Went to the track last night and it was awesome! Well the start of it anyways lol

Truck, completely stock on 20s with 1/2 tank of gas(far one, #201)


First passes, track was super sticky(could hear it sticking and popping rolling up to stage)

#200 was a lifted wrangler with a hemi I think(hemi license plate frame)




Then took a break cause I was waiting for the exhaust to cool down so I could dump it(never did though and the track got worse)

#207 was a srt4 neon if I remember correctly




#9 was a intake and exhaust super crew 4wd on mud tires(said his best was in the 14s). And afterwards that I was the only truck to ever beat him and he was shocked I was bone stock


Then another break and came the shootout which is where the night got bad

#425 was a 300C SRT8 6.1


Then bought back and #205 was a 2011+ R/T challenger with drag radials on the back

 

I didn't know your *** was on this forum too?

 

Nice man, it good to see what are trucks can do

 

Pretty decent for a stock truck...!!! Stock GY/HP tires...??? What gears are you running..??? Air pressure in tires...???
Drop the tire diameter down, you`ll be quicker, and get your reaction time down to .001 and stay consistant, you`ll be very surprised at your ET/MPH in the end with these big ole trucks. I use to time the lights years ago when i use to drag race, i`d always leave on the last yellow lighting up on the tree and never red light. It can be done...! I could dam near cut a perfect light everytime....ahhhh the good ole days. Use to run the ole dodge dart`s and cuda`s with factory race hemi`s, pure fun..! The smell of race gas, and rattle your teeth 1/4 mile at a time....Ehawwww...!

 

OHHHH NOOOOO SAY IT AINT SOOOO, not just HIS ***, dont really wanna see that...lol

 

I'm on a bunch of them but only really post on a few

Thanks. And hell yeah it is. Keep seeing all the talk about how fast the new fords and tundras are, it's good to finally get a pretty quick pass

Nope, it's a 2012 lonestar crew cab 2wd, R/T was my old truck. Stock tires with about 37 psi in them(almost at wear bars might I add) and 3.55 gears with limited slip

I have some 17's off a durango in the garage but I spin them too easy so I need wider ones(245/70/17 on there need at least 265 or 275), they got me a 15.0@90 when I had a front bumper replacement on the truck with full exhaust(but on 20s I got a 14.8@95 with the replacement and dumped exhaust)

And yeah it was tricky friday night cause normally I have to leave on the 2nd yellow to get a decent reaction but I red lit when I did that so I had to relearn the 3rd light but that didn't go too well as you can see lol

 

You`re on it buddy, keep practicing that last yellow, you`ll git`r an nail it everytime. Find it, and stay consistant. Many many years ago when i started racing, i use to leave on the green, (my green horn years...lol) and kept gettin beat, then an old timer stopped in the pits one day and said to me, "boy, ya got what it takes, but start leavin on that dam last yellow and you`ll start winnin...!". He was right, been studying every track since and started workin on the reaction time, it all came together. BUT, each track is different, not all tree`s time down the same, so watch and study others running and see if you can see the tree light timing while they run, that`ll guide you to more of an idea what you`re up against when you pull up for your pass. I always counted the lights by saying in my head.... one 1,000 two 1,000 three 1,000 when others made their pass`s. You`ll figure it out and then ALL the others will wonder what the hell happened when you beat them at the light. Try putting about 45psi in the front tires too, alot less rolling resistance.

Also, i dont know if you know this...but....
These newer trucks have "torque management", (floored = power loss)
dont slam the gas pedal into the carpet, pull back slightly, the power will come alive at around 3/4 gas pedal (or a smidge fither). You may want to find the sweet spot and make a wooden block or something to keep you from going completly to the floor. Find some way to make it attach to the back side of your gas pedal. Until someone finds a way to totally eliminate the torque management within the pooters in these truck`s, you`ll never get away from losing full power when slammed into the carpet. Take it out on the street sometime and try it, you`ll see what i meen. Floor it, then pull up from the pedal part way while still trying to accellerate hard, you`ll feel the truck all of a sudden pull ALOT harder when you lift of the gas slightly.

Hope some of this might be of help to ya, God bless, and be safe...!

 

Nice, and with 3:55 gears. wonder what 3:92 gears would do??

 

Lu's has some very valid points. I always layoff the brake on the second yellow on the tree.

I run the (With my Charger) PSI around 50 lbs in the front, and drop the PSI significantly in the rear. I usually try to keep around 1400-1600 RPM at the line, never more then 1800.

And like Lu mentioned, about 75% throttle until "usually" out off the hole past the 60'. Never made the "triple 0" club, however I've made .001 club, lol, a couple times. However at Great Lakes Dragaway the clock rolls on motion, not the tree.

 

Good to know about the lights, I'll definitely have to start timing them next time out. Thankfully it's about 3 hours between open and shootout plus it's not a very busy track so I can make a bunch of runs just practicing the tree. Normally I have between 40-45 psi in all tires but they weren't staying warm enough to get the pressure up(curse and a blessing I guess) so next time I'll have to stop at the gas station down the street and fill the fronts up.

Didn't know about the cutting power while flooring it, only knew about it when trying to stall it up which is why I leave off idle. I'll definitely have to go out and try to find the sweet spot of the pedal and do some sort of throttle stop on it

Thanks for all the tips, great help! God bless and be safe to you too

Honestly not sure. 60 foot would probably be a little better but not sure about top end. Cause with 3.55 I stay in 2nd gear through the traps whereas 3.92 would be in 2nd prime or maybe even 3rd