What is the pull in Eldon, is it this weekend? Justin is looking for a place to try to make a complete pull with his truck before the pulls are over for this year. Is this a santioned pull or a brush pull? Thanks,Gary

 

That truck might not be allowed i know for sure no Meth and his hitch is questionable as well?

 

The truck is pure diesel and the stops for the suspension is adjustable for several inches of travel. He does drive it on the the street some and it was built for the street legal 2.8 class by DHRA rules. Are those the rules at the Eldon pull?

 

Yep they are but i noticed him putting water in a tank in the bed...

 

I did notice the way he had this hitch connecting to the axle is illegal i believe...

 

The water in the tank is for the water to air intercooler, it has no water injection at all. I think the rules say one inch of suspension travel before it hits the stops but it doesn't say how the stops are to be positioned. We have researched to rules alot and came up with this setup. The truck can be driven on the street and is although rather smoking. All the lights, horn and anything for inspection is on the truck. It is the middle of breaking something everytime it's pulled so I don't think you have to worry about it this year.

 

gwhammy- Is Justin gonna bring the truck down to Eldon, i'd really like to see him run again?

 

Me too it sounded like it was going to get some work done...

 

I'm haven't talked to them lately, they were waiting on parts at the middle of the week. I've been working out of town and have to work this weekend, maybe I can swing by Justin's and ask him if he's going. I know he wants to get in some pulling cause he'd like to have it working right for a pull in Jan. in Il.

 

gwhammy- Did you get to talk to Justin?

 

Well, I talked to one of the guys that was at the pull and it seems your group doesn't want any outsiders to come pull with you. Justin fits inside the DHRA rules and this is what your group goes by we are assuming? If the showmesmokers have a different set of rules we would like to have a copy of them so we can abide by them. Shouldn't each rule be checked on the truck to see if it is legal instead the pullers getting into a group and deciding by vote if it is illegal or not? We might be building another truck and would like to pull at fair legal pulls if they are available! Thanks,Gary

 

That truck for the last time is not LEGAL the hitch alone is ILLEGAL i dont know why you are argueing this point i have been to big DHRA events and they would have picked that truck to death...He also has a hand throttle with indicates he is running an Ag. Pump which is Illegal as well...

 

The pump is a p-pump off of a dodge truck, and I don't see where the stops for the suspension are any different than the blocks. All the rules say is suspension must have 1 inch of travel, it doesn't say where the stops have to touch the frame or the suspension. The stops have slide tubes and are adjustable for whatever suspension movement you want. Justin is thinking about putting the foot throttle back in to remove that point of issue. He really doesn't have that much of a different truck than the rest of you, maybe timing, and that is about it. Heck his injectors are smaller that the set in the orange truck! What other points do you think are illegal on the truck, he just wants to pull and do decent. The pump is almost the same pump the 24valve p-pump truck has on it. Thanks, Gary

 

The biggest complaint for next year will be the RPM Limit i have heard from several people that the 4500RPM limit will be back in effect for the Street Diesel Class i know that truck is well over 4500RPM they told me other wise but i know better than that and im not stupid! Also the other is this water cooled intercooler heres my problem with that is the other day in Eldon he was running water in it but which no one noticed me looking at Jeff.City i watched him dump in METH!!! that why the tank in Jeff City the tank was full of pink water !! Now if he would be willing to let someone tech his truck
" A professional" and check RPM's and his i Water injection system and injection pump we wouldnt have a problem at all with him Pulling...

 

An age old sled pulling problem is that people build their truck the way THEY want and then complain that the rules should fit their truck. I don't agree will all the DHRA rules but I do support them simply because a uniform set of rules allows the sport to prosper while keeping some civility among competitors. Three years ago there were no associations in Missouri that ran a sanctioned diesel class (lots of brush pulls) but since many of us went to Terre Haute and Thunder in Muncie we insisted that any local rules be the same as DHRA, it makes little sense to build and tune your truck for MO and then have to have an unknown tune when the big pulls occur or vica versa.

In the Street Stock class the rules are simple and easy to understand. Everyone knows that you can't run a trick hitch............you must pull from a Reece type receiver hitch. You can't run a gutted dash/interior...........this class wasn't meant to be competition only trucks. A single turbo with 2.8" inducer wheel or smaller, if the wheel is larger then 2.8" a restrictor must be used and extend to within .050" from the inducer wheel!!! This will be tech'd. No water injection, or any other injection of substances other then diesel. (They don't even allow alcohol or meth in the next class up (Pro Street??) but there they do allow water, small twins or a large single.)

Injection pump must be stock appearing!!!, (no tractor governors on a P7100, which is why a hand throttle is needed) twin CP-3's are allowed (in Street Stock), suspension must have 1" travel, vehicle license and insurance a must.

Next years rules are not yet set but I think there will be some changes and the major rules will be good for two years. It sucks to spend money and win one year but have the turbo rules, rpm, or etc, change and have to spend again , I think the Work Stock class will stay much the same, twin CP3's not allowed. My guess is Street Stock will return to the 4500rpm limit and be enforced. I don't know if this will be tach'd from the sled going down the track or a rpm check in neutral while backing up to the sled.......... The Pro Street or small twin class will be allowed to run bigger drivetrain such as Rockwell differentials. I think there there is a lot of potential for a 12 valve single turbo truck in the Pro Street class because the twins are restricted to a 3" inducer. The heavier drive train is welcome because it costs time and money when you break the stock stuff.