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If you ask me, he only won because he had heavy equipment tires...they bite down no matter how sloppy it gets. The 4.56s helped too, if he was running the same rubber as you...it most like likely would have been a driver competition. Lockers will help.
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i bet if you had AG tires or Swampers the outcome would have been diferent. I have hooked bumpers whith my 82 F-150(i just have headers intake 500 Holley and im running 310cubic inches) whith a buddy who has an 85 K-5 blazer whith a 350 and 3.73s. I have a granny low and 300s and im running 33" swampers. I drug him perty good pefore he waived me off 
Bottom line cubic inch for cubic inch the inline six will outpull a V-8 any day.
Bottom line cubic inch for cubic inch the inline six will outpull a V-8 any day.
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Originally Posted by Pkupman82
If you ask me, he only won because he had heavy equipment tires...they bite down no matter how sloppy it gets. The 4.56s helped too, if he was running the same rubber as you...it most like likely would have been a driver competition. Lockers will help.
I cut good lights all night, I was very happy with the way I drove but the better equipped truck won.
A very postive note to all of this was after we got home last night my wife asked me "what will it take for you to win."
Wooohooooo!
Aussie locker makes a lunch box locker for the Ford 8.8 that's pretty reasonable at less then $250 and it's got a nice warranty.
I may just weld the front but before I do that I want to have either replacement parts at the ready or a D60 waiting to be swapped in after breakage.
I was giving thought to a Ford big block to pull to pull in the heavier classes but last night reaffirmed that the Ford 300 is one of the best engines ever made.
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Just got my invite confirmed by phone for next Saturday afternoon at the Auglaize County Fair in front of the main grandstands.
I don't have time or $$$ to do much before hand to do much but I am going to look for some cheap tires to carve up for the rear.
A couple of pics from the last pull
Coming off the scales:
Having at it:
I don't have time or $$$ to do much before hand to do much but I am going to look for some cheap tires to carve up for the rear.
A couple of pics from the last pull
Coming off the scales:
Having at it:
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Originally Posted by Schmids4.9l
Thats great. We do that kinda stuff in cornfields though! Our fair just ended yesterday (clark counry fair). We dont have truck vs truck pulls at our fair though, only sled pulls.
This is the first truck vs. truck that I know of at a Co. Fair around here.
We have a huge pull in May during the 4X4 Jamboree at the Auglaize Fairgrounds on the concrete slab. The turnout is always super with quite a few show trucks hooking up. Typically, 5000-7,000+ people usually attend with over 100 trucks pulling
The pics you see above are from a pull held in a recently wheat field. It's an annual event called the Hillbilly Truck pulls. All proceeds go to the Spencerville Invincible Fire Dept and the FFA.
The same group that holds the HBTPs were approached by the Auglaize Co. Fair to see if they would organize the event.
Here's hoping the first Co. Fair truck vs. truck event goes well and that there's a Ford 300 up on the podium somewhere.
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Originally Posted by GHog
We have a huge pull in May during the 4X4 Jamboree at the Auglaize Fairgrounds on the concrete slab. The turnout is always super with quite a few show trucks hooking up. Typically, 5000-7,000+ people usually attend with over 100 trucks pulling
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Ya'll are in Lima? I've been through there a couple times, even stopped at ya'lls cracker barrel with my mom,dad,and brother.
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Originally Posted by Schmids4.9l
You live in Ohio too, are you talking about the jamboree in Lima?
Yes, the saturday night of the Jamboree over at the Auglaize Co. fairgrounds, they have a two class pull, rain or shine. It's an offshoot of the pull that was held at the L&G truckstop in Wapak.
6500 and 9500 are the classes. No restrictions that I know of.
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Originally Posted by DT 466Man
Ya'll are in Lima? I've been through there a couple times, even stopped at ya'lls cracker barrel with my mom,dad,and brother.
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Lima actually is an acronym, it stands for Lost in middle America.
The Jamboree is a great time and it seems to get better each year.
On another positive note, I got the Aussie locker for the rear ordered.
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Ya'll are in Lima? I've been through there a couple times, even stopped at ya'lls cracker barrel with my mom,dad,and brother.
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I dont live in Lima, I live about 1 hour and 30 minuites south of it. There is a cracker barrel about 20 minutes away, but I've never ate there.
Yes, the saturday night of the Jamboree over at the Auglaize Co. fairgrounds, they have a two class pull, rain or shine. It's an offshoot of the pull that was held at the L&G truckstop in Wapak.
6500 and 9500 are the classes. No restrictions that I know of.
I've never been to the 4wd jamboree, because our prom is that same weekend, but all my buddies go.
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I dont live in Lima, I live about 1 hour and 30 minuites south of it. There is a cracker barrel about 20 minutes away, but I've never ate there.
