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I guess I found my truck's nickname... well the announcer did. After some crazy wheelhop and spinning a quarter of the way down the track and heading toward the wall, I guess the "ice skater" is a suitable name. The flip kit won't deal with the power.
It will if you set it up proper
ive heard that trucks can drop a few tenths with the flip kit which is why i just ordered mine
are there more mods than in your sig?
Lol, what'd ya run
On the "ice skating run" I ran 18.4 at 83, but still beat the turbo 5.3. This suspension setup is all rigged by the original owner and I haven't put any work into it yet. The best run of the day was a 15.5 at 87. It was still fully loaded down and I didn't stall the converter or anything on that run... just waited for the green (not the last yellow) and then mashed it. I know it is capable of a low 15/high 14. Maybe next time.
You can't really see the wheelhop but you can hear the announcer saying I must be trying out for Olympic skating. I don't know what the guy in that turbo 5.3 was doing wrong that I managed to get him.
I have a flip kit on my turbo 5.3 and cut a 1.98 not stalling it up
Yeah Id say you just need to adjust your pinion angle.
How do you go about that? Different brackets? I do get a little driveline vibration around 50 at heavy throttle.Quote:
Originally Posted by WARLOCK
Stalling it up is what got me. My first run hooked up perfectly when I just mashed it on the green light.Quote:
Originally Posted by ducky
whyyou run a 160 t stat?
are you on stock tires?
160 tstat because I want it to run cool on hot summer days here, and yeah I have stock tires. 245/70R16 Grabber UHPs
Does anyone know if they make traction bars for flip kit dropped trucks?
i got wheel hop on my stock tires. switched to 275/60/17 and it went awayQuote:
Originally Posted by yournamehere018
These are about worn out anyway. This time I am going to buy the widest it will fit. Does anyone know what that is? My OBS would take a 315mm wide before it hit the leaf springs.
for wheel hop, your biggest problem has to be the pinion angle...
wheel hop is most often caused by spring wrap-up. removing the overload springs aggrevates it. Putting spring clamps on the spring packs helps to strengthen the spring packs. Putting a rubber snubber between the overload leaf and the spring pack also limits some of the spring wrap-up. You're always going to have issues with some spring wrap-up where the spring is only one layer thick up by the front eye bolt, Caltracs help prevent wrap-up in that location.
How do you like your Grabber UHps?
I still have the overload springs and also have the snubbers on each overload spring but it still hops like crazy. Caltracs would help for sure, but I think the flip kit rules out that option, or do they make something that would work?Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
I love them. They wear faster than normal tires but that can be expected. They hook up very well, especially for 245s, and in the rain they act like the road is dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by WARLOCK