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Jonfarmer
07-20-2006 13:18:33
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Re: question for you guys in reply to Tim Shultz, 07-20-2006 06:33:50
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I don't know about the weight Tim. You should find out the rules of the pull. We have a pickup pull at the local field days, they always weigh the truck, so you should find out what the maximum weight allowed for the stock class is and use whatever to get it up to the maximum allowed weight since right now your truck is probably quite bit lighter than a new truck with a 4dr crew cab. You should also find out what the maximum allowed hitch height is, and go as high as you can there. Keeping the springs from sinking would give you an advantage, so you wouldn't lose hitch height, and the sled will pull down harder on the back of your truck. Careful though, every year some of the pickups break in the pull, especialy the older ones, they are not tractors, and are meant to pull rolling loads only, so don't be surprised if you have to bring it home on a flatbed. I hate to think of the whoopin your trucks going to get from one of the new Hemi Dodges, them have really good power, well, 345hp to be exact and you couple that with an automatic transmission that can gain speed by shifting down the track and gaining momentum while reducing friction which is somthing your standard shift truck can't do. Now things have really really changed since the 70's when he was pulling, now there are alot more powerful engines, shift kits for automatic transmissions, electronic locking differantials, etc... Hate to rain on your parade but don't get your hopes up too much, and just do it for fun. Now, if you want to make a winner out of it, you can make some upgrades from aftermarket parts vendors. You can put front and rear locking differantials into your old truck, including those that you flip a switch in the cab and it positivly locks your differantials, or you can go with a limited slip design, which you'd probably like better for playing around the rest of the year, since the type you engauge with switch keeps it open the rest of the time, so unless you want to flip that switch from a stand still everytime, you will get one wheel peels. Yeah you can upgrade the motor, but thats apt to put you into the modified class up against all the radically modified vehicles. You'd be alot better off to get rid of that 4spd standard and go with a stout automatic with a shift kit in it, so you could shift it exactly when and where you want it, think of it like a standard shift that has an auto clutch, big advantage there.
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