Just wondering if any one has just givin up on their trucks?? or ever get tired of spending money or always having to worry about whats going to pop next..which equals more money..ive spent thousands of dollars on this turd and thats not counting on how much gas and nitrous ive gone through..i know this transmission is not going to last much longer and i cant afford a rebuilt one let alone gettin a fully built trans which i need...just wondering what people in my shoes have done..find a new hobby or keep on modding?

 

get a beater car so you can drive that when your truck is down and out

myself i have 2 custom turds and right now an relying on my fullsize till i'm done with the s-10, then i will drive the s-10 while i do the next big mod on the fullsize and back and forth and back and forth

 

I had my tranny fully built the first time it went out.One large expense is better than alot hitting you at random times IMO.
I also have a locker system already and i will do a new better girdle the same time i put the new motor in.
Basically, do it right and stop goin 1/4 way.Thats why your getting tired of wasting money man.
You know you have to have it eventually.Why waste money on short term fixs?
Why wait till the rear explodes....not saying yours did just an example ya know.

 

My issues have always been the tranny, my wifes fed up with it and tells me to sell my truck, but it aint happening too much money put in to it

 

I've done this in the past with different projects, and kinda learned my lesson. That's why I have kept drivability at the top of my list when considering mods. I don't have the fastest truck, nor desire it. I want to drive my truck everyday, not a "beater". It's easy to get carried away, but you need to determine where you want to be at and make a plan to get there. If I wanted a 9 second car, I would have bought an early Camaro or something light, not a FULL SIZE pick-up, extended cab at that. I do have plans for more power this winter, but those plans are based around my desire to drive my truck every day, and have it remain reliable. There are a bunch of guys around here who are in your shoes, GreenTahoe hasn't been around, HDdenali hasn't been around, I haven't even seen BigTex for awhile. I assume these guys are in the same boat ??? I need a truck. I have a family which requires an extended cab. I like to drive something decent every day. My truck is perfect for me, but if it were running in the 12's I doubt the drivable/reliable part would still be there. Thats' why I kept the stock valvetrain. I'm bolting on a Radix and a set of long tubes, and going to do "something" about a transmission, and I'll be happy. That should be good for solid mid to low 13's, without losing drivability or reliability. I tried the nitrous, and it ran it's *** off, but that's not for me, for my daily ride. Re-evaluate and go from there. I'm 37 years old, so I've already "ruined" a few nice cars (and trucks) in the past by going to far. It ain't gonna happen this time!

 

I agree with doing mods BUT keeping the drivabilty a factor so that once the mod is done you can still drive it to work or at least away from the shop!!

 

obviously lots of people can argue what driveability is. Which hole is tighter is a personal statement, not a fact. BUT, I am at 13.2 in the 1/4 and I can tell you from my ride, driveability will become and issue if I go to much faster. Mid/high 12's is the grey area of driveability.

don't you have a hobby? dirt trackin'? I think BADMOFO is all over this, when you get in the seat of that truck, what are your goals? Blasting nitrous through it and getting as much as you can out of a stock setup? re-evaluate, find a goal, design a plan with failure calculated in, plan a budget, move forward. yeh yeh, great in theory. I failed the budget thing long ago.

 

Well alrighty then. I would agree but I believe you can still be in the 12's or the 11's and maintain some sort of driveability BUT trying to race at the track every weekend and daily driving can take it toll on the ole girl quickly

 

You tried nitrous. Now you are doing a Radix. You gotta see that "it" is never enough... "it" is never satisfied".

We're screwed. It's in the blood and it can't be satisfied. It's a hunger that won't go away and no matter how much it's fed it wants more... this hot rodding monster that's in us. I kept it under wraps for several years but here I am, 63 years old and it's BAAAAACCCCKKK. We discover that "IT" never left, maybe stayed dormant for a while but just when you think you're safe... when you least expect it.... WHAMMO!!!.... you start buying go-fast and/or look-good parts again... findin yourself cruiseing the byways and parading the main streets getting the thumbs-up from your brothers and planning your next set-up. "It" is who we are.

Accept it and have fun.

 

HAHA true true JimS.

I agree, hell I drive everyday in my truck, 36K a year is easy to accomplish, and I am still trying to get to mid 12's. Just saying it becomes a very grey area of what one defines as driveability. BAD is right, a low 13 is driveable with the famdamily. A 12.5sec truck(EC) is probably not a good 200 mile trip with kids and wife. unless of course it was 200 mile trip in an hour and half.