Hey guys. I know that a lot if not most of you have heard of sled pulling with trucks. Anyway, i thought that this thread would be a nice deviation form the usual "should i do this?" "this is broken. help!" type threads.

My question for this thread is: if you had free reign to build THE ULTIMATE sled pulling truck, what would you do? If the budget was unlimited, what parts would you use, which model year of truck, etc. Would you use an old and tough 7.3? Would you go high-tech and use a 6.7? Would you use a V10 even? Heck, would you swap for a cummins? Would you lift or lower it? F250 or F550? Use your imaginations. Also maybe throw in the reasons for which mod you chose etc.

As I said before just something fun to think about that is different from the usual thread topics. Perhaps other threads could be started along this line, and have the ultimate RV pulling tuck, ultimate work truck, maybe even make it a little more interesting and throw a budget in. Just have fun guys!

 

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what do you mean by sled pull truck just curious I don't get what you mean by sled pull truck.
Trav

 

Crew cab long bed 6.7L F250 4x4 geared deep with Yukon Grizzly lockers front and rear (or spooled if a trailer queen) and Yukon Hardcore hubs in the front with conversion to 35-spline D70 outers, chromoly axle shafts.

Why? It seems right. Long, light enough to make class, powerful, and stout. I've never participated in or even just attended a sled pull, but for what they do, that's how I'd do it. At that point as long as you didn't blow out your engine or transmission (I assume you'd be doing some performance mods and probably locking out the torque converter), you should be fine. IFS Chebbies go pigeon-toed a little too easy.

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thanks Fire kite.

I am not ure what I would use as I don't know what to do there but pulling I would think use something heavy so F350 4x4 dually crew cab as it will help grab traction. Probably I would choose a 6.0L in the 05-07 range and tune it with a bunch of tuner and all that goodies for more power. Also put front and rear air lockers. Some good meaty tires so it grabs traction. You are in dirt so you will need something to grab good traction. Maybe a small lift to run bigger tires 2-4inch lift. probably would choose a standard as I prefer driving standard when pulling but could deal with an auto. Never thought I would say use a diesel but thats my opinion.
Trav

 

I've been to several truck sled pulls and every truck regardless of make or engine used an auto X/MIS. Simply because when the clutch is disengaged and the sled is dug in the truck is halted instantly.(if a weight transfer sied is used) NOTE:I prefer a manual also.





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I have drug things with our bronco 2 that is almost as bad as that for that truck digging into the ground and it is standard did fine. But I see where you are getting at.
Trav

 

Honestly for a dedicated sled puller I'd probably swap in a cummins, just for the low end torque and reliability. Maybe swap in a rockwell axle, spool, custom grooved tires. Aren't the pulling trucks 2wd? I've never actually been to one. I've always thought pulling a sled was more about traction than horsepower. Of course if money is no object, we could just go straight to a custom built blown alcohol burner...

 

There are a lot of reasons most use automatic transmissions or at least a clutchless manual. Check out Check out Torque converter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some good info on how torque converters work. Though in a current model Super Duty it's not really a question because there's no manual option from the factory anyway.

 

Ya I wish they had the V10 and manual still in the new super duties (f250s and F350s)
Trav

 

Interesting stuff. I have no experience with sled pulls myself but I have watched some of it on youtube. So the consensus is lots of grip and monster torque?

 

OK, since we're talking fantasy here, I'd go with this plan: long bed crew cab, since longer pullers seem to do better than short ones. Deep gears, maybe even Rockwells, with spools front and rear. I'd also move the rear axle back about a foot to stretch it even further. So far, so good, it's all standard stuff, right? Now here's where it gets weird: for power I'd use a Lenco 2 speed like alchohol funny cars use with the ratios being only slightly different from one another so you'd have a choice of gears right on the line, in case the track conditions favored more or less wheel speed. I'd also use a V10 with twin turbos. Why? Because I love to be different. I think that it would actually be competitive because it has a huge RPM range, so you could scream it and not run out of power. Also, since it's based on Ford's 5.4, which is very good when you use power adders like blowers and somewhere out in hot rod land there HAS to be an engine builder willing to make a V10 with big power using the same tricks they use on 5.4's. Since it's a competition engine, MPG's wouldn't matter, so who knows what it's capable of?