Power Wagon mud race truck build

[NakeDiesel]

Had a great race Saturday, placed 1st in Class 3 (super street) and 3rd in Class 4 (pro street). In class 3 I made the pass in 4.68 seconds (200 ft) and in class 4, I ran it in 5.04 seconds.

Class 3 run

http://youtu.be/CikoB7pVdoo

Class 3 incab video

http://youtu.be/2n14XmZlQAU

Class 4 run

http://youtu.be/LHinVOBW4XE

Class 4 incab video

http://youtu.be/CZ99chYXxDs

[W_A_Watson_II]

Dang, that's nice, but she seems to be a little squirrely and all over the track, but perhaps that's normal for this kind of fun.

[53Crusher]

Glad to see it running well!

[NakeDiesel]

The truck actually handles really well in the mud pits. I rarely hit the wall on my runs. I can't say that about a lot of the trucks out there. The pit was pretty ruff and the path through it gets torn up by trucks that can't make it through there straight.

[NakeDiesel]

Created a facebook page for the truck if interested:

https://www.facebook.com/CoaltrainPowerWagon

[Andydodgegeek]

Turned out sweet, good job. Good choice on the color.

[NakeDiesel]

Thanks

Had mixed results last night and drew **** poor slots for my runs. I ran 1st in class 3 and 2nd in class 4. Not ideal places to run. I was able to get a good time on my rerun for class 3 (first thru the pit gets a second pass after the second truck through). I placed 2nd in class 3. But my truck was starting to blow thru the trans brake and on my class 4 run, it would only hold the truck till about 10psi and started rolling forward. So I get to pull the th400 in the next week or so and buy a rebuild kit for it and replace all the wear parts.

Here are my runs:

Class 3 first run:

http://youtu.be/Z1JHz_pGBI8

Class 3 second run:

http://youtu.be/2cwHkydfNN8

Class 4 run:

http://youtu.be/3Kw5bdIzvu4

[cj7ox]

Nice!

Came across this thread today and read it from start to finish! Great build!

[NakeDiesel]

Thanks

[NakeDiesel]

Pulled the transmission this week and spent yesterday morning going through it and rebuilding it and missed the local race at TRP since the trans was down. Went through it and there was a ton of clutch material in the pan. As we went through it, we found that the intermediate clutch pack was toast. The clutches were burnt up and the steels were purple. So the trans is rebuilt with new steels, clutches and seals. I need to take the converter to get it flushed and flush out the trans coolers as well. While I'm at it, I'm going to run new hoses from the trans to the coolers and get the right AN fittings I need for it.

Friday while I was picking up the transmission filter, the local auto parts store gave me 2 more shelves for my shop that they didn't want. So I've snagged 4 free ones from them and they will have two more ready for me in a couple of weeks.

Finally getting some stuff organized in the shop

[NakeDiesel]

After rebuilding the trans a couple of weeks ago, I made another mud race yesterday and didn't do good. Trans still isn't right. So I'm pulling it again and going to tear into it and see whats up with it.

Here is my class 3 run yesterday.

http://youtu.be/YF3BgHA3jU8[/URL]

Here is my class 4 run yesterday.

http://youtu.be/7dVemhT4pLA[/URL]

[gyman98]

Fixed the links for you



Here is my class 3 run yesterday.

http://youtu.be/YF3BgHA3jU8

Here is my class 4 run yesterday.

http://youtu.be/7dVemhT4pLA

[NakeDiesel]

Raced last weekend in El Dorado, KS. I had pulled the trans out and swapped the intermediate clutches out for a 4 pack setup and that made the trans better but the trans brake still didn't hold and so at the El Dorado race, I launched in 2nd so I could hold with the brake a bit. Truck pushed thru the brake at 10psi and was slow to take off, but once the turbo spooled up it went hard. Ended up placing 4th in class 3 out of 17 or so trucks and 5th in class 4 out of 15 or so trucks.

I pulled the trans out this past week again (3rd time in 4 weeks) and took it to a trans shop after I took the pressure reading on it.

Park, Nuetral, 1st and 2nd were at 175psi
Reverse 110psi
3rd 75psi
1st with Transbrake 110psi

What they found was the pressure regulator was worn out
The rear planetary was burned up from the reverse band not applying right
reverse band was warped and 4 of the 6 bolts for the servo were pulled out and threads trashed

So 800 bucks later I have the bolts heili coiled on the servo
New rear planetary and reverse band
New regulator

Will get the trans installed again this week and test it out in the pasture before the race on the 19th of July

[NakeDiesel]

It's been a while since I posted on here, but got busy with race season, the farm and work and now it's back to rebuild time in the shop for the race truck.

Finished the season up in 2nd place in class 3 overall for points and 4th place in class 4 for points.

The single stage paint I shot on the truck didn't hold up well at all over the season, got pretty stained and chipped pretty badly. So I've stripped it down some and today I shot the cab and the bedsides again with a basecoat/clear coat. I'll get the fenders done in the next few days and repaint them black.

I ended up pulling the transmission out 3 times this season and had it mostly alright the last time it was out. The pressure regulator was shot, the rear planetary was warped, and the last time out we found 4 of the 6 bolts that hold the rear servo in by the valve body in the pan. So fixed all of those up and put it back together and it held the rest of the season. I also had trouble with the transbrake kicking in and out. Finally found out the problem with that at the last race, it was the switch in the shifter that was causing that.

So this year, going to repaint the truck. Build a mount to move the shifter higher and angled some for easier shifting. Change the gears from the 3.55's and running in 4x4 low to 5.13's and running in 4x4 high. Had problems with some wiring issues on the switches so I will change them out too and do some rewiring of the truck. Going to drop down from 2 batteries to 1 and then haul a jump box around to the races with a quick disconnect build into the truck.

[NakeDiesel]