I was most nervous about dying......
I loved the end... but seriously.. that take some serious stainless steel you know whats
I wonder how much better they would have done with a BRE trailer behind them?
Looked pretty well composed at that speed, considering the size and shape of truck and trailer. Big cojones indeed.
I read where the last 15 or 25 mph was the worst, since it is has "brickdynamics".
Also read that the engine was "stock", as in no AM pistons, rods, cranks. Just upped the boost, fuel system and injectors to match.
Top gear tried this a few years ago. But in true British fashion they used a hopped up vauxhaul compact car. I think they got up to 110 or so and the side blew out of the rotten old trailer they were pulling.
maybe if they had used an airstream?
How were they possibly able to make that much power in a diesel pickup without a huge, ridiculous looking four inch smoke stack poking up through the bed?
Everything that I thought I knew must be wrong...
... with bath, shower, fridge FTMFW
I think NHRA needs to start a new class to include travel trailers. 
Meh...you guys obviously have never travelled Highway 395 through the Mojave desert near a long weekend. That's when the "RV" series cup competition is in full sway
Rental motorhomes towing trailers full of OHV's are the worst. "But muh Honda ken do 90, why cain't ah wit 10K pounds of plywood and aluminum siding" 
DANG!!!!!!!
petegossett wrote: I think NHRA needs to start a new class to include travel trailers.
Somebody would die and they would cut the class down to 1000 feet.
some redneck gonna see that and try to beat the record.... and scatter his E36 M3 all over the interstate
Woody wrote: How were they possibly able to make that much power in a diesel pickup without a huge, ridiculous looking four inch smoke stack poking up through the bed? Everything that I thought I knew must be wrong...
most power duramax guys I see lack the stacks.......I was dissapointed to see all that unburnt fuel being dumped out the exhaust.....
.998? Now thats accurate.
N Sperlo wrote: .998? Now *thats* accurate.
time based calculation of speed.
yamaha wrote:N Sperlo wrote: .998? Now *thats* accurate.time based calculation of speed.
If the truck is accelerating, how accurate could that be? Or are they just going for average speed?
N Sperlo wrote:yamaha wrote:If the truck is accelerating, how accurate could that be? Or are they just going for average speed?N Sperlo wrote: .998? Now *thats* accurate.time based calculation of speed.
IDK.....looked like 2 sets of traps though which would indicate time based average calculation. Radar/laser isn't accurate enough for that number.
yamaha wrote:Woody wrote: How were they possibly able to make that much power in a diesel pickup without a huge, ridiculous looking four inch smoke stack poking up through the bed? Everything that I thought I knew must be wrong...most power duramax guys I see lack the stacks.......I was dissapointed to see all that unburnt fuel being dumped out the exhaust.....
she was running rich to get that kind of power high up.. I am sure at a more conservative state of tune.. she runs cleaner
Imagine the results if they had given ANY thought to aerodynamics.
mad_machine wrote:yamaha wrote:she was running rich to get that kind of power high up.. I am sure at a more conservative state of tune.. she runs cleanerWoody wrote: How were they possibly able to make that much power in a diesel pickup without a huge, ridiculous looking four inch smoke stack poking up through the bed? Everything that I thought I knew must be wrong...most power duramax guys I see lack the stacks.......I was dissapointed to see all that unburnt fuel being dumped out the exhaust.....
Still diesel rice......regardless of how fast it is.
mad_machine wrote: I loved the end... but seriously.. that take some serious stainless steel you know whats
It would take so even bigger stainless steel rounders to ride in the travel trailer as it's goin' on down the road... 
At those speeds, you have to wonder about the tires on both the truck and the trailer. That's a lot of heat!
Edit: After viewing the whole thing, it looks like they did upgrade the tires on the trailer, so I have to give them credit for that.
I'm surprised the truck could do that speed, much less pulling a trailer.
I'm betting the wife in the trailer was fixing scrambled eggs at the time.
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