Ford F150's Drag Racing while Towing a Camper

gmckenzie wrote:

Lessmore wrote:
As any old hot rodder will tell you, the key to durability in a souped up engine is to also make sure the rest of your drive train is beefed up to handle the extra ponies...and while your at it...improve the cooling, brakes, suspension.

You boost the power...you boost the breakage potential. Think Will Rogers said that. ;)

Mind you, breaking u-joints is a lot cheaper than breaking the tranny or diff/axle.

Quite true..a u joint is like a mechanical fuse. Reminds me when I was at the drags a couple of years ago. A late '60's Chevelle with a supercharged 454, pulled up to the line. It had huge slicks on the rear wheels and the driver attempted to launch at a fairly high rpm.

You guessed it..Bang ! Another U joint bit the dust.

Case of too much power and too much traction...something had to fail, in this case the weakest link.