Better 1/4 mile time
Just putting on gears and an LSD are't going to increase your times by very much. Like someone said, it's a heavy truck not supposed to go fast. If you want to go fast get a car. If you want your truck to go fast, you're gonna spend some $$$.
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I'm not trying to turn it into a 9 second truck! Just make it a little more fun to drive and take to the strip on the weekends and the only thing that won't be minor as far as aftermarket parts are the gears heads and intake manifold. All the rest will be bolt ons unroll I decide weather or not to rip all of the wiring out and go with an old school carb and tranny setup or not
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I'm not trying to turn it into a 9 second truck! Just make it a little more fun to drive and take to the strip on the weekends and the only thing that won't be minor as far as aftermarket parts are the gears heads and intake manifold. All the rest will be bolt ons unroll I decide weather or not to rip all of the wiring out and go with an old school carb and tranny setup or not
Not going to find a spool for a 9.25, and I doubt you are spinning much off the line so no need for a locker, however see below.
Pulling weight off is easy.
No AC
No Heat
No EVAP
No Radio
No carpet
No headliner
One seat
No door panels
No fender liners
You can ditch the Power sucking 46RE for a 727, but no OD.
For the motor...
M1 4bbl (2bbl M1s suck for a drag motor)
58 TB
Eddy Heads
Cam-rockers-springs-push rods-timing chain...
Headers: Done
Delete the cats: Done
Free flowing exhaust
All this can make a 360 run.
Then you will need gears and a Locker so do that too.
Other stuff...Start the truck, pull something out, if it keeps running great, if it quits put it back in...
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I'm not trying to turn it into a 9 second truck! Just make it a little more fun to drive and take to the strip on the weekends and the only thing that won't be minor as far as aftermarket parts are the gears heads and intake manifold. All the rest will be bolt ons unroll I decide weather or not to rip all of the wiring out and go with an old school carb and tranny setup or not
Then build the engine.
Get it to hook up.
You're gonna spend the rest of your life thinking...I need just a little more power.
Hot rodding stays in your blood.
