Well you are definitely right about a long bed not ideal for dragster business! I just want to be able to drive it at highway speed. I recently had to reseal the intake. The plugs and wires have less than 1,000 miles on them. The q-jet that was on it was shot so I put a 600 cfm edelbrock on it. When I run around locally it does pretty good but if I have to run up the expressway the temp gets high about 20 miles out of town. I try to stay around 60 or 65 but it still gets hot even without a load. Is that due to the low gear ratio in my 3 spd trans? Am I just an idiot who is driving it too hard? My hopes are to have a sound drivetrain with decent fuel economy that I can still us as an everyday truck, not just something to look at.
