37-Inch Tires, 9 Inches Of Lift
Continuing with some of Sean's other personal touches: "I also built my own driveshaft loops, one for the front, one for the rear, and one for the middle," he adds. Along with that are some custom-fabricated traction bars on the Fabtech 9-inch lift. Rolling stock consists of a set of ProComp tires, measuring 37x13.50, mounted on 17x10 Diamos rims.
For clearance around the big rubber, he fitted some 3.5-inch Bushwacker fender flares, recently painted purple to match the ATS stripe separating the two-tone finish. Other custom changes to the body include a 5-inch cowl-induction hood, fabricated by Sean.
"I took two hoods and made one out of steel to keep the body line in the middle," he explains. "I also shaved the door handles using Auto Locks remote door openers. It gives Great White a clean look." Speaking of clean, he installed stacks to keep the smoke in the air, not on the truck or fans.
With all these mods in place on the Great White, Sean achieved some significant success, but with a bittersweet ending: "It finally had a good season of pulls and ran a few 13.8-second quarter-mile passes and made a few full pulls," he says with a note of pride. But that wasn't the end of his challenges. "I did break the rear differential and left front axle shaft at the end of the full pull at Bandimere Speedway."
Was It Worth It?
What motivated Sean to go to so much trouble and expense? His blunt reply: "Taking one for the team. Building one of the best street-drivable, 8,000-pound-pulling, racing F-350 lifted trucks around-and one of the few 7.3L Power Strokes on the road that can run with the Dodge and GM trucks."