1st Gen Street Puller

[ryanihf250]

1st pull this season with the 1st Gen at the Washington, GA pull. It did pretty good got 1st in 7,500lb despite trying to pull in 2nd High. 8,500lb class I got 2nd, Will Harris beat me by 75ft in his VP Powered Dodge.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXLvU7gxiJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIxWeMBXDJQ

[pulltilbroke]

Your heavy class hook looks much better

Did it have a slight miss when you pulled the light class?

[ryanihf250]

Yeah I tried 2nd high in 7,500lb and then dropped back to 1st High in 8,500lb. Yeah i thought it had a small skip after the light class too. I now have a injector leaking and two leaks now on the pump might be a cause. That sled is heavy and hard to start off.

[pulltilbroke]

What were your distances?

[ryanihf250]

185ft in 7,500lb class and 210ft for 8,500lb. That is the shortest distance we have pulled there, it got late.

[KTA]

With your 4.10's you should be pulling 3rd low. In 1st it didn't seem like it loaded the motor hardly any. If you still have a problem snuffing in 3rd low and don't want to go to a smaller tire just drop your hitch about 3-4 inches. I think you will do much better if you have the clutch to hack it.

[ryanihf250]

Appreciate the advice, I am in process of trying to find some 33's to try to keep in that gear. Yeah I have a south bend double disk clutch 3,600 so it will hold.

[KTA]

So why didn't you try 3rd low on any of those hooks, since it is in between 2 hi and 1 hi? I hope you get it rocking, looks like some more fuel wouldn't hurt anything either.

[ryanihf250]

I was scared that the heavy class(extra 1,000lb on the front) would kill it in 8,500 class, So I went with trusty 1st Hi. I just put the 4.10 in it this winter and I didn't have a chance to test pull to get my gears straight. Last year I had 3.55 ratio pulling. It would be nice to get some more fuel but money is tight. KTA any ideas for cheap hp, most of my mods are in signature.

[RV2]

I enjoyed the event, it was my first time at a pull, I checked out your truck Ryan it was cool.

[MMiller]

Looking pretty good. I agree that low 3rd would be a good choice.

I'd be scared to use high side anything hooked to the sled. I've seen way to many trucks break the input shaft of the t-case, or the coupler when using high side. Even v-8 gas trucks with old 4 speeds and 205s. Put your gear reduction as far away from the trans as possible.

Have you seen any of the videos of 2nd gear hi letting go in a diesel puller? A buddy of mine, with a p-pumped 24 valve lost the engine when the transfer case input broke.

Another friend of mine has a p-pumped offroad truck with 727/205 combo with rockwells. He wheeled it Memorial day weekend. He put it in hi-4 to run up a sand hill and sheared off the input in the t-case. That particular truck is running stock charger, no intercooler, and a tight convertor. The co-pilot saw 40 psi of boost going up the sand hill. Granted the auto has a smaller input, it was a 4000# offroad truck blasting up a sand hill, not pulling anything.

Michael

[ryanihf250]

I enjoyed the event, it was my first time at a pull, I checked out your truck Ryan it was cool.

Appreciate that. I have alot of work to catch up to the other trucks but it is coming along. I think I finally found some used 33in tires so they may be on for the Washington pull.

I was kindof dissappointed in the dyno run that it did that day it put down
368hp/800tq. I believe i need more fuel pressure!