Spending time with my Beautiful Wife: Watching or Attending NHRA Drag Racing, Movies, Dinner, Playing Scrabble, Shooting, whatever...
Watching my Step-Daughter play sports!
Working on and Racing my F250!
Shooting: I'm not a gun fanatic, but I do enjoy going to the range and burning up some ammo from time to time (I don't go as often as I'd like though).
Music
Metal(ish): Metallica, Disturbed, Nickelback, Godsmack, Dio, Evanescence, Linkin Park (older), Saliva (older)
Country(ish): AKUS, Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Jr., Trace Adkins, Clint Black, Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, Chris Ledoux
Movies
Most Recent: ???
Favorites: Top Gun, Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, American History X, Cars, Tombstone, Twister, Last Samurai, The Rookie, Transformers
Television
Mostly good Dramas and Comedies: Numbers, Boston Legal, CSI (original), Chuck, Big Bang Theory, Hells Kitchen...Food Network Rocks!
Husband to a GREAT wife and Step-Dad to a GREAT daughter. I refuse to grow up, if I can play with cars and trucks for the rest of my life I'll be one hell of a happy camper! Besides my Powerstroke Diesel addiction, I love anything else fast...Airplanes, Roller Coasters, NHRA Drag Racing...the faster the better!
Currently on my thrill-seeker "to do" list is the Super Ride at Fighter Combat International, a Vintage Fighter Plane Ride at the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force and jumping out of a perfectly good airplane...just for the hell of it. I'm also working on my race truck project with a goal of having a respectable street/strip truck capable of 11 second 1/4 mile times AND "cruise night" drivability!
ITP Race Truck - Information
Complete Details of the truck and it's modifications can be found HERE.
Next Scheduled Track Trip:
UNKNOWN
Check out the video below of the ITP Project Truck at the race track on 5/24/08! We shaved .5 seconds off our previous best due to having traction and being able to make a boosted launch. There is still a bit of a learning curve with the slicks, the truck needs more runs to dial in tire pressure and shock settings. We didn't get a time slip from the best run of the night so I only have the numbers from the sign in some pictures. Other runs were 13.34 and 13.35 with 60' times of 1.88 and 1.85. The truck has since gone quicker (see below)...but we don't have a good video of it.
With the recent changes I'm really hoping to see high 12's out of this thing the next time it hits the track.
Changed Since Last Time Down Track:
New AFCO Double Adjustable Coilover Shocks
New AFCO Coilover Springs (200 lb/in)
Batteries Moved to Bed (95# off Front of Truck)
Misc Unnecessary Brackets Removed (30# off Front of Truck)
Line Lock Installed (No More Cooking Rear Brakes on Burnout)
All New Brake Rotors and Pads
Switched to Schaeffers 7000 Oil
Replaced Cam Position Sensor
ITP Race Truck - Track Performance
BEST RUN TO DATE:
Track : Speedworld
Date / Time : 06/27/08 - 11:39pm
Reaction Time : .486
60 Foot Time : 1.784
1/8th Mile : 8.338
1/4 Mile : 13.108 @ 102.779
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Good luck today at Speedworld Dennis! Couldn't make this weekend, but I'm headed down next weekend for the Northern AZ Shootout there, I need redemption after my embarrassing run with the truck last time!
400? have you done aftermarket injectors, turbo, or HPOP? or are these the things youre waiting on for the race motor? im pretty excited about next weekend ive never been to a NHRDA event i have to go..
Yes, it was great finally meeting you. Hopefully i can stick around longer next time!! I wish i could be down there today. It is cool to finally meet all the guys, i am hoping i can meet of them. Thanks for the Happy Anniversary. Enjoy TruckFest
