Whats your track whore towing vehicle?

[projekt_s13]

Im looking to pick up a daily driver/towing my S13 to the track vehicle and only spend about 2000-2500.

Im just looking to see what everyone else uses,or to see if i should just wait and save more money.

What size engine should the motor be so it can tow my car with ease and not struggle.

Im looking into late 80's early 90's F150's

Thanks for any input

:wiggle:

[yokotas13]

2008 jeep wrangler
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3122059602_d3ef7e6e7c_b.jpg

well, when i get back in the US it is. i already have a trailer

[HYPNOTIK]

Fuck Ford, Just get you a 88-98 Chevy 1/2 or 3/4 ton with a 350, you'll be set. You'd need to get a F150 with at least the 351, the 302's are garbage for towing, and it would suck down that gas(not really easy to come by either).

[mrmephistopheles]

Who tows with a jeep, seriously?

Hypnotik's advice is sound - 88-98 Chevy 2500 or 3500.
The more heavy duty the truck, the easier it'll be to tow (plus the more useful you can make it).

I have an '88 3500 and it tows like a dream. I can also fill the bed up with gravel or dirt and haul it around. Pallet of ready-mix concrete? No problem.

Try that with a small truck and you'll crush it. F150, you'll break the suspension. Jeep? :keke:

[YoungGun]

Nissan Frontier for me, no problems on grades or anything.

The engine is 4.0 v6 just for reference.

[HyperTek]

i suppose "whats your parents track whore towing vehicle?" lol

[240trainee]

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1645/114/4/68105586/n68105586_36601778_7322.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1645/114/4/68105586/n68105586_36601774_2956.jpg

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1971 C10 w/ Big block.

Picked her up for $600, some rust issues but its basiclly straight, and drivetrain is in perfect shape.

Gonna be lowered a bit (a lot), disc brakes all around, support air bags in the back. Should tow like a beast. And be awesome.

[stiizy]

Fuck That i drive to the track!!!!!!!!!!!

[240trainee]

Fuck That i drive to the track!!!!!!!!!!!

I did.

Until I get pulled over so often its not worth keeping tags on the vehicle. :cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops:

[stiizy]

Oh okay...

Yeah when the car is all done i'll be getting something to tow it around as well....

[projekt_s13]

Thanks for everyones input, Im gonna look into some other vehicles possibly a chevy pickup.

Has anyone used like a astro van or a econoline van to tow a vehicle? lol


Fuck That i drive to the track!!!!!!!!!!!

As fun as that is,(ive done it before) but the nearest track to me is 1 1/2- 2 hours(175 miles) from me. So if anything goes wrong, thats a huge chunk of change im gonna have to shell out to a towing company.

[JohnJohn86]

I have a 97 4runner with a V6. You guy think it would be enough to tow a s14 on a Uhual trailer?

I mostly go to Willow Spring and Buttonwillow

[murda-c]

I did.

Until I get pulled over so often its not worth keeping tags on the vehicle. :cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops::cops:

That's the commonwealth for ya.

[s15specR]

Nissan Titan Crew Cab 4x4

[240trainee]

That's the commonwealth for ya.

Yea, fuck the commonwealth.

Its whatever, I've done events both ways, 2 hours one way, drive the event.

It's a lot more chill, and I personally do better and have more fun when I don't have to worry about getting home. Break something, load it on the trailer at the end, and scoot.

[stiizy]

Thanks for everyones input, Im gonna look into some other vehicles possibly a chevy pickup.

Has anyone used like a astro van or a econoline van to tow a vehicle? lol




As fun as that is,(ive done it before) but the nearest track to me is 1 1/2- 2 hours(175 miles) from me. So if anything goes wrong, thats a huge chunk of change im gonna have to shell out to a towing company.

yeah nearest track to me is like and or so away also...

I remember my boy snap an axle out there and we were there forever thinking how to get it home...

