took my 73 short stepside to track today

[tghoward1376]

took my truck to the eighth mile track today    did ok i guess  ran an  8.91    stock suspension 30 over 350  488 lift 292/300 duration  12 to 1  dome pistons  441 heads  3000 converter  373 12 bolt   28 by 9  et drags    edelbrock 600      dont think it was to bad   for no tuning.       next up  nitrous going back on motor      does that seem ok for first time out?

[choptop]

Sounds respectable to me. 

[mugs29]

Sounds pretty good to me, your looking at about mid 13s in the 1/4 mile

[SUX2BU99]

^ No kidding. I'd like my truck to do anything in the 13s!

[78 Chevyrado]

I'm impressed, but I also have a truck that would likely do low to mid 20's in the 1/4 @ 50mph.

[campcrf]

tghoward, good time, its so fun going to the track.

I would like to take mine to the track to see what it will do. 383 stroker (500ish hp), 3 speed reverse manual(3000 stall), 4:56 gears with 295/60/15. 81 shortbox 2 wheel drive.

[tghoward1376]

thanks for the responses   never been a big truck guy as far as drag racing goes.   figured i would give it a try since i was racing an 88 rs camaro    not a fan of that body style    lol    gonna put the fuel cell, both mallory pumps ,  and the complete autorod wiring harness for everything out of my camaro   gonna put my nos plate on also   175 here i come again lol.

[SUX2BU99]

Campcrf, how do you get that thing to hook up with that much power and that much gear?

[campcrf]

SUX2BU99, I am not sure yet... lol... I am going to keep my 373's in it for now and run it at the track and see if i like it. Its still a one wheel burner. Everything is done except for the rear end.... I am hopeing the 456 isnt too low (i already bought them and ordered a truetrrac). Street slicks might work. Any suggestions?...

[SUX2BU99]

I've never had a vehicle with that kind of power before but in my opinion, you'd want probably a drag radial of some kind that you can use on the street and some Cal-trac bars for the leafs to make sure they put the power down to the ground.

[campcrf]

ya, cal-tracs should do the trick aswell i am hopeing, we will see...
        Thanks!!!!

[tghoward1376]

finally got the truck back to the track   put the holley 600 dbl pumper on and the 175 pills in   best 60 ft was a  1.554   and best pass was 7.61 in the eighth mile   last pass destroyed the rear u joint but was leaving really hard   may try to shoot 225 next

[oldwhity]

That's a pretty decent 60ft time.

[cubicdollars]

Your 60 ft time was pretty good for not too much suspension work.

[tghoward1376]

yeah  it has no suspension work  it has the stock 5 or 6 leaf rear springs old shocks  and all   truck was hooking real hard all night hooked a lil to hard last pass    at least we had a blast     messing with people last night   no one expected it to leave that good  lol