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fedxairmech

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Not sure if this is the section to post, but I wanted help from everyone that drag races, for advise on build, and racing. Just want to have fun, and be competitive.

I joined this forum a while back, but recently have decided to get into drag racing, so need help, I'm not completely new to drag racing and run at 1/4 track on test and tune nights often, when truck is running.

I have a standard cab long bed f250 2wd truck. Here are the mods that I have done so far, engine is a 6.0 powerstroke, stock injectors, ARP studs, EGR cooler delete, Custom ported intake, S&B cold intake, 4" exhaust, FICM tune, Custom tune, Custom turbo, built transmission, lowered 3" in the back with Caltrac traction bars, and added positraction rear end.

I ran the track last year truck weighed in at 7000lbs with 1/4 tank of fuel, had 10" slicks on it and ran 13.0 - 12.8 in the 1/4. The truck hooked good with a 60 ft at 1.60.

The plan to build a street/drag truck capable of running into the low 11's with slicks.

Engine: bigger injectors, install a fuel system on it, and go up on the turbo size, nitrous kit for more power.

Suspension: lowering the front 3" with the dream bars, and lowering the back another 3" with shackles. Brake line lock to help heat the tires. I also want to keep the leaf spring, for now.

Weight: Fiber glass hood, relocate the batteries to bed, remove spare tire and replace with fuel cell, get rid of a tow rig ( 5th wheel hitch, rear bumper, and hitch ).

Need help with roll bar, where to get one, or will a F150 kit fit a F250. Also is there any other advise to help with any of the things I have mention, or something I have missed.
 
s&w race cars makes pre bent cages for the 99-current superduty's.
 
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bgreen776 said:
I'll follow this thread!

No pictures? :poke:
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I will get some pictures of the truck when I get the time. Someone might like the way I had to modify the front leaf spring bracket to allow to lower and still use the cal trac bars.

slc dzl said:
s&w racing makes pre bent cages for the 99-current superduty's.
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Thank you, that was the kind of info I needed.

Also needed some rules for the roll bar, I really don't want the bars coming out of the cab, rather keep everything inside. I searched for the info and found a huge debate on it, both agreed that the bar going forward or aft, need to 5" from loop and have a 30 degree angle. What the debate was about was going forward or aft for the rules. Can anyone shed light on this, I looked but couldn't find the information. I would like to keep in cab to keep it more as a sleeper when on the street.

I have been looking for wheels and tires, once I lower the truck I wanted to run 19 or 20 inch rims, but need to figure backspacing. I was thinking about getting a tool I saw at summit that can help out with that, any suggestions?
 
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Looked up S&W, found what I needed, I will give them a call tomorrow and ask them about some of the questions I had. I saw they have an option for swinging bars, and will ask if those are drag legal, unless someone know that answer. Thanks again for the help.
 
I'm not a huge fan of the fitment on the S&W cages but they are priced well if that's a concern. You can run a removable door bar for your goals. What other cage questions did you have?
 
A 10" wheel with zero offset will tuck on a lowered Super Duty. No need to buy a tool.
 
fedxairmech said:
Looked up S&W, found what I needed, I will give them a call tomorrow and ask them about some of the questions I had. I saw they have an option for swinging bars, and will ask if those are drag legal, unless someone know that answer. Thanks again for the help.
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Like mentioned above, swingouts are legal but they have to be constructed in a specific way that made them impossible in my application. So I have a bent door bar thats welded in, and I HATE it in a daily driver. If you are tall you will likely have the same issue. I will convert mine to a removable bar ASAP!
 
fedxairmech said:
Looked up S&W, found what I needed, I will give them a call tomorrow and ask them about some of the questions I had. I saw they have an option for swinging bars, and will ask if those are drag legal, unless someone know that answer. Thanks again for the help.
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Swing outs are fine. Hinges must be within 8" of main hoop and vertical position of A-Pillar


Ryan
 
UNBROKEN said:
A 10" wheel with zero offset will tuck on a lowered Super Duty. No need to buy a tool.
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Thanks for the advise.

little6cylinder said:
I'm not a huge fan of the fitment on the S&W cages but they are priced well if that's a concern. You can run a removable door bar for your goals. What other cage questions did you have?
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Who do you know that has better fit? I don't mind paying more for a better fit. The other question I had was to keep bars in cab of a standard cab truck. Really don't want the bars coming out the cab going into the bed.

I will definitely go with the removable bars, since truck will see double duties and since one of the other members gave their view of the bent bats for street.
 
A custom cage will fit immensely better. There are plenty of good cage builders around the country. Where are you located? We build custom cages, Dow Brothers, I believe Fleece does, and countless others. In a regular cab the bars will have to go out the back wall to be legal.
 
fedxairmech said:
I will definitely go with the removable bars, since truck will see double duties and since one of the other members gave their view of the bent bats for street.
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Your right gluteus maximus and bicep femoris will appreciate it!
 
At 7000 lbs you will need to be making around 800 Hp or so in order to run a low 11. I would be looking at a set of 275/100s a bigger hpop or twin hpops, and an s400 kit with probably an s467 or 72.
 
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