"TURDLE" or " How to mess up a perfectly good truck"

[Turdle]

Awesome Explorer. My brother-in-Law races at Humboldt raceway every friday. His name is Jessy Willard. I am from Mound City. I would say you are putting down more or less 325 at the wheels with your combo being you are all-wheel drive. Looks great. I would love to come out for a ride sometime.

Mound City hmmm Near Pleasanton?

Sure, stay in touch--

 

[410Fortune]

325 at which wheels is the question
is that 211 at the rear and 114 up front? hahaha

If I think about this one too much my head might explode

 

[bkeeton]

Hey man!

 

[FROADER]

^^ One of the best first posts I've ever seen!! I realize you probably know jon, but that is funny!!

Welcome to the board.

 

[Turdle]

Hey man!

you coulda just called me ha ha

 

[bkeeton]

lol Great to be on this site b.t.w.

 

[Turdle]

Thanks for popping in
Blake helped me with this thing quite a bit
He has driven it also.

 

[Mtn8er]

All I can say is wow :notworthy I couldn't imagine this being supercharged or turbo'd. Would definitely be getting in some trouble

 

[Turdle]

Well I have decided to make my goal with this truck public

I would like very much to do a 13-13, which is my acronym for being the first Mountaineer to run a 13 second quarter mile, then with nothing but bolt on mods, drive over 13,000 ft elevation.
I think with tuning in spring, I will meet the first goal.

For the second--Imogene pass comes to mind.
I would like to be the first to document the extreme versatlity of this truck--I know it is possible--now, will I achieve it?

 

['97 V8]

Is there snow up there?

 

[410Fortune]

I wonder what my BII does in the 1/4? Can I borrow your 347 and some 31's for a weekend? hahahaha

I know what it does at 14,000', it idles just like always

 

[Turdle]

Is there snow up there?

Yep--it is in Southwest Colorado.

I wonder what my BII does in the 1/4? Can I borrow your 347 and some 31's for a weekend? hahahaha

I know what it does at 14,000', it idles just like always

Ouch!

 

[410Fortune]

what does it do in the 1/4 right now?

 

[Turdle]

what does it do in the 1/4 right now?

Well, I don't have a timeslip-never been to an official track with it.
However, a borrowed G-tech and a beer in me ( for courage) resulted in a low 14 pass. It hit limiter and paused at the 1-2 shift, I had to let off a bit.

I am scared to play like this though, until it is properly tuned.

 

[410Fortune]

well we could get you to your goal and kill 1.5 birds with 1 stone...
Bandimere's 1/4" mile is at like 7500 feet so a bit over half, if you can pull a 13 second 1/4 there that would be quite a thing

 

[Turdle]

Oh
I think I am being misunderstood here

I want to do a 13 second 1/4 et , then bolt ons, then drive the same truck to 13,000 ft.
In other words, break the 13 barrier in both respects.

Pikes peak, Mount Evans= Cheating

I'm talking about a trail.

 

[stang99x]

You are one sick dude. That combo, given the allwheeldrive, should be pushing out IMO 400FWHP. I know I loose about 24% through the tranny, but I also outweigh you signifigantly so its hard to put a number down for RWHP.

Finding an old BBK instacharger for a mustang that would fit those heads would be killer.

I managed to eek 327HP out of a 89 5.0 couple mustang with stock heads that had been worked, so you have room to roam there. Good luck

 

[410Fortune]

FWHP??

front wheel horse power?
these AWD t cases are not front wheel drive they are more of a 60/40 split, 60% rear 40% front
its not a power take off transverse mount like a Escape or AWD mini van if thats what you mean which are normally FWD until the AWD or 4x4 is kicked in

Jtsmith BTW what ever happened to your factory P heads? Hua hua? I have a certain 96 begging for some re-worked factory heads and I was thinking starting with the P would be better then starting with the non p, people tend to think the P heads are worth their weight in gold, and they are heavy

 

[Dan Whitaker]

Jaime, you forgot he knows everything

 

[Turdle]

Jtsmith BTW what ever happened to your factory P heads? Hua hua? I have a certain 96 begging for some re-worked factory heads and I was thinking starting with the P would be better then starting with the non p, people tend to think the P heads are worth their weight in gold, and they are heavy

Alas, that is what got me into this mess--remember?
I broke a header bolt off into the passenger side head--.

When I priced reworking them,( well ok, tricking them out) I found it saved only 150 bux over getting the Edelbrock heads. They are also 60lbs heavier.
Man, If I had them they would be yours--
I thought they were just trash--gave em away.
I had them for sale on here, not one response-so bye bye they went.