Just off the top of my head:


I have 3 sets of rear wheels for the truck right now, but only one is staying
15x10 7.5BS (staying)
15x10 5.5BS (for sale)
15x8 4.5BS (for sale) These were cheap and had good street tires on them


I have 2 sets of slicks, but one is getting sold
28x10.5-15 (for sale)
26x10-15 (keeping to put on the 15x10 7.5BS once I get the 28s off)


I have a fuel cell and some of the dual feed fuel system (-6AN, one for carb and one for nitrous)
8.8 Rear end with mini-spool, drilled and slotted rotors, ceramic brake pads, ARP wheel studs (extended length) and chrome rear cover
I have drilled and slotted front rotors, also with ceramic pads
Cal Tracs, Low Profile version (single hole)
New Auto Meter Memory Tach
New fan cooled trans cooler for the turbo 400
243 Cylinder heads
Brian Tooley .660 double springs with steel retainers
trunion upgrade kit

 

I need my damn head examined!!


Not to mention I still need $4-6000 to build motor, trans, buy intake and carb, buy headers, get exhaust work done, get alignment,
buy 2 big rig deep cycle batteries, buy pro fogger nitrous kit, buy 2 15 pound hi-flo nitrous bottles, buy miscellaneous parts and fittings
that I have missed, buy a few spools of wiring, buy the MSD 6LS ignition box, buy new ignition coils (or buy some truck coils),
buy a cowl hood, buy intake for cathedral port heads, and buy double pumper 850 carb.


It will be on the track next year at this rate.


Oh yeah, and get the truck painted and body repaired. I may talk to a local fab shop about building a suicide front clip for it.
Hood, fenders, grille, front bumper all will tilt up and away from body as one piece.
Would make working on the engine and cooling it down after a pass a LOT easier..


I think I need to buy a mig welder... One that uses gas this time..

 

Holy **** that track is scary larry.

I'm pretty sure i wouldn't make a pass in anything quicker than 14 seconds on that thing. You guys are nuts. lol

 

they let his *** make passes with NO WINDSHIELD last year. Talk about weight reduction hahaha.

 

Nah, that windshield didn't mean **** with me weighing in at 470!! LOL Oh yeah, the BACK GLASS was still in it!!


Now that was a weird experience!!


And this is one of the very few grass roots never been messed with tracks that is still operating in the USA today. Hell, it is even on the Historic Registry!!


Longest running Single owner race track in the USA, and possibly the world.


Almost 60 years by the current owner, her husband built it and passed away a few years back. It was even on Horsepower TV!!


So no, scary is definitely NOT what it is. Legendary, HELL YEAH!!


And its my HOME TRACK!! Providing some of my finances have a chance to get lined back out, I plan to be making passes in my lil rig before the years end, and hopefully I break into the HIGH 5's!! Even a 5.999 would keep me happy for the entire winter!!

 

If you brought a monster horsepower car or truck to the track, you would probably spin your *** off.


One guy came here with a turbo Camaro and had it turned down to 4 pounds of boost, and on drag radials. Every time he launched, he tried to eat the fence or swap lanes. he finally left on foot brake and got it up on boost about mid track and he only made a 7.94 I think it was. had a 1.70 or 80 something 60, LOL

 

Well, due to some really heavy rains and my diesel being way more screwed up that I thought it was,
my S15 wont be getting taken apart until I am a LOT closer to being able to swap in the replacement driveline.
Since it has just become my primary mode of transportation.

 

Now this project is starting to get interesting...


by what I have found through a bit of research, it appears I can make this 5.3L into a 383 by going to a 3.905 bore, and using a stock 6.0 crank with 6.125 rods.


also, a lot of guys are using these to make a "poor mans LS1" by increasing the bore but not the stroke.


Closest place to me that does any real race engine work is in Memphis. Which means a total of 400+ miles of driving added to the cost of getting the block machine work done. Not to mention a good 3 or 5 angle valve job on the heads.

 

Well Sunday proved to an interesting day.


I went to walmart (mistake) to get the tires from the 15x8s that were on the truck swapped over to the 15x10s that will reside on the truck permanently. Also had the slicks removed from the wheels.


The guy at the tire shop was told SPECIFICALLY to NOT hammer a weight on the lip....


Guess what he does to the FIRST wheel!!! That's right!! HAMMERS A WEIGHT ON THE LIP!!! I was standing outside and started yelling at him for doing it!!!


He apologized and said it was automatic for him to just grab a weight and put one on the wheel. I checked the wheel at the track and no real damage had been done, so I let it go. Decided to not get into a pissing contest with Wal mart to make them pay for a new wheel. I now know I will have to watch EVERY tire shop that works on one of my Welds or buy my own tire machine.... Which isn't a bad idea actually.


Truck ran a 12.02 in the time trials and I let off too much during the races and got beat with a 12.08 to 12.14.
It started smoking from the exhaust more so next time I am in the engine and trans are getting the YANK!!


On a different note, the temperature sensor in the transmission of my 94 dually is definitely bad. So is just about the entire front end. One of the calipers is sticking, causing the brakes to chew on the rotors. EVERY tie rod end in the front is bad, and so are the I-beam bushings, and radius arm bushings. So after about another $1000 I might be able to get it to go down the road and not overheat the transmission. I know the temp sensor is bad on the trans because it was raining its butt off when I was headed to the shop to get the front end looked at. On the way I was DELIBERATELY hitting the water ruts in the road and that light on my shifter arm only turned off 2 times. I have a MUCH larger trans pan (supposed to hold 7 additional quarts), I will also be installing the heavy duty fan cooled trans cooler, a transmission temperature gauge, and larger 3/8" -6AN steel braided line to and fron the new cooler. Which has a temperature control for the fan. And I plan to install the sending unit for the trans temp gauge on the inlet of the cooler. If I could do it and not worry about it getting broken off and leaking everything out of my transmission, I would put the temp sensor into the trans pan itself near the bottom so I can get a good temp reading.

 

To throw a new twist on what all has gone through my head, I am now considering building the LSX454 engine, only with 243 heads instead of the square port heads.


4.185 bore, 4.100 stroke, and 6.125 H-beam rods, and Wiseco pistons...


Bad part is it will put the truck on hold til next year due to the cost of the parts..


That does not include gaskets, headers, intake, carb, ignition box, fuel system.....


$5960 minus carb, ignition, nitrous kit, and remainder of fuel system.


Yup, I need my head examined.