 13's.

Those Duramax guys are starting to figure those things out. There's one running around with a stock turbo and stock injectors in the mid 10's! Expect big things from that camp within the next year.

[Outlaw1]

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/video/player.wtdr/wMTMxMjcwMTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx

Shouldn't the truck be way faster?

weight, gear ratio, etc..?

what factors since I'm not to familiar with trucks and their issues?

I remember when they lined up at SAR. That's Joe Hellmann's truck. That was back when he had a bone stock longblock with a couple hundred thousand miles and ran 10.80/10.90ish with street twins and nitrous. His new engine has run 10.50's with the same twins and no nitrous. At the time it was still a 6,500+lb truck.

The guys in the little car were shocked that they couldn't hardly shake that diesel in the big end. I believe Joe went somewhere close to 130 on that pass.

Should it be faster? Yes.

Now it's 5,800lbs, 4.10 gears, stock type automatic transmission and cuts 1.5OH sixty foots.

Aerodynamics on a truck really sucks. The lack of weight over the rear tires really sucks. He knows that and the rolling chassis is for sale. He's going to a tube chassis mid-size truck that should be nearly half the weight of his street truck.

BTW, thanks for the compliments guys!

[Outlaw1]

gahh that shit is amazing. why dont people throw these engines into fox bodies or something?! i imagine the engine is probably too tall/long.

Yeah, the engine is tall and the turbo sits RIGHT on top of it. It's also suuuuuper heavy. Picking up one cylinder head is a huge chore. It's not something you want to do by hand.

I've heard rumors from a few friends that there's an old Challenger running around town with a twin turbo'd Cummins and a five speed. I haven't seen it personally, but I've heard too many details about it for it to be a lie. I'd bet it doesn't handle for crap, but I bet it can pull a trailer and do burnouts like nobody's business.

:D

[Goat Blower]

I've heard rumors from a few friends that there's an old Challenger running around town with a twin turbo'd Cummins and a five speed. I haven't seen it personally, but I've heard too many details about it for it to be a lie. I'd bet it doesn't handle for crap, but I bet it can pull a trailer and do burnouts like nobody's business.


It might be, there was a small blurb about that in last month's Hot Rod, and a picture of a purple Challenger with a big ass wing on it.

[YiNYaNg]

I remember when they lined up at SAR. That's Joe Hellmann's truck. That was back when he had a bone stock longblock with a couple hundred thousand miles and ran 10.80/10.90ish with street twins and nitrous. His new engine has run 10.50's with the same twins and no nitrous. At the time it was still a 6,500+lb truck.

The guys in the little car were shocked that they couldn't hardly shake that diesel in the big end. I believe Joe went somewhere close to 130 on that pass.

Should it be faster? Yes.

Now it's 5,800lbs, 4.10 gears, stock type automatic transmission and cuts 1.5OH sixty foots.

Aerodynamics on a truck really sucks. The lack of weight over the rear tires really sucks. He knows that and the rolling chassis is for sale. He's going to a tube chassis mid-size truck that should be nearly half the weight of his street truck.

BTW, thanks for the compliments guys!

Most of those Honda guys are proud that they are light and only need half the power to go fast.