I can't edit now, but I should add that I can MAYBE see you bogging down 1st gear with that load instead of breaking something if you have some really tall tires and a 2.50-2.7x rear end gear ratio. That's a maybe, though. Congrats on running with the newer trucks. These new V8 trucks put out some crazy horsepower compared to trucks like ours (including my V8). Put that vid up anyways, I'd like to see it.
What did they do to the track to make it have such good traction? Glad ya didn't break anything. What rear end and front end do you have? You running the stock 9"/8.8"? And the stock TTB D44?
__________________ 1986 F-150 5.0 EFI XLT Lariat 4x4 NP435/NP208/9" 3.50
"Custom Exhaust" and leaf spring overloads
31x10.50 15" Nothing special, but it's a damn good truck.
the track was a heavy traveled gravel street all the loose rock was bladed off. they pulled with tractors up til the 8500lb farm stock then switched to the trucks, track was hard but the gravel gave it good texture to bite. beat out a 3/4ton reg. cab chev another truck like mine with a 351 and a 07 f-150 with a 5.4 under the hood.
i have the stock 8.8 open dif. in the rear and the stock ttb d44 open diff. in the front. i replaced the lockouts with the premium warn lockouts which after comparing to the old warn lockouts i can see why, much more meat to them!
the newer f150 with the 5.4 had an automatic and still had the stock street tires, it was slipping the tranny alot and doggin down but ended up spinning out and the older f150 with the 351 and manual transmission also had street tires and couldnt bite to save its life, spun out at about 65 feet and still screamin like a demon
if i can find a cell phone chip i'll try to get the video i have of it on here, its kinda poor quality but at least u'll be able to see the speed i went and whatnot
This forum is owned and operated by Internet Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It is not authorized or endorsed by the Ford Motor Company and is not affiliated with the Ford Motor Company or its related companies in any way. FordŽ is a registered trademark of the Ford Motor Company.
