probably someehere between Memphis and Texas as I type :-) that is a good supect as I was telling CleanLX. It got crudded up real bad after I installed it with that monster gas tank that had sat for a while. I cleaned it off, but it may still have issues.

 

I have a feeling there's an enclosed trailer in this mans future A nice F450 would tote all your toys to and from the track without breakage worries...

I saw a nice pair of rods bowed into a clean 45 degree angle sitting on the counter of my favorite machine shop. Of course they were from a stroked W motor and had a little help from too much laughing gas. The clincher was that the motor still turned over....

--Mike

 

I thought that's what his F250 was for?

 

race truck, tow truck, show truck... it's all the same...

 

Guys, I think you should stick to 150hp additions or less. A 390 can make 450hp without even breaking a sweat. add a 150 shot and your at an even 600. Don't worry about the crank and the rods, they will be fine. Its the block you have to worry about. If you make a consistant 650hp or more, you are at risk of pulling the mains out of the bottom of the block. If you think you just gotta have more, a stud girdle or crossbolt caps will add some durability. The more power you throw at the block, the shorter its life. There was fellow on net' 54 who killed a 428 at the mid 800 hp range, it lasted about 6 runs IIRC. The fellow was drag racing. In a pickup truck, how much power can you realisticly get to the ground, anyway ? Get ready for broken axles, snapped pinions, grenaded trannies, all kinds of exspensive stuff. Been there, done that, even without the N2O. DF, @ his Dad's house

 

I posted a new pic in my second gallery of the 2nd gear burnout with NOS. I have a video of it but I dont know how to post it.