bubbabud

1st and foremost reaction time many races are won or lost at the light.
2nd reading the track. Knowing when and how much throttle, there is more to winning a race than just mash the gas and go.
3rd knowing just how to hold your mouth and how tight to squeeze your butt cheeks with a little luck thrown in for good measure.

w00t692

With a 4wd 5.0... no, it's nothing to do with driver. ET has nothing to do with reaction time, and in 4wd you aren't going to spin the tires so none of that crap matters.

meathooker

1 - rt doesn’t matter on et
2 - on a prepped track these trucks don’t really have enough power to matter. Gas and go
3 - haha

bubbabud

1 I did not mention ET I mentioned winning the race.
2 All vehicles will experience some tire slippage on launch and when your talking 100's of a second, yes there is a Santa Clause.
3 As for lips and butt pucker ask any pro. Nuff said.

chimmike

not if 2wd. Two words: Wheel hop.

meathooker

Even at stock truck power levels?

chimmike

mediocre suspension, crap tires, torque, and a partially sticky track, I've seen wheel hop on launches pretty frequently on all sorts of vehicles.

tuflehundon

Weight of the 18 is gonna be a huge difference. I didn't think much of the aluminum body until I was talking to my cousin who has a similarly equipped truck to mine, but 8 years newer. (16) Differences in trim: I have the 6 1/2' bed, were he has the 5 1/2'. Other than that, both Lariat Supercrews fully loaded. His has a few interior options I don't. But the weight difference between our trucks is around 2200 lbs. His is 4800ish lbs, and mine is 7050 lbs.

LSchicago

The 18 RCSB weighs 4,200 with the 5.0. Your truck does not weigh 7,050 empty, unless you have Ranch hand type bumpers and a whole lot of equipment on it. 7,050 sounds like your GROSS weight. Yours should weigh 5,200-5,700# depending on options if a crew cab.

RedsRock302

Yeah, you should be closer to 5600#'s, you are looking at GVWR. You probably have a payload of about 1500#'s, putting you at about 5550-5600 lbs. if I had to guess. Look at your GVWR and subtract your payload # on the tag inside your drivers door, it will get you close to your curb weight.