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the blue chevy in ttc 2006

MattK said:
yeah it definitely shine in the bogs, but IIRC his carb screwed him over in the mud pit event. so basically the only event he was to shine in, he got screwed.

hah yeh i thought that sucked. but lucky for me i alreayd have the tbi setup just gotta burn the 454 chips and get that throttlebody
 
burbanbeast said:
yeh i would definetly love to be a part of ttc someday. so what would run my suburban well? i already have a 468 on the way and a 4spd 205 in the works. would i be set with 2.5 rocks? coils or air shocks? ahhh so many questions!?!?

2.5 rocks would be MORE than sufficient.

Coilovers would be more durable (hard to get a leak in a piece of steel :D ) and I think a burb would be WAY too heavy for nitrogen/air charged shock-springs only.
 
ah more than sufficient. i love hearing that. now umm i know ive pretty much turned my thread about terrys ride into one about my own(sorry) but i do have a big blue truck and wanna enter it in ttc someday so its all relevant. i have about this much> 0%< knowledge on coils. someone school me please. and after i pay my no bumper ticket(stupid cops its a $120 ticket!!) then i will buy my member status
 
Hey, it's your thread, you can hijack it if you want to. :D

Yeah, a D60/14bff would be sufficient, so 2.5-ton Rocks would definitely be more than.

If you go with anything but leaf springs, it's going to be completely custom, so you should find some good books and watch old episodes of Trucks! and Extreme 4x4.
 
muddyblzr said:
makes all thing texas look bad.

well you know what they say. everythings bigger in texas. mayb he was just tryin to bring that to the table

and i will. ive got a couple people who have done this kinda thing and not to mention (if i could ever somehow convince him but ) dan dibble lives around the corner. ill start askin them seriously about helpin meg et this done
 
burbanbeast said:
well i think alot of the misfortune came from the truck being carburated(in the mini rubicon i think he stalled 18 times in 19 minutes) . other than his door i think two traction bars and the winch was all that broke?(ok so i just reread that and that is abit but nothin too serious broke) i think when i start preparin mine that i would rather link it than run 12" blocks or at the worst just have some ginormous leafsprings in it. but i really just like the truck. mayb because im a teenager that drives a big suburban myself but theres just somethin about it that tickles my pickle

I hear ya. By all means, tickle your pickle whichever way you like. :thumb: But it's not always about what broke. Sometimes it's about: what didn't function well enough to tackle the need. Minus any mechanical problems, I still don't think he would have finished much, if any, better than he did. So, my opinion is, it was way outclassed at TTC. It didn't even belong there. At a mud bog, yeah, .. at TTC .. NO. It's not even close to the level that the vehicles need to be to perform well there. In fact, when I saw that it was going to compete there, I made a guess at where it would finish, and I was about dead on.

It's nothing against the guy personaly.
 
I really do like the look of the truck, but I would want something a little more practical....

But I can see why it got votes, it is gymungous!! I bet the magazine editors were scratching their heads trying to figure out how it got into TTC....
 
im glad i can get all this advice and feedback on my ideas from yall. two days ago i was intent on 5 tons, Ags, and tryin hard to convince myself that a few blocks here and there wouldnt hurt. and now i am back to a good strong truck build. that could give everyone a run for their money(and its gonna cost me a pretty penny lol) but keep it comin i like to hear everyones ideas and inputs on these kind of things
 
He stole a spot from more deserving rigs

Jasons comes to mind :deal:
 
If your really serious about building up your rig, pony up the $25 to be a member, its worth its weight in GOLD! especially for the for sale section:deal:
 
I can't help but wonder, why didn't he test his truck out on conditions he might be running on.It would of saved himself a lot of embarrassment.:rolleyes:
 
79k20350 said:
If your really serious about building up your rig, pony up the $25 to be a member, its worth its weight in GOLD! especially for the for sale section:deal:

i plan on it. a couple weeks ago i got a ticket for no bumper:doah: and its a 120 ticket. being on a 17 yr olds salary ticket comes first. but the first thing im doin feburary ninth will be becoming a member
 
burbanbeast said:
i plan on it. a couple weeks ago i got a ticket for no bumper:doah: and its a 120 ticket. being on a 17 yr olds salary ticket comes first. but the first thing im doin feburary ninth will be becoming a member

Cool, you definetly wont be dissapointed! :waytogo::D
 
i know i always look at the classifieds and see amazing deals but i cant get ahold of anyone because of my lowness on the totem pole. so hopefully thisll put everything in motion. who knows i could be the youngest ttc driver haha
 
i think if you plan to link it, keep it under 10" lift and run 42's/44's and it would perform well
 
that truck would be perfect if you sold the motor...put a junkyard 350 in...buy a big shop...start a 4wd buiness with a mud bogg in the back...play in your own mud bogg and when you are done use that as your street sign...there is a shop down here that has a ferd outside of it on thoose same tires with 2.5 tons...never has moved...just heard stories of someone getting brave enough to drive it down the road one night...made it like a mile then was impounded...back now though
 
muddybuddy said:
i think if you plan to link it, keep it under 10" lift and run 42's/44's and it would perform well

44s is plenty of tire for me. where do you even go about gettin coil springs from?
 
for coilovers, youd really have to check out pirate4x4.com, they have alot more "hardcore" members with buggys and such, so there is so much tech on coils there as well as tons of venders that sell them, but again youd have to pay for a membership, its $20 there
 
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