S10 drag truck build

[cmont58]

So my high school diesel class is building an s10 drag truck that we are putting a 12v/47re in. It will be a pretty slow build but I wanted to get some opinions on what HP we should build the engine to. The truck will be competing against other high school drag cars and the fastest is a 6.18 in the 1/8. Currently it has ladder bars, QA1's on all 4 corners, Ford 9" with 4:30 gears, Wilwood brakes, and MT 33x15x15 slicks.

 

[THATpreston]

Nice start!

 

[cmont58]

Yea it is but we still have a long row to ho. It also came with a painless wiring harness.

 

[5.9 Cummins Fan]

I would definitely change the gear ratio. Other than that how fast do you guys really want to go?

 

[SmokeShow]

What are the rules?

 

[cmont58]

I would like to be able to run mid to low 6's. Rules are there aren't many. Heck I'm even allowed a line lock

 

[Bodacious]

At the very least, align the #1 injector up with the center line of the front end and build everything else to fit. She'd even be better with the balancer on the center line of the front.

Keep your overall weight down to the bare minimum. The engine weight alone has already put you at a disadvantage. A 6.18 is very respectable and fast. You are gonna have to make some pretty good power. However, I don't know how much. I may be able to tell ya this spring as I should be on the track by then.

Good luck and have fun doing it.

 

[oldestof11]

For 1/8mi racing, 4.30s might work.

 

[cmont58]

The firewall will get cut out and moved about 8-10" back so that will help with the weight a little and we are going to mount the trans cooler in the bed. Also I was wondering if I should run an air to water and if I could put it in the bed also.

 

[cmont58]

I'm very excited about this project and I think my students are even more excited than me.

 

[shortbusdriver]

Also I was wondering if I should run an air to water and if I could put it in the bed also.

No intercooler, *nx*

 

[cmont58]

More pics.

 

[cmont58]

So today my classes pulled the fuel cell, all the fuel lines, master cylinder, front brake lines (twisted up mess), old throttle cable, dash panels, seat bracket, transmission mount, and vacuumed out the interior. Pretty happy with my students today.

 

[WUnderwood]

looks great, keep the pics coming!

 

[cmont58]

OK question about the roll cage. Can I cut out the center bar that runs behind the seats and redesign it so we can move the seat back further.

 

[oldestof11]

PM Michael on here. He'll know.

 

[GreenMeanie5.9]

Wish my high school had something like this.

 

[Fahlin Racing]

haha I hear you there GreenieMeanie. When I left my highschool 9 years ago they were doing custom chopper parts and now they have a couple cnc mills!!! Ugh.

Good luck Cmont,pay attention to detail regardless of how long you feel its taking, reason is you will know everything happening with the truck. Its comes a lot easier if you build a complete truck because you are touching every part of it and setting it up to run. Keep us posted.

 

[cmont58]

I'm just glad I'm the one who gets to introduce these kids into the diesel world. Especially with a project like this. I'm hoping to have it running by the end of the school year but my kids are the ones that want to push to get it running sooner.

 

[97rada]

This is awesome. I wish we had this kind of work to do in school