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Transfer Case Shifter and Launch Strategy

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What happens here

A crucial upgrade discussed is the installation of a transfer case shifter. Currently, the vlogger has to manually engage 4-high by reaching under the truck, which prevents proper burnouts. He explains that a proper burnout in 2-wheel drive to heat the rear tires, followed by engaging 4-high for launch, is essential for optimal performance and reducing strain on the drivetrain. He also notes that with the stock transfer case, power would be redirected to the spinning wheel, losing traction, which the manual 4x4 setup helps to mitigate by providing an even power split.

Goal: Explain the need for a transfer case shifter for improved launch and traction.

Tools and materials

  • Transfer Case Shifter — Allowing internal control of 4x4 engagement for proper launch procedures

What they say

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what you're supposed to do is put it in two-wheel drive, get your back tires sticky and then put it in four high and launch because the way this works with the 4x4 locked in, it's a it's an even split, no matter what's going on. So, if the back tires are sticky, even if the front ones start to want to spin, the back is still going to propel the truck forward and the front ones will eventually catch up from momentum because with the factory transfer case in this thing, once the front tire would start to spin, all the power would just go to that tire, which is why I went to a manual 4x4 setup and that's the way to go for racing. I don't care what anybody says because if you spin the front tires, the back ones are going to keep pushing. That's why it's like that. So, I need to be able to do a burnout, get the back tires sticky. That way when I launch, they're continuing to go because during both of those passes where I turned it up, the first pass, it just straight up knocked the tires off. I pedaled it and it still went 950. And the second one, I felt it start to haze. Like I felt I felt it start to skate. So, when it started to skate, I hit second early to like catch it up and it did. It It could still skate. Like you can see in the video that there's like lines coming out of the back tires that are not in the same path as the front, which is pretty freaking wild to think that this thing was skating past the 60-ft mark, but that's how it was. So, if I get the back tires sticky, it won't do that anymore because I can actually launch hard. And it really doesn't need any more power to run eights. It just needs to launch better and not do that cuz that was a 155 and a 157 60-ft which are not even this thing's best. I never really tried, but it's still been a 148. So, put it all together, this is an 8-second machine all day. And now, after seeing that, I have faith

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