Shaker Racing Monster Truck Team

10/08/2026

Did you know?

Remember back when you flipped the air cleaner lid upside down so your four barrel would sound better?

They dyno tested that and with no other modifications, the truck gained 5 whp! ...just by flipping the air cleaner lid over.

10/08/2026

I'm seeing posts about Holley carbs lately that are just plain wrong.

First thing's first. VERY FEW Holleys are double pumpers. What is a double pumper? I saw a video where a guy said if it's a mechanical secondary, it's a double pumper. WRONG!!!! Yet another said if it's a center hung float bowl carb with two fuel inlets, it's a double pumper. WRONG AGAIN! Every carburetor has an accelerator pump on it. It gives a shot of gas to cover the needs of the engine in transition from idle to wide open throttle. SOME Holleys (very few) have an accelerator pump on the secondary side. That means they have ONE, ...TWO accelerator pumps. DOUBLE. PUMPER.

If you have a carburetor with the split fuel line that feeds fuel to the primary and secondary float bowls, that would be a dual feed carburetor.

If you have a carburetor that will open the primary and secondary butterflies with the engine off, that is a mechanical secondary carburetor.

Most of the Holleys you see are 1850 series, 600 CFM. Single feed, single pump, side hung float, vacuum secondary.

I've also seen some absolutely HORRENDOUS advice being given about tuning. Straight up wrong information.

Long story short, make sure whomever you have tune your carburetor at least knows what they're talking about. Knows the proper terminology and knows what the parts of the carburetor do.
..and for God's sake don't listen to these 20-somethings on Youtube tell you how to adjust your carburetor. From what I've seen today, you have a 20 % chance of getting correct information.

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10/07/2026

We're making progress on the '78 Supercab.

I have the main wire harness replaced and one of the headlight harnesses swapped out. When I got it, absolutely nothing worked and it would only run if you jumped the ignition system off the battery. Today, it starts with the key and will stay running. The delay wipers work and I have the passenger side front lights working. I hope I can get the rest of the lights working tomorrow.

I'll add that this is a rare truck in the sense that it had almost every option offered by Ford in 1978.

Factory cruise control
Delay wipers
A/C
Tilt wheel
Power steering
Power disc brakes
Ranger trim package with the race track trim
Dual tanks
460 with C6 automatic

When it's done, this is going to be a very nice cruiser.

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10/06/2026

I need to borrow 3,500 horse power for a weekend. (I'm dead serious) can anyone help me out? ...I want to try something. 🤔

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10/06/2026

Just an old dinosaur of a truck crawling over cars. This was 8 years ago in Springfield, Missouri.

10/06/2026

Conversation at the 2022 IMTM spring show:

"I want you to just roll up on the cars, wave and run off like we did back in the day."

"Got it."
...or not. ...my bad. :D

10/05/2026

Who said leafers can't flex?!

10/05/2026

The story for the day:

We were in New Mexico doing a show. The venue was kind of out in the middle of nowhere, but had a casino next door to the fairgrounds.

The promoter showed up and hadn't rented the track equipment yet, so in the 11th hour, the only thing available to move dirt was a backhoe. Mark built the track that year, so when it came time for dinner, the only thing we had to drive, ....was the backhoe. The only place we could get food, ....was the casino.

Yes, we piled in the backhoe and drove over to the casino. Just so everyone is aware, casino security is NEVER fond of seeing a backhoe pull in to customer parking. We got parked, but our feet didn't hit the black top before we were swarmed by security. We got grilled about why we were there and what we were doing. We had to talk fast and let them know we were with the monster truck show next door and they let us park there and eat in the restaurant, ....but it cost us quite a few tickets to the show. :D

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10/04/2026

This was very early in the 2021 season. We had just spent a week going through the truck fixing all the broken stuff, then got to our first gig in Lebanon, Tn. We then painted the four link bars, shocks, wheel lips and sway bar arms orange.
....I wonder if the big orange spot is still in the parking lot where we painted everything?? :D

10/04/2026

Yesterday was a good day.

We went up to Eldon, Missouri to see Colton Kiser run in the Full Throttle monster truck show up there. We spent the day talking with everybody and hanging out, then stayed to watch the show. Colton did an amazing job as usual. We got to meet the new crew for Dirt Crew Powersports and had fun talking with them. Nathan, Logan and Mongo are good guys for sure. We met a new-comer to the monster truck world Jim, who bought the "Oversize" ride truck. We wish him all the luck getting settled in and hope he can stick around.

Most importantly, we want to thank Kathy and Roger Gouger and Connie and Richie Kiser for making us feel so welcome. We don't see each other often enough.

Sorry, no pictures, we were enjoying the day and each other's company.