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To handle the engine’s power and transmit it safely to the rear axle Dalton turned to Ron Wolverton and his team of transmission masters at Suncoast Diesel. They worked their magic on a Dodge 48RE transmission installing performance clutches and billet shafts to handle the power and incredible shock loads the transmission will experience when Dalton launches the truck off the line. The transmission is linked to the engine with a Suncoast Sfi-certified flex plate and custom billet torque converter. Gear selection is handled by a pneumatically actuated Precision Performance Products shifter that is fed high pressure gas directly from the nitrous oxide bottle. Power is channeled from the Suncoast transmission to the Spidertrax rear end through a custom chromoly Strange Engineering drive shaft.

Finally, to wrap up things up the cab and body panels were handed off to the team at Cumberland Body Shop in Cookville, Tennessee, where everything was slathered in House of Kolor Tangelo Pearl paint that truly makes the truck stand out in any crowd. As the truck was assembled the RLC Motorsports team also installed the shell of the dash and retained the door panels and manual windows along with a Kirkey aluminum race seat and PRP five-point harnesses. They also wired the truck including a Racepak gauge package installed in the factory instrument panel location and the rest of the modules and harnessing mounted on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel.

Dalton’s 2WD diesel drag truck started as a dream and took many years to make it from his thoughts and ideas to a completed truck. But anyone who looks at it can easily see that it is a dream come true. Dalton and his team debuted the truck at the Diesel Thunder event in Holt, Florida, making 6.17- and 6.11 second passes at 117 mph right out of the trailer. At the last race of the ODSS season this year Dalton ran a 6.04 at 118 MPH in the Pro Mod class, further proving that this is definitely a truck to keep an eye on throughout the 2018 season and into the future.

 From the rear you can get a close-up view of the Spidertrax axle housing and the highly adjustable chassis setup. Also, notice the dual 4-piston Strange brake calipers on each side of the axle and double-adjustable QA-1 coilover shocks with PAC...

 With the tonneau panels removed you can see the WOD fabricated fuel cell as well as the battery, fire suppression bottle, Spidertrax Pro Series rear axle housing, huge wheel tubs, and the incredible chassis fabrication and chromoly tubes that hold...

 Massive 34.0/13.5-16 Mickey Thompson drag slicks wrapped around polished double beadlock Mickey Thompson 16X16-inch PRO 5 wheels.