16.4 with crappy traction
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LMAO
Yeah except our bald guy speaks Chamorro. jk For what it is worth...A racing track on a relatively small island with a total population of 170K, it is not a bad track, just a bit ghetto. It is cheap to run there. $5-6 a vehicle to get in and $2 each pass down the track. On any given Friday night, there might be a 15 minute wait between passes. The locals mainly run Nissan and Toyota pickups with 15 second times. There are a bunch of great people to race for fun against.
Yeah except our bald guy speaks Chamorro. jk For what it is worth...A racing track on a relatively small island with a total population of 170K, it is not a bad track, just a bit ghetto. It is cheap to run there. $5-6 a vehicle to get in and $2 each pass down the track. On any given Friday night, there might be a 15 minute wait between passes. The locals mainly run Nissan and Toyota pickups with 15 second times. There are a bunch of great people to race for fun against.
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Charlie must really have my 4.8 dialed in, my truck ran 16.3 stock with full street weight, nothing removed. With a K&N complete intake, descreened MAF, longtubes, offroad Y pipe with dual exhaust, and his dual tune it runs consistent 14.5s/14.6s with a best of 14.4 on the smaller street tires and weight reduction. It went 15.1 on 20s and at street weight. Still with stock trans/stall, stock cam, 3.42s and a peg leg.
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I can only guess that you were pre-loading the converter too hard. A 4.8L with a stock converter should never have a traction problem. I'd recomend going with an inexpensive Auburn unit and adding the TB converter. You should pick up about a full second between the two mods.
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I have a stock converter and have traction problems. If I leave at idle, I spin for a few feet. If I stall it up any, I'm blowing the tires off. Now if the track is really prepped good, I can leave at idle without spinning.
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The open diff doesn't help, but what tire are you running? It shouldn't take much track prep to keep a 4.8L from spinning. Either way, a good posi will make that truck so much more fun. Even a used Gov-Lock for a 100 buck or so would be well worth it.
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I can only guess that you were pre-loading the converter too hard. A 4.8L with a stock converter should never have a traction problem. I'd recomend going with an inexpensive Auburn unit and adding the TB converter. You should pick up about a full second between the two mods.
I will try not stalling next Friday (if it doesn't rain)...hopefully Wheatley has a new and improved tune for me as well.
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Are you on street tires? If so what size and psi do you run them at the track? Do you go around the pit? Just curious cause last night i ran 16.8 at 82 spinning bad also. with your mph though it seems like you could hit a high 15