Ford Raptor Sled Pull WTF?

[SCelebs]

Skowhegan State Fair Truck Pull 8-13-2011 - YouTube

 

[NY SCREW]

lol what the hell looks an sounds pretty cool

 

[swoop1156]

WTF. Looks like it did a decent job at it! Was bouncing off the damn rev-limiter like crazy though!

I don't know if it was the lights, but it almost looked like the brake rotors were glowing red.

 

[SOCOMech]

He did pretty decent.........sounded like he just had it in "D" at first and it was hunting for the right gear.

 

[whtrapta]

Needed probably to lock it in second.

 

[xBX]

How the hell are you guys coming to these conclusions?!?!

 

[SOCOMech]

How the hell are you guys coming to these conclusions?!?!

Uh, what? By listening to the vid.....right after he first starts, it sounds like the rpm's go up and then down and then back up again, like the trans shifting to a higher gear and then downshifting to a lower. It's very common for that to happen when under a severe enough load but trying to increase speed, I experience it if I leave it in "D" while running the sand drags. Then, he was bouncing off the rev limiter, maybe he should've just left it in a gear better suited for the speed reached but still be low enough to pull good. I'm sure he was in 4x4 low.....first gear taps out pretty quick.

 

[xBX]

Oh nevermind. I was listening to it on my phone and all i really heard was noise. I can hear it now on a computer!

 

[Droid]

Guessing that should have been manually shifted.

The "brake rotor glow" appears to be a red lighting shining off the machined outer edge of the wheels.

I'll never quite understand pulls and tug-of-war competitions..seems like the opposite of proper motorsport, i.e., trying to get as close to the fail point of materials as possible.

 

[whtrapta]

its all power and traction.