220 mph truck?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Bean Jr., Dec 19, 2018.

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  1. Dec 20, 2018 #51
    Bean Jr.

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    I've got all y'all beat! My dad used to tell me stories about the truck he owned about 10 years before I was born.

    Jimmy, 5x3 trans. That 15 mph. 2 speed rear end, that's 30, and a 4 banger! That's a 120 mph truck! Too bad it had a tag axle, otherwise that dual drive would have made it a 240 mph truck.

    Did I mention it was blown? Yup a 4-71 blower on it. My mother said that thing screamed! She knew he was home when the dog started going nuts.
     
    Bean Jr., Dec 20, 2018
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  3. Dec 22, 2018 #52
    RockinChair

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    Shockwave is the only 220 MPH truck I've ever seen.
     
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  4. Dec 22, 2018 #53
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    Post them
     
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  5. Dec 22, 2018 #54
    Pedigreed Bulldog

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    With a Mack 18 (.71 OD...Eaton only has a .73) and 11R24.5's, you'd STILL need an auxiliary transmission with another .86 OD and 1.95 rear end gears in order to hit 220 mph...and that's IF your engine could pull to 2000 RPMs.

    Bottom line, it ain't happening in a big truck.
     
    Pedigreed Bulldog, Dec 22, 2018
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  7. Dec 22, 2018 #55
    Espressolane

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    You want me to go digging around in that cold arsed garage, for a box of old crap, just to post them here.

    Ain’t gonna happen any time soon.
     
    Espressolane, Dec 22, 2018
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  8. Dec 22, 2018 #56
    shogun

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    My Qualcomm would go crazy sometimes and show me averaging over 900 mph. Some stupid glitch. I would get log violations. I said to the safety woman “y’all want me to get there on time, make up your mind!”
     
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  9. Dec 22, 2018 #57
    Lyle H

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    I can believe this happened if either of these happened:
    1) You were misfiguring your driven miles in relation to your driving hours.
    2) Your ecm has a electrical glitch giving you a false reading.

    Or are you just trying to make the bs deeper?
     
    Lyle H, Dec 22, 2018
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  10. Dec 22, 2018 #58
    Espressolane

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    Or the log scan software that auto generates the letters was buggy. That was the problem, they did an upgrade, did not go well. Was not the only one who got the letters.

    And sometimes it fun to pile the BS a little higher.
     
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  11. Dec 22, 2018 #59
    Zeviander

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    He can go first in testing.
     
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