The New Sled Puller.
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Yeah, they are real specific on hitch placement and height. No class that I know of for fivers, but pumper pulls, yes. 4x4 hitch height has to be 26" or less. The class I building the truck for, the only rules are that the hitch point has to be horizontal to the ground, and stabile in all directions. So my hitch/draw bar is mounted above my axle and will extend to 1" behind the tailgate.
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Keep in mind, I still need to build my draw bar height adjustment structure. That will tie all the rear frame supports together and tie the rear of the frame together. But we are moving along.
I also ordered my entire fuel system except the fuel cell from David over at Diesel Innovations. As well as some of their big push rods. I'm getting some 910 springs from Travis.
Air Dog II 130/75 (the 75psi unit w/filters)
Regulated return w/ all fittings and hoses.
He's custom tayloring it to my truck. I'm super excited about it. With any luck we will have the motor out next week and get all the go fast stuff put together.
I also ordered my entire fuel system except the fuel cell from David over at Diesel Innovations. As well as some of their big push rods. I'm getting some 910 springs from Travis.
Air Dog II 130/75 (the 75psi unit w/filters)
Regulated return w/ all fittings and hoses.
He's custom tayloring it to my truck. I'm super excited about it. With any luck we will have the motor out next week and get all the go fast stuff put together.
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yes, it should be the stock input and bellhousing, i think. at least it better be since he already has the bellhousing blanket and everything. i saw the discs that Dan is planning to use for Cody's triple and they are BADA$$. just like a grinding disc and it's going to be sweet watching him launch this thing.
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Ross, Dan and Kevin are working on it at Valair. I took them a block with a crank in it, and tranny. I built stands for them so they can roll the motor and tranny together and apart at work height. So we'll see how far they can push the five speed. And I think Dan may just put another double disk together for me to get me going. But as soon as they nail the tripple disk, I'll let ya know. Does this mean you will switch to Valair if we can get the tripple done for the 5 speed? 
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we'll see how this year goes for the both of us, I went through 2 sbc dual disks last year, it was probably mostly my fault but I dont want to have to do that again. I should have upgraded to a bigger one or feramic facing when I got the second one but money was tight at the time.
the dodge guys really seam to like the tripples so hopefully somebody will get one working for us
not to derail but how do I fill out a signiture on here?
the dodge guys really seam to like the tripples so hopefully somebody will get one working for us
not to derail but how do I fill out a signiture on here?
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Sounds like he needs a Valair if he's burnin though the SBC's. hehehe.
I hope they can get that to work also cody, would be neat to see, I just caught a glimpse of a dual disk the other day. I don't even remember where.
If more is better, then why can't we have 6, like my motorcycle? haha.
I hope they can get that to work also cody, would be neat to see, I just caught a glimpse of a dual disk the other day. I don't even remember where.
If more is better, then why can't we have 6, like my motorcycle? haha.
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the first one was a couple years old and had quite a few hooks. it was still holding but felt funny, I pulled it down to work on some other stuff and it didn't look to pretty. so I sent it off for a rebuild.
the second one lasted about 7 hooks and would'd reliece any more.
I was haveing some RPM issues and was having trouble getting the turbo to light so I was slipping the clutch pretty hard to get going.
SBC even replaced the ring gear because It was blue. I still say I should have lasted longer but whats done is done. I am alitte woried about this one because I made several hooks on it before we got the rpm thing straightend out but it still feels ok so we'll see what happens.
the second one lasted about 7 hooks and would'd reliece any more.
I was haveing some RPM issues and was having trouble getting the turbo to light so I was slipping the clutch pretty hard to get going.
SBC even replaced the ring gear because It was blue. I still say I should have lasted longer but whats done is done. I am alitte woried about this one because I made several hooks on it before we got the rpm thing straightend out but it still feels ok so we'll see what happens.