Went to the Hallsville dragstrip in Texas today around 1:00. When I first got there, I didn't even turn my truck off. I just jumped in line. Anyways, I noticed in the burnout box that my truck temp was a little over the 210* mark! First run = 15.2, when I got done with that run I parked it to let it cool off, cause it was going a little past the 210* mark (I thought it was because of the warm weather). After I turned my truck off, I didn't hear my fans running. I checked all the connections, thinking one might have come loose. Then I found out my fuse to the fans was blown. I let the truck cool off for about 30min. Got back up to race, the temp was about 200*. About halfway through the 2nd run (15.6 @ 91-92mph(weird)-due to overheating!), I looked down at the temp gauge. It was alomost to the 260* mark!!! I was like oh ****. I asked around and found out were the closest auto parts store was and drove about 20 min to get fuse and a couple of spares. Went back to the track, let my truck cool off for about 25 min, running the fans for about 15min. Got another run in, it wasn't a big improvement, but it got me a nice gain considering the warm weather, full weight, and 3/4 tank of gas.

60' - 2.347
1/8 - 9.685 @ 74.61 mph
1/4 - 14.892 @ 94.25 mph

My previous before the fans/crank pulley in cold weather was:

60' - 2.374
1/8 - 9.773 @ 73.90 mph
1/4 - 15.011 @ 94.30 mph
This was full weight and around half a tank of gas.

I finally got into the 14s! With cold weather, I KNOW I could have got a 14.7. Oh well, next time I go to the track, I'll have the Eaton/3.73s. Hopefully if its cold, I'll get a 14.5-14.6. I'm slowly getting there!

 

if you drop some weight from your truck and cut that 60 down with a nice converter you'll really be kicking *** then!

Congrats!

 

Sweet dood! Glad to hear you fialy made it over to Hallsville. What'd you think of the track? I want to go the weekend before the Spring Break shootout to see if I can get some fairly consistant times.

Think you would be up for it?

 

good times man... keepin the ext. cabs in the running.... whos the cam workin out for you?... would that be good for F/I?

 

It would be better for FI is it had a higher LSA ... at the very least 114.

 

Flyer: I thought the track was alright. I've heard a lot of good things about the track, like about it hooking-up better. I didn't see any difference from our track (Red River Raceway) as far as that goes, but the workers at Hallsville were alot nicer. The only thing I really didn't like is how small the track was. There wasn't a whole lot of space. I'll definitely be going back though. I won't be able to go to the track because of my work schedule for about 1 1/2 - 2 months I will be getting either my Eaton/3.73s or a converter installed in the middle of spring break week. I really would like to run at the track that weekend, but I doubt I'll be able to put the 150-500 miles on my truck to break in my gears or converter by then. But, if I do, I'll be out there. I might just go and watch, I'll let you know when it gets closer to it

onyx silverado: The cam is working out great. Really starts to get the truck moving around 2500 rpms, the torque is awesome. Below 2500, it feels a little weak (I think thats because of the changing to bigger tires and straight-through exhaust, all done around the same time of the cam swap) It pulls hard all the way to the 5900 shift points. I think the Yank 2400 or 2600 converter would do wonders with the cam. I might need slicks if I get the converter along with the gears! About the cam with FI, what flyer said. Allen @ Futral can get you a custom cam made. If I was gonna get a blower, I'd get the same cam I have now with 114-115 LSA.

Thanks for the comments!

 

I don't know when I will get to go .. I'm moving this coming weekend back to my dad's house. This unemployment ****'s starting to take a toll on my checkbook. I need some slicks to harness this bad boy. I went and got my tires rotated and balanced today. It starts getting squirly on me under heavy acceleration above 80. I still need to get my billet servos in that I picked up last week too. I was going to do that today, but the weather started looking nasty, so I stopped halfway there and put things back together.

 

I know what you mean - so much to do, not enough time or money!

 

well said my friend ...... well said ..