Hello All

Been lurking for a while. Met a few of you on here at Denton,Ennis, and Redline. I have an old beater '88 RCSB with an LT1. Hung out with RedHeartbeat and Cowl327 at Denton some. It's good to be finally posting. :)

Wazzup, Z? Got the truck ready for the season? I killed my 80e so its dead for a while. Well, didn't kill it but its slipping.

I think If you were a little gentler on the ride, it would stay together longer. I know that is no fun. Going to Dallas tomorow morning to pick up some M/T drag radials to compliment the Caltracs.

welcome to site man , if u dont mind how much did u get the cal-trac bars for and where

Hey. I believe I meet you out at Ennis when Cowl,Grey Silver and Mean05 were there.

You were the camera man right? I ordered the caltracs from calvert racing. I think they were $370 shipped. Check calvertracing.com for info. They have a great photo gallery with a few trucks in it with daylight under the front tires. They are very helpful, so don't be afraid to ask questions about adjustments for the most traction on your set up.

Welcome

Welcome to LS1truck! So, a "beater" with an LT1 that needs M/Ts and Caltracs??? What in the heck have you done to that thing? Is the motor from a Vette? F-body? Impala?

Its a nice truck IMO. Std cab is nice to have when dragging. He's gonna do a little FI one day if all works out. I'm thinking it was an Fbody engine, can't remember for sure.

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welcome

Hello and Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to have you here

welcome

:hyper2:Cool. Nice to have you on the site.

I don't get to much computer time so sorry i'm slow to post up responses. Thanks so much for the warm welcome,eveyone here is great. To answer some of the questions It is out of a 97 fbody. It has been stroked to a 383 using Scat crank, rod, and JE pistons. Stock ported heads with a 224 230.535 .540 comp cam sporting 1.6 rockers. A TC76 is hopefully not to far into the fuuture. Red I got my M/T radials but can't make it to the track this weekend because of my brother-in-law's wedding. Hopefully next weekend weather permitting, so get yours together and come out.

Damn, I bet that "beater" of your can move pretty well. Did you build the motor for FI? That cam looks kinda small and how far did you port the heads? How much did you raise the compression ratio?

When I built the motor i did not have FI in mind, but I used good parts so I think it will take 12-15psi max with 10.4:1 compression on E85. Only plan to run 8psi on the street and turn it up at the track on ocassion. The cam is alittle small for a 383 but I was trying to build a strong midrange torque motor. The port work is mild like the cam. I pull with the truck some so I didn't get to crazy with the combo.

What are you mounting the Mickeys on?

15x8 1985 ralleys. I didn't want to spend money on new wheels so I asked the guy I got the M/Ts from if he had any old wheels that would work. He went behind is shop to look and came back with two very rough looking ralleys. I said how much? He said their yours if you want em. FREE! That is my favorite price, so I stopped by Auto Zone on the way home for some sand paper and wheel paint. Plan on going to the track this weekend are you?

tranny is the truck is fried. Other half just came out of surgery on her back Thursday so I'm going to hang with her until she feels half human again.

Track...as in Ennis? From what I understand, a few of us are going to Ennis this upcoming weekend. Or are you talking about Denton???

Red, hope all goes well and she feels better soon.

As for going to the track, I was refering to Denton. I would love to go to Ennis, but the first time with caltracs and drag radials I thought I would stay close to home incase I find a weak link. Ennis is 2hr. away Denton 40 min. Once I get a few shake down passes and figure out everything is going to hold up. I will make the journey to the Motorplex.