Competition truck pulling

[JDinterman]

Hey guys I was wondering how many of you that pull are using automatic transmissions? I want to eventually after I pay some more off of my truck start playing with it it's a 02 regular cab with the auto would be better getting another truck for this or can I make it work.





Thanks



Jonathan

 

[Cumminsman]

you CAN make it work. IMHO, it's a lot harder and more expensive to do with an automatic. depending on how hot you want to go. MEvins in mid tenn area has a really stout '02 auto. the first thing i would do is upgrade the transmission with dtt, ats or suncoast. because you will have a problem with the stock trans. i pulled with an auto for 4 years. and won a few of them. the preferred transmission to pull with is a standard though. good luck to you, nick

 

[MMiller]

I believe propuller uses an auto in his truck. I saw it pull last summer and did not relize it was an auto. Maybe he will jump in here.



Michael

 

[JDinterman]

Thanks guys thats what I was figuring I know alot of the gassers around here use autos and they seem to do better than the sticks. I an just doing some preliminary planning I have to get the money and convince the wife first I put a stack on it and that didn't go over well at first.



Thanks

Jonathan

 

[Cumminsman]

LOL @ the stack comment. i understand completely. imho, a auto with a tight tc can compete well. you'd need a pretty quick spooling turbo. b1 ks or something similar. good luck, nick

 

[propuller]

Yes you can pull with the auto if it is set up properly. I have a DTT auto with the billet input shaft & hub(saving up for the billet output) & i have been very sucsesfull competing against the manuals. Last year when i pulled i held the brake at the line to spool up the B-1 turbo & then when she started to push through the brakes i let off the brake & pushed the pedal to the metal. I shut off overdrive & let the trans shift into third then i through on the nitrous & let her rip. I always had very good ground speed & i always spun out at the end with the tires buzzin pretty good. Everybody that has seen my truck run could not believe it was an automatic. I have not touched my trans all year & it works as good as the day i put it in. I trashed my stock trans before i had 5,000 miles on the truck & this trans has been in for 15,000 miles of very hard use. The way the truck was setup last year it made 600 horse on the bottle & 1200 ft lb torque so im not sure how it will act on the track with the twins & mach 5 injectors. If you want to pull with the auto you will need to call some of the big trany builders & do what feels best for you they are all very good at what they build. DTT,ATS,GOEREND,SUNCOAST. Take your pick you cant go wrong with any of them.



Kurt

 

[csutton7]

I've been pulling with my DTT auto for 4 years and have done pretty good(the hops have killed me more than anything else)---you will need to upgrade it as stated before--I've basically got the same transmission as Propuller (I think)--except I have the cryo'd output shaft--a billet one would be wise, but my cryo'd one has lived, but I don't know how much longer it will ---keys are t-case in 4lo---transmission in Drive and OD turned off---and do just like PP says--build boost until she won't hold and smash it---chris

 

[jwilliams3]

How many of you guys lock up while pulling?

And when?

 

[propuller]

I never lock my converter while pulling.



Kurt

 

[csutton7]

me either-- DTT's fluid coupling is awesome--probably why we don't break more than we do---chris

 

[Brandon]

jsilva... ... . but he ain got a run of the mill trans, it was built by hilljack engineering west. 5 bucks says kta knows of a few other successful pullers with tc locked

 

[Cumminsman]

my suncoast would pull much further locked up than not. never had a tc problem. i locked it up in 2nd gear and pulled in drive.