My 6.0 swap into 82 Chevy

[team39763]

Well that race ain't happening.  He called me this morning and told me he sold the truck and he wanted to trade me his slicks for my street tires.  He traded his 406 for a stockish 350.  That sucks!...I really wanted to race him.  I wish I would've known he was looking to get rid of that 406, I would have found a 350 to give him.

[Layne]

Awesome! No power braking at all? That things got power.

[team39763]

Yeah, that motor pushed a camaro to low 12's on motor and high 10's on a 175shot.  Too bad that truck is coming apart.  I'll probably get a chance to run against that motor since the guy who's getting it is building an S10 to beat me(actual words from his mouth). LOL. We'll see.

[team39763]

I put on the slicks and headed out to the backroads to do a few solo runs today.  The truck ran good, but the runs were less than impressive.  I think I was shifting way too soon and also wasn't getting WOT.  I have to admit, I was a little scared to floor it.  The driveshaft incident kept playing in the back of my mind(and I don't have a safety loop installed at the moment).  I was also warned that since my transmisison case cracked as a result of the driveshaft failure, it could grenade and come through the floor.  I did 4 launches and decided to bring it home and park it.  After about 30minutes I worked up the nerve to go out there and jump on it hard...but like I said, I don't think I mashed the pedal hard enough.  I think I'm ready now though.  I'm gonna make a few changes with the carb and the timing, then take it out there and see what it does.  I'm too ashamed to post the videos, so I'll take some new ones when I go out there next time.

[team39763]

Turns out that my shifter/shifter cable were messing me up.  The cable was FUBAR'd and the shifter couldn't hit 3rd gear.  I'm pretty sure the other gears weren't being hit correctly either.  I got a new cable and a few other parts to install in the AM, then I'm gonna try to do some more test runs on the farm road.

**I got my trailer** I'm excited...just need to wire up the brake plug for the brake controller.

[team39763]

Just another update.  I blocked off the front grille and lowered the truck a little more(cut 1 coil of the front springs).  So far everybody who's seen the truck has given me a thumbs down and told me they didn't like the overall look of the truck.  I agree it could have been cleaner looking, but I don't think it's that bad.  A couple years ago I would have chose "form" over "function", but now I'm all about getting the most speed I can out of this thing with the small amount of motor I have.
  I think I'm having tie rod issues.  Yesterday I took the truck out for a short spin and when I got on the pedal, it was jumping all over the road.  My neighbor took a look and said my tie rods are toast.  I'm hoping I can fix that before I race.

[team39763]

Click Click Boom

[team39763]

It's been a long time since I updated this one.  My last track/airstrip visit didn't go so well.  I had some fuel troubles(trash in the system) and my hood blew off at the finish line.  I've made a bunch of improvements since then and I hope to be deep in the 10's with this last set of mods I'm doing.  Hopefully later this year, I'll build a real motor or go big block.

[team39763]

Here's a recent pic of the truck after this last race event.

[Grim 82]

I think it looks cool, and it flat out hauls the way it is now. So was the hood trashed after that?

[team39763]

The hood is pretty torn up, but it stayed on there pretty good this time.

[team39763]

Here's a pic after the races at the border.  The truck got a little banged up from the wind out there and all the hands helping me push the truck through the pits and up on the trailer after the driveline failure.

[team39763]

I forgot to post up about the new improvements.  In mid March this year I took the trans to be freshened up by a different builder and he told me the case was broke and 3rd gear was almost gone(I could feel it when I raced).  We ended up having him build me a new trans.  I also installed an annular Demon carburetor.  When we went to the track March 20 it ran a little sluggish and had traction problems. I posted a Vid in the "drag racers" thread in the suspension section.
  April 3rd we went to a racing event on a street near the border.  I got a nice converter from my cousin and it worked great.  The truck was still a bit rich cruising through the pits and on the return and I had major traction issues.  A few spectators told me that I was spinning for well over 100ft.  My first run was 12.1 against a 2011 F150(the kid called me out, so I said sure).  Next race was against a LS1 Trans Am with bolt-ons and a 175 shot. I jetted the carb down and lowered the slicks' pressure to 12psi.  I ended up running 12.0 to his 12.4.  Next race was against a convertible mustang with a 351.  They wouldn't tell me much about the motor but I could see it had a dominator,big headers, and a nitrous kit.  The winner of this race was supposed to race a 8sec Trans Am(gutted, 402 stroker lots of nitrous) for the "Top Dog" spot.  But I had a suspension/driveline malfunction and oiled down the track.  Game Over for everybody.
  So now we're just waiting for the funds to build another transmission and repair the suspension and driveshaft.  I'm still aiming for that 10 second timeslip.