MAD turbo werks: MAD TRUCK BUILD::::

[snafu!]

Looks like it is cleaning up those 205s no problem. What are your plans for heads, anything special?

[TwinTurboStroker]

Could you not being able to hook up have anything to do with you puking coolant like crazy all over the left front tire???

[PGreenSVT]

No and seeing the coolant temp rise when he got into the boost is a pretty good sign the head gaskets are gone.

[4realestate]

You Know, that was very big of you to acknowledge you were wrong. It takes some balls to talk smack, but it takes big balls to say you were wrong.
That really is great.

BUT.....

Don't think for one second that we are going to sit around a campfire and sing kumbaya. OH NO NO NO !
You better make with the Evil Kenevil helmet Picture buddy, or 4 wheel make believe burn outs will be the least of your problems. C'mon man, make with the picture !



Moderators: My mention of 4 wheel burn outs was in no way a manner in which I was trying to revisit page 14 and 15 of this thread. I am in no way trying to degenarate the thread, nor am I trying to get myself banned. Just a gentle, kind, and christian way of poking fun at a fellow .org'er .
It's all good clean fun.

Originally Posted by madpowerstroke

I have been trying to get track time for my truck but, things always seem to stop me. I went to a local track 45 minutes away on thursday night just to have them cancel. So even tho the engine is hurt I still want track times just to show some sort of time. I don't have heads ready yet so until I do and tracks ready to close for season I wanted something.

Well I found a 1/4 mile track, running on sunday so off I went 4 1/2 hours away to get to it. Now before I tell times let me say that I don't have any other truck to haul the truck to the track, so I actually drove the truck to the track, yes with bad head gasket. I would notice that any time I built boost on the freeway any higher than 6psi the coolant temp would go up 8 degrees. This is not a excuse it is reality on what was going on with my truck.

So here it goes, got to the track it was 74 degrees, I got a weight for the truck from a cat certified scale at truck stop about 4 minutes away just incase there wasn't a scale at this track. The weight of the truck 2004 ext. cab short bed with 35" tires and me(230) pounds in the truck in street trim 7600lbs even. It was with a full tank of fuel, since I fueled just before getting to track, never been there so didn't know what was around. I took air out of tires to 20psi back 30psi front.

I have never went down the track in one of these 4x4 diesel trucks so I had trouble with the tree pre stage, stage and boosted launch. Not to meantion that the first two runs I put truck in 4x4 and the front tires wouldn't engage.
I put a nice tire spinning show 1,2,3, gears down the track before the truck grabbed. I removed the hub covers on front tires and manually locked the hubs. I did a boosted launch but was haveing trouble timing the boost and lights to go. The fastest et I got was 13.4 and fastest trap speed of 104.58mph. I was having alot of trouble hooking up even in 4x4 60 foot times where 2.64, and never really got a good boosted launch. According to the horsepower calulation for mph the truck is at about 590rwhp. Not what I wanted but I went trough a gallon on anti freeze at the track. I'm also running 35" tire with stock 3:73 gears.

My last run when I was boosting I had smoke coming from under the hood, smelled like burn fuel, I have no idea where it was coming from but that's when I said "I'm done!" The inside fender well on driver's side was dripping wet, the other runs just wet, I would go and wipe it down, and spray with brake fuild to dry it off. I know I was over flowing at full boost, and the track officals never came and got me for wetting the track. Well I had enough and I got some sort of numbers for you members, and I didn't want to blow the head gasket out completely and have to find a tow 4 1/2 miles back home.

I limped the truck back home and had to add one gallon, just before I got home. All I know is success is not easy, but if it was then you won't be happy of yourself when you achieve it. I believe I went above and be on to get numbers including risking being stranded 4 1/2 hours away from home, and breaking the truck hard. I was told not to post the results but I will post the good with the bad I have nothing to hide and want to be truthful. Well atleast it was better than the dyno where I got a 489rwhp, and blew the head gasket a little. Now I blew it alot, and need to put truck down to fix it. Thanks and I'll be back, time for the winter build.

