Stricter bench racing rules

[speedracer326]

So every time I come in here I see a thread about this truck vs. that truck, so I open it in hopes that someone got their pee pee smacked by the underdog and lo and behold it's another punk asking if his rusty oil burning TBI is as fast as his friend's dad's truck. I don't know what's worse, the fact that the thread was created in the first place or the amount of people who actively engage in it! This is the dyno/track forum, NOT the benchracing forum for n00bs who just got their license! Could we possibly delete some of this trash and implement stricter posting rules in here? I want to read about how some guy added traction bars and cut .2 off of his 60', not any of the crap I just ranted about above.

[GreaseDog]

i agree. "my V6 is so fast" threads drive me nuts. i read one earlier about how this kid's 4.3 was eating Vortec 5.7s and 4.8s... but he never so much as pulled a valve cover.

there are 3 ways to get a "fast" fullsize 4.3... put the smack to it, forced induction, or pull it out of the fullsize and install it in something that doesnt weigh over 2 tons.

half of these kids wouldnt know a fast truck if it ran them over then stopped and played bleach box with their face.

[bthomas454]

I want to read about how some guy added traction bars and cut .2 off of his 60'

performancetrucks.net


although its mostly gmt-800's and 900's

[speedracer326]

Thanks for the link, but that's not the point I'm trying to make.

[chevy thunder]

So track/dyno is for bench racing.I get your point

[chrisk1500]

I agree with you. This is the 'track/dyno' section - not the bench racing section.

If you don't have timeslips, don't tell me you beat someone - cause you didn't....and don't tell me you beat someone from a roll or at a red light...90% of the 'red light' stories I hear on here are most likely BS....was the other person even trying? Get a timeslip if you want to talk speed...

[mud slinger 55]

Dont click on the thread if you dont want to read it. It's not that hard. It took more effort for you to go on ranting about other peoples posts than it did for you to ignore it.

[chrisk1500]

The problem is that the thread starts off as 'x beats y' and then they talk about how fast they were at the track.

Once slips get asked for, the OP quits posting...

The track/dyno section says right on it - "for discussing times and dyno sheets"....what part of that is hard to understand?

[speedracer326]

Exactly. You get lured into a seemingly legitimate post and it turns out being some kid wanting to race his friend's ricer and nothing but useless posting ensues. I immediately click out of the thread, but it annoys me to death. If street racing talk isn't allowed why should this useless banter be?

[Pewter-Q]

I agree 100%, I hate reading all of these kids posts about how much cooler or faster their truck is because it has a "vortex" motor or a k&n or whatever they bought at vatozone that week. I love to see hard numbers and videos of runs. Also some serious questions about tech stuff. Sure, pt-trucks.net is a great resource directed towards these topics, but that doesn't mean we can't be. We're supposed to be the most complete full size GM truck site on the web and that's part of the equation. Of course, thinking about it, most forums on here could use some stricter rules, especially the offroad section.

[91_bowtie]

I agree with you. This is the 'track/dyno' section - not the bench racing section.

If you don't have timeslips, don't tell me you beat someone - cause you didn't....and don't tell me you beat someone from a roll or at a red light...90% of the 'red light' stories I hear on here are most likely BS....was the other person even trying? Get a timeslip if you want to talk speed...

I agree to a point, but I do a majority of my racing at places other than the track. I normally have vid to back it up though.

I completely agree that most of us have different ideas of what "fast" is.

[custm2500]

I see your point but like others have said don't read the threads if you don't like them. Some do get ridiculous, but debate is what this is all about.
I don't like forums that are over ran by the mods. It gets very annoying! I spend some time on an R/C forum and it is ridiculous because they want to keep it safe for younger kids to be a part of it.

[Hatfieco]

Heres an idea if you dont want to read about kids racing then and here is the kicker DONT READ THEM. This website is for everyone drivin a fullsize chevy not just you hardcore gotta race at a track and prove it. Ive made more money on the backroads than at a strip and stop light to stop light is alot more fun when you have 6 people in the car and some guy in a ricer gets stomped in front of his girl. And Im sorry but I really dont care how someone shaved .03 off their ET since this is my daily driver and I want to know how to make more power reliably. I go to different forms for my drag car. Post away noobs. Have fun and debate the hell out of it after all thats what this site is about?

[91_bowtie]

I go to different forms for my drag car.

what do you drive?

[speedracer326]

Heres an idea if you dont want to read about kids racing then and here is the kicker DONT READ THEM. This website is for everyone drivin a fullsize chevy not just you hardcore gotta race at a track and prove it. Ive made more money on the backroads than at a strip and stop light to stop light is alot more fun when you have 6 people in the car and some guy in a ricer gets stomped in front of his girl. And Im sorry but I really dont care how someone shaved .03 off their ET since this is my daily driver and I want to know how to make more power reliably. I go to different forms for my drag car. Post away noobs. Have fun and debate the hell out of it after all thats what this site is about?

Spoken like a true ricer. God forbid you show that 17 second time slip and blow your street cred. If you read my thread you'd notice I DON'T READ THE THREADS THAT PISS ME OFF. Why don't we just turn this into the ricer forum? At least then it'd be true to its name.

Discussions of Dragstrip times and Dyno sessions. *No street racing talk period*

Where oh where in there do you see provision for dick swinging rights over beating a non-VTEC ricer on a backroad? Where do you see provision for discussing what a 4.3L TBI ECLB 4x4 K2500 can't beat?

[Hatfieco]

Sand Drags 76 cj5 475hp SBC

[custm2500]

^^^
It is good to see passion but when it comes to saying stupid things like this is a ricer forum because more racing happens on the street it just gets childish.

[Hatfieco]

Speedracer you sounded intelligent true ricer huh? Define ricer cause last I checked it didnt mean 3/4ton fullsize with a bigblock did it? 17 seconds I think you need to do some refiguring there. Just curious but if you skip the ones that piss you off or you know are going to whyd you waste the time on this?

[GreaseDog]

^^^
It is good to see passion but when it comes to saying stupid things like this is a ricer forum because more racing happens on the street it just gets childish.

as is racing on the street, where innocent people can pop up out of nowhere, and now you're putting their lives in jeopardy. controlled environments (read: racetracks) generally have timing systems, so its a double bonus, you get to act like a big boy, and you get a piece of paper backing up your internet babbling.

[Hatfieco]

Hmmm its funny how everyone is anti street online. Im sure your innocent of it. Never would you do that right? Never looked over on the freeway and went hmmmm....? Dont get me wrong it is dangerous but get real and quit pretending like it doesnt happen. And so what you dont rush right in and say but to some people thats more interesting and they want to talk about it? I havent found a thread on here about how boring a 1/10th is in the 1/4 or a 60' time. Instead they mind to themselves until someone finds the need to post about how annoying they are?