I am excited to say the mail lady came through today and brought my accufab. The only negative was the fact that it has been raining alll day and i couldnt pull it inside to put it on since their wasnt a tb on it. So i put it on in the rain and started it, now if it will only quit raining. A little size comparison with my wagon wheel pulley lol.
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Built Lightning block.
Stage 3 Ported heads. high performance Cams
Kenne Bell L upgrade blower 16 PSI
DMR Cog belt system
Kooks long tube headers
BTS race built 4R100 tranny
100 shot of nitrous
best 1/4 to date.
60' 1.68
11.76 @ 116.17
The truck isnt a daily driver. I drive it through the week very little and bring it out on the weekend. I have an ice tank and thats all. Before i leave the house i pack it full, not a big deal for me. Unless I am under boost the ice lasts for a while.On a normal weekend night i go to the gas station and get gas and a big bag of ice. Right before i go to race i pack it full and let it run for a few and im good to go. If it was a dd or i took it on long trips i would have one on it. I built it geared torward street racing and the track so no exchanger ment less weight and lines to have on the front of the truck. Brian told me he would practically give me his stock exchanger off his cobra if i needed it. It only has 3k on it but i dont see a reason for it. And yes i have logged my temps on the street while driving and they are fine. I rock the focus on long trips, it gets 35+mpg the truck doesnt.
I have to say,,if it was a good idea to not run one you wouldn't be the ONLY one not running one!
JLP has the fastest trucks around and I bet he runs one. On his street trucks and his track only trucks.
Phil
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Built Lightning block.
Stage 3 Ported heads. high performance Cams
Kenne Bell L upgrade blower 16 PSI
DMR Cog belt system
Kooks long tube headers
BTS race built 4R100 tranny
100 shot of nitrous
best 1/4 to date.
60' 1.68
11.76 @ 116.17
150XLT, that would make sense to purge it off the cowl then, it looks really cool to see a truck purge with it set up like that
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- '01 Procharged Lariat on a custom suspension w/ go fast mods - Tuned by Troyer (and a lil' something in the works)
- '03 Harley Davidson Edition -worlds first "Snake Bit" Harley Truck, shows in stock class,
- 'New Eddie Bauer Expedition - Tuned by VMP (boost coming soon) old albumshttp://www.f150online.com/galleries/....cfm?gnum=8805
Saturday morning i am going back to the dyno. I got my aux. idler in and on on today. I put the 8lber on just to see how much of a longer belt I would need. I decided to try to put the 4lb belt on the 8lb, after about 5 minutes and a purple palm later(from the 1/2" rachet) I got that bitch on. I didnt think it would even be close to going on but it did. I am going to pick up a new gates belt probably tomorrow just for back up. I am running a gatorback now but have been seeing thread after thread saying how much better the gates HD belts are so i am going to try one out. I hope to make some good numbers with my combo and if all else fails my tuner is a metco dealer and told me he has a 10lber sitting on the shelf
I am pleased to say that i have less than $180 in the idler and the 8lber including shipping and i even payed extra for 3day air on the idler. Their is deals to be had on parts. Just for reference a new 8lber is $130.
I have to say,,if it was a good idea to not run one you wouldn't be the ONLY one not running one!
JLP has the fastest trucks around and I bet he runs one. On his street trucks and his track only trucks.
you said u r running a 8.8 rear with all that power. how well do they hold up im putting in a lighting motor myself in the next month. im taking out my 4.2 v6 and putting in the lighting motor. what mods would u suggest me to do
I kept the 8.8 due to weight. It is lighter than the 9.75 of the l. I was told by two chassis shops that the 8.8 would hold with it being braced and the tubes welded. I am going to put a locker or a spool in mine and try and wait till this winter when it goes in for the cage and get the bracing done then. If weight isn't an issue put a 9.75 in it and call it a day.
that's a nice additional idler what brand is it???
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- '01 Procharged Lariat on a custom suspension w/ go fast mods - Tuned by Troyer (and a lil' something in the works)
- '03 Harley Davidson Edition -worlds first "Snake Bit" Harley Truck, shows in stock class,
- 'New Eddie Bauer Expedition - Tuned by VMP (boost coming soon) old albumshttp://www.f150online.com/galleries/....cfm?gnum=8805
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On his street trucks and his track only trucks.
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