No Limit '72 C-10

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Ha Ha Happy wednesday. Last night we took the JT out and went racin. Sort of. Here's the run down. On my way to the track I put in about 12 gal of gas. (first mistake) I could smell it all the way to the track, just figured it was the tank-in-cab deal. We made it through tech OK, it's good to be a local, and after the drivers meeting, we do 2 parade laps. I've been there many times, and I didn't want to be the one slowing anybody down, so I told the starter to put me in the back of a slow group. The first big right hand turn, a 180, puts you on the front straight. About 1/3 of the way around, enough fuel spilled out of the tank (past the cap with no gasket) to soak the left rear tire, and I spun out - on the parade lap Yes, I hold the track record in my class. Embarrasing to say the least. Back in the pits, we wrapped a rag around the cap and stuffed it back in. That slowed it down, but it was still an issue. We ran about 15 laps, and had a fast lap of 56.06 sec. Thats going to be our baseline. I did run faster than a toyota spider, and a trans-am. But I have to credit that to the slowness of the other drivers. In comparison, the Bullit runs a 46.10 on a regular basis.
I think the truck wil get down to the 52 sec range pretty easy, after that it's going to take some work. The Idler arm is really loose. springs and shocks are junk. Swaybars (front only at this point) are too small. We also weighed it, 3820 lbs. Now we're ready to get started. Even though it was a handfull, it's still fun to ring 'em out.