Why not more 10 second Eaton+bottle trucks?
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Why not more 10 second Eaton+bottle trucks?
Just looking around I find a lot of the 10 second trucks running KB's and not many at all running a eaton and the bottle. Is there some major reason nobody goes this route?
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From: Webster, TX
Originally Posted by Casey02L
Just looking around I find a lot of the 10 second trucks running KB's and not many at all running a eaton and the bottle. Is there some major reason nobody goes this route?
No more bottle = no more 10 second truck
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My only thought is this:
If you have the money for a built block, built heads, built tranny, roll bar, suspension/tire, and everything else it takes to build a ten second truck, Chances are that the extra money for a KB really isn't that much. Especially when you consider a GOOD nitrous set up is going to run well over a grand by the time its all done, and your going to spend 500 bucks on porting your eaton and getting pullies for it, your too close to the cost of a big boy blower. A blower you can ALWAYS enjoy, not just when you hit the button. Everyone talks about dropping 3-5K on a built block and you've got a ten second truck, when I think you'll find that MOST people running consistant tens have well over 20k into thier truck between parts labor tuning and stuff.
If you have the money for a built block, built heads, built tranny, roll bar, suspension/tire, and everything else it takes to build a ten second truck, Chances are that the extra money for a KB really isn't that much. Especially when you consider a GOOD nitrous set up is going to run well over a grand by the time its all done, and your going to spend 500 bucks on porting your eaton and getting pullies for it, your too close to the cost of a big boy blower. A blower you can ALWAYS enjoy, not just when you hit the button. Everyone talks about dropping 3-5K on a built block and you've got a ten second truck, when I think you'll find that MOST people running consistant tens have well over 20k into thier truck between parts labor tuning and stuff.
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From: Jasper Alabama
Originally Posted by Master Of Pain
No more bottle = no more 10 second truck
just keep a spare
plus if you give something hell like me its good to not have the power there all the time
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From: Greater Boston
yeah
with all it takes to get a Heaton/juice truck into the tens, might as well put a KB on it and call it a day.
In either case, the stock block would hold up consistanly and you'll need a new one.
In either case, the stock block would hold up consistanly and you'll need a new one.
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From: O'Fallon, MO
Originally Posted by tallimeca
that's the problem, if i could add up all i've done and could start over from day 1, i would do alot of things different.
Oh well!
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From: Arizona
There are a couple of trucks that will be dipping into the 10's this race season in AZ.
Originally Posted by koopdaddy
If you live in AZ, you will not be hitting tens w\ Nitrous and a KB or Eaton, at least I have never seen it yet!!