Competition Busy weekend, Twins are in...finally

[RyanB]

how many water nozzles are you using?

There are 6 in total but I am thinking of adding another to my intake pipe close to my manifold turbo. What that is going to let me do is let me run it the way I am now or let me plug the port injected ones and just run 3 in the actual intake system. My first few pulls I am probably going to do it that way just to know how hot its getting. Don't want to put the fire out the first time at the line and I figure a short burst will be alright anyway.



Yeah, its alot of hose (there is alot you can't see!) but oh well, makes it look nice. Thought about just getting the local hydrolic place to make me up what I need but in the end it is almost the same money and this way I can take them apart and modify them my self.



RyanB

 

[Graphic man]

Looks good Ryan !!!



now we need to get that beast out at the pulls !!!!Oo.

 

[BigBadDodge]

Agreed, can't wait to see that baby hooked to a sled



Awesome!!!!



BBD

 

[RyanB]

Looks good Ryan !!!



now we need to get that beast out at the pulls !!!!Oo.

Thanks Scott- Hopefully if I get what I am waiting on from Sumit Racing before Friday I should have it out at its first hook on Saturday night. Its in Drayton about 20mins north of me. Going to demo Saturday durring the Tractor show and on Sunday they have the Trucks (Marc is going to pull in Pro-Street and see if he can mess up the points seeing he is still only running a single charger) and if all went well Saturday night I might pull again Sunday. thats if I get it finished!



Ryan

 

[RyanB]

I see Smoke!

Well, after wrenching almost 3 days straight this past weekend (doing everything on a truck at once to get it ready for pulling is ALOT of work ieump R&R,Building Twins,hood stack, Custom intake, Pluming new cooling system (new rad), electric fans/water pump, Water injection,Set up my ARB Locker, Air Shut-off, fuel dump, dual feed, fuel cell, electric fuel pumps, Custom Guage console with 6 guages, 10 switches, built my own reese style hitch, custom pulling draw bar, traction bars, and last but not least drive shaft loops... there is probably more that I forgot but its alot of work to do all that at once just to get it ready to pull. Would be easier to do a few things at a time but that wasn't possible.



Anyway, after the busy weekend I finally got all the wiring finished and it was ready to fire for the first time with the twins/hood stack.



Alot of you guys in this post said they wanted to see the "First Smoke" so here it is. Actually, it wasn't the first smoke (after the initial start up I let it idle for a while to break in the new turbo's then let it sit at 1500 RPM for another 10 minutes why I checked truck over for leaks, vibrations, hidden tools (found that 10mm socket I was looking for Friday!!!). Then just before final shut down we did a few short snaps of the throttle. I am amazed at the smoke from the hole setup and can't wait to see what its going to be like under load (highest RPM tonight was only 3500)



Here is a cheesey video I just put together for you all to see.



YouTube - First Smoke with the Hood Stack





Not much left to do on the truck other than clean up the wiring for the guages, paint the trim ring on the hood stack stack and build my my weight bracket (I have decieded to put a 30"x10"x8" tall box out front and fill it with lead weights (I have 1200 lbs and will pour it molten into 10"long 2x2 thin wall square tubing and cap either end. Gives me room to move weight around if I want.



Anyway, thanks for all the comments on this post and Saturday the 25th is my first pull with the truck (I was planning on bringing it down to Schieds but this is my home town pull and all my family/friends that have watched me wrench on it for over 3 years now are comming to see it pull for the first time.



Thanks again... RyanB

 

[wildmanben]

looks good! That thing ought to pull awesome!

 

[WUnderwood]

looks great!

good luck on your first pull

 

[HOTRODDER]

Hey Ryan





Looks good, I hope she keeps up!:-laf

 

[RyanB]

Hey Ryan





Looks good, I hope she keeps up!:-laf

Heath??? right now I am just worried about getting it on the track and hooked to the sled. 3+ years in building are comming down to this weekend and I think the nerves are starting to kick in. Probably going to be shaking like a leaf Saturday afternoon!



RyanB

 

[HOTRODDER]

Hi Ryan,





You will do fine, your not the only one who shakes at a pull for the first time, you've only got one or two trucks to be concerned with, Iv got to deal with 5! ( and there owners:-laf)

 

[Timbeaux38]

Awesome Ryan, You should be very proud!!!!!