[JRas]

I drive my car to the track, heh

my dad has a 2001 Chevy Silvarado has a 5.3L V8

seems to tow the quads well on the trailer, guessing it'd be fine with my car..

but If you can drive the car to the track, do it

[unlegendary]

"i'm so ballin, i just call somebody to tow it for me" :\.

[silviaguy240]

I drive my car to the track, heh

my dad has a 2001 Chevy Silvarado has a 5.3L V8

seems to tow the quads well on the trailer, guessing it'd be fine with my car..

but If you can drive the car to the track, do it

thats what i have, but mines lifted 4" and on 35's and i towed a ~90 4x4 tacoma the other day and it towed perfectly fine. got like 13mpg.

[jskateborders]

I busted a water line under the intake manifold 30 miles outside of tucson. MY friend came and got me, and towed my s13 30 miles with his b16 swapped crx fairly easily, so Im going to say it doesnt take much power to tow an s-chasis.

[BBSilvia]

toyota 4runner its the shit....

[seanc]

97 Ford Powerstroke, lifted, tires, wheels, chipped, exhaust, intake, injectors. towing a 27' enclosed. the trailer and truck do lots more than tow the car, truck gets driven every day. trailer gets used in summer for the bikes and quads and in the winter for the sleds.

[90hatchie]

yeah nearest track to me is like and or so away also...

I remember my boy snap an axle out there and we were there forever thinking how to get it home...

etown isnt that far away :-)
AAA is a good thing to have haha

[Bubbles]

My friend towed my s13 30 miles with his b16 swapped crx fairly easily, so I'm going to say it doesn't take much power to tow an s-chassis.


VTEC......when it kicks in, you won't even realize you're towing another car.

[0100]

E350 powerstroke diesel (which becomes my hotel at the track)
24' PACE enclosed trailer

[ryguy]

MY friend came and got me, and towed my s13 30 miles with his b16 swapped crx fairly easily, so Im going to say it doesnt take much power to tow an s-chasis.

Did he use a tow rope or a trailer? It's a lot different with a trailer. That, and your transmission is going to give out unless it has a trans cooler.

My Cherokee itself is rated to tow 5k lbs, and the hitch on it is rated at 3,500 lbs. I am going to try to use that to tow my S13 from storage to get the tranny swapped.

[turbobrick]

Fuck That i drive to the track!!!!!!!!!!!


This.

Unless I break down and need to be towed home, which has only happened once. I use my dads 95 toyota landcruiser.

http://www.supercars.net/pitlane/pics/169100/3333892b.jpg

[Flaco S14]

08 tundra crew max 4x4 tows awesome and becomes my suite when i stay at the track.

[poziden]

08 tundra crew max 4x4 tows awesome and becomes my suite when i stay at the track.

i feel ya man, i hate showering too!

[Marcus]

06 4dr 4WD Long bed TRD TACOMA baby.

[TheArkitekt]

2002 dodge 2500 diesel. with the upgrades to the engine, i cant even tell theres a car back there. and it still gets 18 mpg towing

[Flipzide]

I use my parent's 2004 Nissan Titan.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/flipzide/trailer.jpg

[qwikspool]

06 4dr 2wd nissan frontier.

[soreballz]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3122059602_d3ef7e6e7c_b.jpg

Hot.

Goddamn, is there any car that TE37s DON'T look good on?

[ANVIL]

Fuck That i drive to the track!!!!!!!!!!!

driving to the track ftw :mephfawk:

but i do have a 01 Sierra C3 just incalse :)

[blueshark123]

95 chevy suburban

[¹²³Klan™]

I use Emergency Hookers!
cheapest towing for the buck!

gets me to willow/horse theif when needed.


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[Otto347]

^^^lol

i want an Isuzu NPR with no box on the back!

[boozels]

Gots me a nice little E350 extended version.

Soo much room for shit and then some!!

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/boozels/IMG_1458.jpg

[smellslikecurry]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/smellslikecurry/IMG_0152-1.jpg

[1QUICK4]

99 Dodge Ram. It's my towing rig plus winter beater

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/1quick4/truckSmall.jpg

It's also for fun at times too.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/1quick4/truck4Medium.jpg