Yes, the saturday night of the Jamboree over at the Auglaize Co. fairgrounds, they have a two class pull, rain or shine. It's an offshoot of the pull that was held at the L&G truckstop in Wapak.
6500 and 9500 are the classes. No restrictions that I know of.
I've never been to the 4wd jamboree, because our prom is that same weekend, but all my buddies go.
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Locker went in easy enough.
I had some concern about the lash between the locker and the pinion shaft though after the install was done. There was quite a bit of slop so I called Aussie to confirm that I had the correct locker and what the lash should be after the install.
I talked to "Bill" about the install and my concern about the lash. He confirmed the part #s but couldn't give me any other info about the lash.
All other measurements checked to Aussie Locker's specs so I decided to take it out for a spin.
It clunked fairly loudly leaving the garage twice but it survived two clutch dump torture tests on the initial test ride. The dual rooster tails of dirt made me smile. When I tested it on the road, the truck hopped pretty severely even with my ladder bars. I got out to look at the tire marks and both tires showed the same pattern.
Drove it 40 miles after with no issues. I'll let you know how it performs tomorrow.
I had some concern about the lash between the locker and the pinion shaft though after the install was done. There was quite a bit of slop so I called Aussie to confirm that I had the correct locker and what the lash should be after the install.
I talked to "Bill" about the install and my concern about the lash. He confirmed the part #s but couldn't give me any other info about the lash.
All other measurements checked to Aussie Locker's specs so I decided to take it out for a spin.
It clunked fairly loudly leaving the garage twice but it survived two clutch dump torture tests on the initial test ride. The dual rooster tails of dirt made me smile. When I tested it on the road, the truck hopped pretty severely even with my ladder bars. I got out to look at the tire marks and both tires showed the same pattern.
Drove it 40 miles after with no issues. I'll let you know how it performs tomorrow.
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Ghog what parts have you built up your 300 with? And how much money did you spend to do that? my 300 just gave out on me last week and i have been researching the best yet most logical way to build up my daily driven I6.
good job on your initial truck pulling event. hope that locker works out for you.
good job on your initial truck pulling event. hope that locker works out for you.
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Thanks for the kind words...
Here's my build
1984 donor engine
Crank balanced and ground -10
Sealed Power main and rod bearings
Sealed Power .040 hypereutectic pistons - 8.5 comp
.010 taken off head
.010 taken off block
Head ported and polished by me
ARP head studs
Comp Cams gear set
Comp Cams 268H cam
Comp Cams springs
Comp Cams lifters
Comp Cams 3/8" Hi-tech pushrods - Length 10.250
Harland Sharp BBC 1.7 Roller Rockers
Isky adjustable pushrod guideplates
Dynomax headers
Offenhauser dual plane intake
Edelbrock 500 4 barrel
Felpro gasket set
Accel Blueprint distributor/Pertronix ignition
MSD Blaster 2 coil
Ebay valve cover
Edelbrock breather caps
Ebay 11" Ford OEM takeoff clutch and flywheel
New clutch slave cylinder
Engine is in a 1989 F150 4X4 that has been regeared front and rear to 4.10s. Total cost for parts and machining ran about $2700 for the engine.
If I had to do it over again I would probably not go the BBC roller route and just use the correct rollers. There was added cost machining the pedastals down for the BBCs along with the added expense of the guideplates and the learning curve figuring out why I was snapping .080" wall pushrods.
The Aussie tech just called me and said that the lash was normal, I'm pretty relieved there.
Here's my build
1984 donor engine
Crank balanced and ground -10
Sealed Power main and rod bearings
Sealed Power .040 hypereutectic pistons - 8.5 comp
.010 taken off head
.010 taken off block
Head ported and polished by me
ARP head studs
Comp Cams gear set
Comp Cams 268H cam
Comp Cams springs
Comp Cams lifters
Comp Cams 3/8" Hi-tech pushrods - Length 10.250
Harland Sharp BBC 1.7 Roller Rockers
Isky adjustable pushrod guideplates
Dynomax headers
Offenhauser dual plane intake
Edelbrock 500 4 barrel
Felpro gasket set
Accel Blueprint distributor/Pertronix ignition
MSD Blaster 2 coil
Ebay valve cover
Edelbrock breather caps
Ebay 11" Ford OEM takeoff clutch and flywheel
New clutch slave cylinder
Engine is in a 1989 F150 4X4 that has been regeared front and rear to 4.10s. Total cost for parts and machining ran about $2700 for the engine.
If I had to do it over again I would probably not go the BBC roller route and just use the correct rollers. There was added cost machining the pedastals down for the BBCs along with the added expense of the guideplates and the learning curve figuring out why I was snapping .080" wall pushrods.
The Aussie tech just called me and said that the lash was normal, I'm pretty relieved there.
Last edited by GHog; Aug 5, 2005 at 08:04 PM.