CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Well..... I was out toolin in my Jensen.... and I hear a loud blower whine. I look around and I see a Ford Lightning pull behind me. I can hear his blower whine over my exhaust, it was bloody loud! He almost turns right, but at the last second gets behind me in the left turn lane, so I figured he wanted to run. We turn left, he gets beside me, and from about a 20 mph roll we hit it. I hit it slightly before he did, probably got a fender on him, pulled a little bit but then he started to pull me, we got up to about 80mph and my bumper was on his 1/4 panel. Pretty danged quick truck I think, though I've never timed my Jensen it seemed to pull pretty hard. Danged Ford surprised me!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chivo 1986 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 But u got him. Thats wut counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatTallCanadian Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 But u got him. Thats wut counts. read it again lol he didn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 But u got him. Thats wut counts. Yeah, no... he got me!!!! He probably would have had me by 2+ lengths in the 1/4 mile... my Jensen feels pretty quick too but he was pulling on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Well you shoulda been driving the motor home! hahaha Seriously that's pretty good especially if the L! had upgraded to the KB blower. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Well you shoulda been driving the motor home! hahaha Seriously that's pretty good especially if the L! had upgraded to the KB blower. Mr. P. I have no idea what was done to the truck to be honest, but it couldn't have been stock, the blower whine was loud. Maybe a loud gear drive, but it sure sounded like blower whine to me. I gotta go lose some more races! LOL!!! Bastards! I haven't been to the track yet, I've got people guessing all over the map, it will be interesting for sure. I have 3.08 gears out back so my 60 foot times might be closer to one minute than what you guys all do! I have a 440 Charger now too I'm gonna redo a bit and beat on at the track, hope to get it and the Jensen a few timeslips this summer. Don't know if I posted before but I took my motorhome out to Mission TWICE, and both times they refunded my money and wouldn't let me run!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) ...Don't know if I posted before but I took my motorhome out to Mission TWICE, and both times they refunded my money and wouldn't let me run!!!!! NO! I mean really, if they allow jet cars and old school busses on the track, then what could they possibly have against the Winnie?! Mr. P. OHHHH Wait - I get it, they want you to put a rollcage in the motorhome! Edited May 23, 2011 by Mr. P. (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 NO! I mean really, if they allow jet cars and old school busses on the track, then what could they possibly have against the Winnie?! Mr. P. OHHHH Wait - I get it, they want you to put a rollcage in the motorhome! WORSE! Rumors run around of course, and the first attempt to get through tech left me with two tech guys crawling around giving me a "list" of sorts- I had to pull the propane tanks, empty my water systems, remove my drawers, fasten the oven door shut etc etc etc. So I did it, all of it. I went back to tech, they let me buy a tech card, then someone from the tower comes running down telling me I can't buy a tech card because I won't be allowed to run. It was a Friday Night Street Drags. After some back and forth bickering the top tech guy comes over and tells me I can't run tonight, and a few excuses later he seems to stick to "You'll tear up the starting pad". LOL!!!!!!!!! I tell him it couldn't possibly spin, it's a dually rear, and it's only 360 cubes!! They wouldn't let me run, and refunded my money. I then heard through friends some of the tech guys thought I was a lot faster than I was "claiming". IT'S A MOTORHOME!! If I got 17s I would be rolling around laughing, I guess rumors were going around and getting my motorhome faster and faster in imaginaryland. I went back again with a buddy who knows the guys who run the track. Bought my tech card, pulled up to tech, the guy in my lane wouldn't tech it, the second guy comes over and starts more or less telling us he doesn't think I'll be able to run, as the first tech guy heads up to the tower. Ron Farmer comes down, tells me I had "better not of bought a tech card".... lol and tells me I can't run. We ask WHY??? He tells us..... "One of the tech guys watched you pull the wheels and it's too dangerous, you need to use something to limit the front end travel before you'll be allowed to try to pass tech." I then tell him I have BUNNY HOPPED my motorhome, and though it will pull the front end up very high, it's not an actual "wheelie", I have to bounce it to get the nose up. He shakes his head and says "Nope, the tech SAW YOU." LOL It does NOT "wheelie", but the front will bounce sky high, which is what he must have seen. He told me if I had a device to limit front end travel I could run. We stared at Farmer, stared at each other and I asked him "Are you telling me I need wheelie bars on my MOTORHOME??!" He said Yup!. Silly as heck. I've since had back and forth emails with Farmer and he said I could run it at the Truck Drags, which I might do. It won't pull the wheels from a standing start, and if it did it wouldn't be very high or for more than a foot or two, and it won't be fast. Might beat a few ricers, but it won't be running down any V8 cars or trucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprayed99 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 I have no idea what was done to the truck to be honest, but it couldn't have been stock, the blower whine was loud. Maybe a loud gear drive, but it sure sounded like blower whine to me. I gotta go lose some more races! LOL!!! Bastards! I haven't been to the track yet, I've got people guessing all over the map, it will be interesting for sure. I have 3.08 gears out back so my 60 foot times might be closer to one minute than what you guys all do! I have a 440 Charger now too I'm gonna redo a bit and beat on at the track, hope to get it and the Jensen a few timeslips this summer. Don't know if I posted before but I took my motorhome out to Mission TWICE, and both times they refunded my money and wouldn't let me run!!!!! KB blower if it was that loud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 ... it's only 360 cubes!! ..."One of the tech guys watched you pull the wheels ... Oh my bad - I thought you had a 440 in there. I would find a set of 6.xx rear gears just for a lark to get a pic of the thing carrying the front tires through the lights! I can see their point of removing all the 'loose parts' inside the coach, but beyond that... WTF? Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Oh my bad - I thought you had a 440 in there. I would find a set of 6.xx rear gears just for a lark to get a pic of the thing carrying the front tires through the lights! I can see their point of removing all the 'loose parts' inside the coach, but beyond that... WTF? Mr. P. Just a wee small block I tell ya!! And after I got my tech refunded my idiotic buddies started circulating this photoshopped pic just to try to get me deeper into trouble!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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