its about 5 hrs for me, Lets do it
as long as im invited of course?????????
Im down all the way, it will be a blast.........maybe ill be spraying by then............
It should be fun, considering im the only SCAB, aside from tome, who is a SCREW
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C'mon Tom...a drive to Cali won't be that tough! Only a few thousand miles!
Truthfully, I would love to get together with some of the guys on this forum and meet up at a track on the weekend or something. We could make a drag weekend of it. Honestly though, that's a long distance...We have California, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida! I figure we could meet somewhere in the middle...like HOUSTON! Houston raceway all the way baby! Bay Town Madness ring a bell? How bout it?
Truthfully, I would love to get together with some of the guys on this forum and meet up at a track on the weekend or something. We could make a drag weekend of it. Honestly though, that's a long distance...We have California, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida! I figure we could meet somewhere in the middle...like HOUSTON! Houston raceway all the way baby! Bay Town Madness ring a bell? How bout it?
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In the middle, and closest to you, Sounds good to me true....Private message me or ask tom for my email. I am down, but it is hard to work around a military schedule.
And I could get to Houston in 20 hours
Shouldnt be that bad getting up here!
And I could get to Houston in 20 hours
Shouldnt be that bad getting up here!
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Strick88, by Louisiana, you were invited!
If we're serious, I figure beginning of the year...Januaryish. By that time I'll more than likely have a Diablo chip, MAC Intake, and a Flowmaster Exhaust. I know I'll have a tach by then.
eh, Tom?
oh yea, pics should be up some time tomorrow!
If we're serious, I figure beginning of the year...Januaryish. By that time I'll more than likely have a Diablo chip, MAC Intake, and a Flowmaster Exhaust. I know I'll have a tach by then.
eh, Tom?
oh yea, pics should be up some time tomorrow!
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Hehe...well, all I know is that DK always killed me. So I think the role being reversed, Id beat ya down LoL. Purely in fun though, right joe?
LoL. Purely in fun though, right joe?
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Tom's not happy right now.
I took the full day off of work to try and get my drive shaft balanced to compensate for the 4.10 gear change vibration.
needless to say, i've been to 3 shops, spent 160 dollars on a shaft balance, and still have the exact same drive train vibration.
Nobody knows where it's coming from, but it started right after I had Steeda do my gear change.
I'm very frustrated.
It's not ujoints, it's not unbalanced tires, it's not drive shaft balance, Steeda already re-checked their gear install, It's not shocks. No one can figure out why i get this violent vibration upon reaching 85mph.
Not to mention that the vibration is beginning to cause further damage to my transmission, they discovered.
I don't know what to do. I'm very frustraded and ticked off at my truck right now. everyone else does 4.10 gears with no problems, except me.
So far I've had a really bad weekend, I was looking forward to Monday because I thought that the shaft balance would be the fix but it was just a big waste of money.
Sorry to be a bummer.
Tom
I took the full day off of work to try and get my drive shaft balanced to compensate for the 4.10 gear change vibration.
needless to say, i've been to 3 shops, spent 160 dollars on a shaft balance, and still have the exact same drive train vibration.
Nobody knows where it's coming from, but it started right after I had Steeda do my gear change.
I'm very frustrated.
It's not ujoints, it's not unbalanced tires, it's not drive shaft balance, Steeda already re-checked their gear install, It's not shocks. No one can figure out why i get this violent vibration upon reaching 85mph.
Not to mention that the vibration is beginning to cause further damage to my transmission, they discovered.
I don't know what to do. I'm very frustraded and ticked off at my truck right now. everyone else does 4.10 gears with no problems, except me.
So far I've had a really bad weekend, I was looking forward to Monday because I thought that the shaft balance would be the fix but it was just a big waste of money.
Sorry to be a bummer.
Tom
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Tom,
Just a thought, but it sounds like you have already double-checked everything but the bearings (axles and pinion). It’s just a guess but you might want to have someone check them out. From my experience, pinion bearings usually last forever but I would expect a failure to cause quite a bit of violent vibration. The axle bearings usually cause a high frequency vibration that is more of a roar.
Ron
Just a thought, but it sounds like you have already double-checked everything but the bearings (axles and pinion). It’s just a guess but you might want to have someone check them out. From my experience, pinion bearings usually last forever but I would expect a failure to cause quite a bit of violent vibration. The axle bearings usually cause a high frequency vibration that is more of a roar.
Ron
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Sigma,
I'm dropping the truck off tonight at Steeda and having them tear the entire drive train out of the vehicle piece by piece and I told them I do not want the truck back until it is right, even if it takes them 3 months.
I know it's something they installed wrong because it's a brand new truck and this vibration started the day after they did the install.
they'll get it right sooner or later. I hate to diss on Steeda, but I won't take my truck back there again. Not only that, but I'm sure they won't want to work on my truck again either.
Tom
I'm dropping the truck off tonight at Steeda and having them tear the entire drive train out of the vehicle piece by piece and I told them I do not want the truck back until it is right, even if it takes them 3 months.
I know it's something they installed wrong because it's a brand new truck and this vibration started the day after they did the install.
they'll get it right sooner or later. I hate to diss on Steeda, but I won't take my truck back there again. Not only that, but I'm sure they won't want to work on my truck again either.
Tom