Back from Thunder Shootout

[01Thunder]

well got back from the thunder shootout last night and let me say it was a blast.
lots of racin and jokin around.
i made it to the second round and broke out.
but other than that it was fun.
transmission held up nicely. have to say a little to good. second gear really kept my times down because of all the wheel spin. gonna have to see what i can do with edit to fix that.
if anybody knows what i can do, feel free to explain. i can use all the help i can get.
another thing that hurt me in my opinion was the lack of tuning. something is just not right with the way the truck is runnin.
my best was a 15.281 @ 90.11 mph, 60ft- 2.265, and my 1/8 mile at 9.889 @ 72.07 mph
well im gonna be lookin for some springs and a nice sounding cam with some horse power. that will be my next mod and then maybe i can finally get some tuning done.

[farmtruc]

Hey thanks for the update, from reading the post it sounds like it was fun.
So how many ppl/trucks showed up?

I bet it was a blast with all those trucks.

It just came up too fast for me to go, maybe next time.

Get that tuning going before you get more mods, it'll be a lot easier than trying to fix more than one thing.
What is your truck doing that it's not running right?


later,

allen

[01Thunder]

there where 13 trucks in the truck eleiminator. that qualified on Sat.
3 more showed up sunday but they wouldnt let them in our class.
they had to run the bracket class
my truck ran a 15.2 early sat mornin and from then on it just got slower and slower. while everybody else was getting quicker. kinda sucked.
so you think i should go ahead and tune before getting a cam installed.?

[farmtruc]

Originally posted by 01Thunder@Nov 10 2003, 10:24 PM
there where 13 trucks in the truck eleiminator. that qualified on Sat.
3 more showed up sunday but they wouldnt let them in our class.
they had to run the bracket class
my truck ran a 15.2 early sat mornin and from then on it just got slower and slower. while everybody else was getting quicker. kinda sucked.
so you think i should go ahead and tune before getting a cam installed.?

I'll have to get up there next time, sounded like lots of fun.

Ya, i would go ahead and try to get out maximum hp/tq before moving on.

just my opionion,

i'll be down in houston later this month if you need some assistance,


allen

[Scream]

Not at all flaming...just asking a question--why would you tune BEFORE doing the cam swap? The truck will need tuning after the cam, so why not get the truck fine-tuned after the cam?

Now, if there is a problem, you need to get that straightened out before moving on to other mods.

[01Thunder]

that was my thoughts also. but allen knows more about this stuff than i do. so if he says to do it that way. i will listen very closely.

i heard allen you where gonna be at the truck gathering nov. 30th
if im there would you mind taking a look at my program. i havnt been able to do much with it. basically its a HPPIII program with no torque management and shift firmness.
i dont have auto tap yet. but im gonna go see if i can get an O2 bung welded in sometime before the meet.
im tryin to make it to MTI but just havnt been able to do it yet.

[99 red silver]

Did you get any video?

[01Thunder]

yeah i got some vid and some pics i will try and post them on here real soon.

[Hit Man X]

Hey '01Thunder:

Glad to see that your tranny is holding together well. I don't know too much about tuning but if you are using the HPP3 program as a base you don't gain much.

I'd get your shift points up, and begin adding timing.

I am going to try to make it to the meet on the 30th on Nov in H-town...I have ATAP if you want to run with it and log some stuff. It's the Enhanced version for all Domestic/Import vehicles.

[01Thunder]

yeah im really tryin to make it to the meet. i appreciate the offer and will accept if i make it. ill let you know. what will i need for this to read. do i need anything before this happens?