Its been a bit of money and time to get my 2k f250 to this point and with the new clutch it's ready. Being a long time and somewhat old school hot rodder it was only a matter of time until it came to this anyways. ;-)

So lets talk wheelspin! Chiefly how do you usually get it started with the six speed? I'm irresponsible enough to want to do a good burnout from time to time but not so much so as to want to resort to a hard clutch dump to do it. So lets hear how you get those rear tires lit up!

(Off public roads of course, in an approved area, with all emission controls present, environmental concerns addressed and polar bears consulted for their opinions.)

 

Just put it low ease out the cluch and anchor the breaks, it'll turn the tires at an idle! I don't think you'll need to dump or side step the clutch but it's gonna need to be a quick release to break the tires loose. I have done it a few times in my truck but it scared me every time (daily driver), i've seen enough twisted drivelines and all that good stuff to make me nervous. Neutral drops in the highschool parking claimed a few cars back in the day...man I miss highschool!

 

Once you have one of these dialed in, it's hard to not spin the tires. While mine is an auto, this was my first test run on my Race tune (6 months after I got it) - no powerbraking and no hammer-drop, I just rolled into it:





Nothing was killed, maimed, injured, or insulted (except the road and my tires) in the making of this signal to E.T.

 

It's an auto but a worth a look.

Ex burnout
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...trac-test.html

 

Nice camper shell tugly. Your truck looks like mine from behind.

 

I lucked out on the shell. I bought that from a used truck dealer for $350. The truck dealer doesn't sell trucks with canopies (topper, shell, pick your regional word for it) on them, so any time he gets a truck with a canopy, and ad goes in CL for the shell.

It looks like you're doing a good job of keeping the truck as pristine as possible. There is a local mechanized car wash that does most of the work for me... I confess laziness.

 

While I have sacrificed plenty of tread to the power God's, I have never successfully done a 'smokey burnout' with my 6spd. Of course, my truck is HEAVY and has a couple extra tires in the back for additional traction... That said, the clutch is the limiting factor. I have a SB Con OFE (ceramic/metallic) clutch and while I have never been able to make it slip towing - I have made it slip attempting to 'power brake' and trying to leave the line hard at the dragstrip. No worries about the polar bears and such since my junk burns veggie oil instead of diesel!

If this is the type of abuse you intend to give your clutch, I'd look into the multi-disc clutches like the sled pullers use. The trade off is ya lose the ability to feather the clutch for smooth starts 'cause these clutches tend to be on/off.

Fwiw, there is no comparison whatsoever to an auto. The TC slip in an auto gives you waaaaay more boost at lower wheel speed. If I did a 2wd boosted launch in the Excursion (~400HP) the tires would spin into 3rd gear!

 

I can tell you with a dual disc, it is actually a bit harder to spin the tires given how hard the clutch grabs. It will go from nothing, to fully engaged just like that, so unless you get the wheels loose first, chances are you will stall it out before you break them loose. Of course that is with stock 3.73 and 37" tires on 20" rims, so quite a bit of mass to break loose. However, around corners, I can break them loose and spin through first, second, and half way into third. Also have an Open Diff in the back, which makes things a little harder.