I will also like to say to Greg, and Lance that the front tires were probably not spinning when I did the boosted launch. Kind of hard to tell when your hanging on try to drive straight. I do know that the truck was spinning the tires at the track both back and one of the front. Sorry for the bashing you guys took but you two were right, when I'm wrong I'm wrong.

Here's a video of truck going down track street trim, as the truck was weighed, I took nothing off.mad turbo werks truck - YouTube

[PGreenSVT]

Originally Posted by 4realestate

You Know, that was very big of you to acknowledge you were wrong. It takes some balls to talk smack, but it takes big balls to say you were wrong.
That really is great.

BUT.....

Don't think for one second that we are going to sit around a campfire and sing kumbaya. OH NO NO NO !
You better make with the Evil Kenevil helmet Picture buddy, or 4 wheel make believe burn outs will be the least of your problems. C'mon man, make with the picture !



Moderators: My mention of 4 wheel burn outs was in no way a manner in which I was trying to revisit page 14 and 15 of this thread. I am in no way trying to degenarate the thread, nor am I trying to get myself banned. Just a gentle, kind, and christian way of poking fun at a fellow .org'er .
It's all good clean fun.

Good of you to point that out. I actually do take the time to read these thoroughly and my comprehension is pretty good. I understand and recognize the difference between good natured ribbing and stirring the pot.


AND I want to see the pics too. Man up Adrian. Post the helmet shots.

[madpowerstroke]

Ok I started to look at the truck, I had my daily driver car down for tranny repairs so couldn't look at truck right away. So here's what I found so far, the proble with trying to build boost on line and the truck running flat has my up pipe to turbo clamp broke. I must have tighten too much and the flex busted the clamp. So basically I was losing drive pressure all around the flange, and was still able to run as fast as I did.

Yes the head gaskets are gone, drivers side, so I will need to replace the heads. I was thinking about the whole build and I came up with I will be doing nothing special to the heads, basically lite port done by my self and bigger stronger push rods. Why? well for cost and to show what is possilble with not getting into the big worked heads. So that's where the truck is now, I will be taking truck down soon and getting heads ready for replacement.

I'm still working on picture of helmet, dam you guys just won't let it rest. I'm restoring the stars on helmet so it will be just a little while. I'll get a picture of me in it but can't use it not approved due to production date 70's.

[4realestate]

Now you see, thats a big misconception... you can wear the helmet
As long as the wearer has a production date in the 70's as well.

Originally Posted by madpowerstroke

Ok I started to look at the truck, I had my daily driver car down for tranny repairs so couldn't look at truck right away. So here's what I found so far, the proble with trying to build boost on line and the truck running flat has my up pipe to turbo clamp broke. I must have tighten too much and the flex busted the clamp. So basically I was losing drive pressure all around the flange, and was still able to run as fast as I did.

Yes the head gaskets are gone, drivers side, so I will need to replace the heads. I was thinking about the whole build and I came up with I will be doing nothing special to the heads, basically lite port done by my self and bigger stronger push rods. Why? well for cost and to show what is possilble with not getting into the big worked heads. So that's where the truck is now, I will be taking truck down soon and getting heads ready for replacement.

I'm still working on picture of helmet, dam you guys just won't let it rest. I'm restoring the stars on helmet so it will be just a little while. I'll get a picture of me in it but can't use it not approved due to production date 70's.

[madpowerstroke]

Originally Posted by 4realestate

Now you see, thats a big misconception... you can wear the helmet
As long as the wearer has a production date in the 70's as well.

Then I geuss I have to get a 60's helmet somewhere

[psd_va]

Any updates?

[madpowerstroke]

So far I'm gathering parts, have heads being worked on, hpop on way, headers are here, lifters, pushrods ordered, intake manifold almost done, electric fan, and stage 4 standing by. I hope to have everything for next month, then tear truck down and get it ready.