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Who says Trucks can't autocross?





I fried the clutch in the bird, so I figured what the hell.  I had a weekend wait for the new clutch to come, so I got off my ass and got the truck running again after 9 months:mad:  I probably drove it all of 5 miles over 3 days before taking it to the auto x.  I actually came in 3rd out of 4 in EM.  4th was a triumph spitfire on a corvette chassis and engine:flame:

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #1 –
Dude whered you get pics at? Ive been trying to find them.


That spitfire was the only car slower than mine overall LOL.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #2 –
neat:hick:
though i miss the compact truck autox stuff from the 80's sooo much
"Beating the hell out of other peoples cars since 1999"
1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage
1984 Ford Mustang GT Turbo Convertible
2015 Ford Focus SE 1.0 EcoBoost

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #3 –
Theres not a thing compact about ethans truck LOL. It was crazy.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #4 –
1meanZ on toledo tuners.  His names Jeremy and he wouldve been running his 383 camaro except he had broken his TKO600 on friday.
I will definately agree it was crazy, cause I kept smashing my knee on the window crank, and steering freezing up and coming back, and pretty much drifting the course.  I wonder if jeremy had a headache after riding with me because he kept whacking his helmet on launch, and the 1-2 shift on my back window, ROFL

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #5 –
heres a cropped pic to show the tires better.  The front tires had 55lbs of air in them, but the truck weighs in around 5200#s:burnout:

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #6 –
Man looks good.

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #7 –
Awesome !!! You have a pretty intense look about you.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #8 –
:rollin: :rollin: mainly cause the thing was drift happy, and I was fighting the wheel the ENTIRE time.  500 whp on street tires, going around a corner doesnt work real well:beatyoass:

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #9 –
That is a nice looking '78.  Those are the best looking trucks Ford ever made!  My Dad has a '78 F-250 Ranger XLT 4x4 w/400m and C6 that was our farm truck...its dead now but I have a lot of fond memories in that thing.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #10 –
a few more pics that got posted.  Still none of you bhazard:rollin: The white truck is my dad, and the bmw is JRCook320 on Toledotuners.com

Quote from: "JRCook320"
You didn't really take any pics of anything other than me, Ray, and the angry trucks. Every time the trucks went through I got a chub.  It was really awkward for the other dudes on my corner. lol  Here's a few more.




















and another quote, lol.  This guy rode along on 3 of my runs
Quote from: "1meanZ"
This truck is just so F'n awesome I dont know what to do with myself.  :love:  :love: 

I kinda wish I would have been able to get some different pictures of it, but the course was so short and the camera I was using is slow, I could't hardly get any more pics.  Plus I wanted to get some maximum body roll pics to see how much the tire was folding under.

Much to my suprise, this truck is hooked up.  Once he got his shocks and air bags dialed in, it was alarmingly quick witted.  If this truck had wide rims and race rubber, it would be an absolute shocker. 

My final observation about this truck, you must wear a helmet during any high performance manuvers.  I smacked my head on the back window on 2 runs during the 1-2 upshift.  :rofl:  :rofl:

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Who says Trucks can't autocross?

Reply #11 –
Cool photos.

I thought I saw the white F-150 on http://www.460ford.com

Makes me want to find a shortbed stepside and build it as an auto-x racer.:D
Alan Mackin--Semi Professional Ford der
83 T-Bird 460
83 T-Bird Heritage 5.0
84 T-Bird 5.0
86 T-Bird Turbo Coupe NHRA Stocker & Super Stocker
87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe
88 Bronco II Drag truck 302
95 Mustang GT auto
2004 F-350 CC Dually V-10