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Old Jul 16, 2010
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That pinion brake idea is sweet!
 
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FML Got my BRAND NEW hood today, in a wooden box, wrapped in cardboard, with foam around it, and Fed ex still managed to crease it. GODDDDDDDAMMMMMMMIT, this thing is a PITA. So much for a hood for TS!

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fu**in Fed EX..... i hate fed ex.

hows the truck running?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2010
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EVIL!
 
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Ohhh that sucks!
 
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Teaser:

YouTube - Rebuild.MOV
 
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Hell yeah!!!!!!!
 
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Hell yeah!!!!!!!
Thats my line!!!

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i haveer never seen brakes on the driveshaft!
 
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funny, i ordered a hood and fedex did the same thing to mine!
 
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i haveer never seen brakes on the driveshaft!
Have you ever seen 2 1/2 ton axles? They've all got brakes on them.

Never seen one on a axle like that though
 
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No room anywhere else for it. LOL
 
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Ahhh she's home:

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Ahhh she's home:

Sweet grocery getter! Doesn't sound very diesely . . .

Progress looks and sounds amazing, can't wait to see it done! Should bring it to the NHRDA Division 6 Championship in Edmonton, so I can't see it . . . hah!
 
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So we won 1st place at the TS outlaw race. We were the least broken in our field. LOL Alomost hit the wall when we blew out a freeze plug on our very first test runs Wed. night. Decided right then and there screw the cooling system, its not needed on a 1/4 mile race truck. So after the TS race I realized she needs a diet, so we cut out the entire cooling system, radiator, hoses, bottles, etc. ALso removed the right passenger seat, belts and mounts, all the carpet, and removed one battery, and one nitrous bottle and moved the other bottle next to the battery.


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I just seen the aftermath picture of what happens when a freeze plug goes. Glad you didn't wreck
 
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Stupid commies, China has youtube blocked, whats the teaser of? Where's the next race you're taking it to?

What time did you run?
 
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So I got this one today. 2009 Haulmark 5200# axles, V-nose, the whole Enchilada. Guys wife was pissed off at him and made him sell it. I got it for a song. No more pulling that POS flat bed around.

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Thats a sweet trailer.
 
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Very nice
 
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Thats a sweet trailer.
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Nice score.
 
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Nice Trailer! Good to see it running again! You are fast at getting it back in working condition! Wish I could pull that off.

Where is the aftermath picture of a blown freeze plug? I guess you cant drive it around town now with no cooling system?
 
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Nope, no more driving it around town. It is ffor now a dedicated race truck.
 
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What times did it run!?
 
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Stuck a shock, best still is a 12.2, but were hitting the track Friday night.
 
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