Drag Blocks vs. Drag Balls. [Archive]

c.nash

06-21-2007, 01:14 PM

Well I believe it's cheaper to buy balls, and they throw good sparks...

The majority of people on fullsize forums uses balls but I don't know if they last as long as blocks or what...
I'm soon to make mounts, so I gotta find out what mounts I'm making. =P

Blazed22s

06-21-2007, 01:33 PM

i used old leafsprings, i cut them into 4inch long pieces and weld them to the frame. i think they spark up better then balls do...

Blazed22s

06-21-2007, 01:34 PM

and after you bag your truck, the springs are usually just sitting around collecting dust, so why not use them for some fun!

SaltyOnionBalls

06-21-2007, 01:57 PM

Blocks are better if you could afford it, they throw better sparks.

If you seen my video of me draggin my balls it throws some nice sparks too.

Balls are just cheaper, you can buy a bulk for $5 ea.

c.nash

06-21-2007, 01:59 PM

Blocks are better if you could afford it, they throw better sparks.

If you seen my video of me draggin my balls it throws some nice sparks too.

Balls are just cheaper, you can buy a bulk for $5 ea.

Exactly.
Where do you buy your bulk?
I'm probably going to just buy boxes and boxes of them and keep like 20 in the truck at all times. =P

SaltyOnionBalls

06-21-2007, 02:10 PM

Partsamerica.com you can order them for rather cheap

c.nash

06-21-2007, 02:35 PM

Partsamerica.com you can order them for rather cheap

Damn.. They are like $8-30 per ball...

SaltyOnionBalls

06-21-2007, 02:50 PM

:dunno: I got them for $5 before from them

Try walmart?

c.nash

06-21-2007, 03:07 PM

Eh... I dunno... Where is a good place to buy blocks?

I think I saw them for $20 a pair somewhere...

wickd.lo

06-21-2007, 03:14 PM

Guy on ebay sells titanium for $18 a block, damn good price, when my sub frame is done I will be getting some.

draggindually93

06-21-2007, 06:03 PM

I usually just weld some chunk of steel that I have layin around to the frame and drag it till its gone. but Ive seen trailer balls throw some pretty good sparks too.

BodyRoadSparks

06-21-2007, 07:11 PM

harbor freight sells trailer balls for 5 bucks and i like them cause they are easily changable, but blocks do spark better, but balls spark like crazy too, and anyone who makes fun of drag balls but uses blocks is a hypocrit there are both styles of dragging training wheels. drag frame or body best way to go!

c.nash

06-21-2007, 07:18 PM

Hm...
So I gotsta make some mounts for either one... Hmm...

Dammit, this is confusing lol.

BodyRoadSparks

06-21-2007, 07:20 PM

just dont put titanium in front of your gas tank

draggindually93

06-21-2007, 07:29 PM

drag frame or body best way to go!

:plus1:

omgsprx

06-21-2007, 07:53 PM

Hm...
So I gotsta make some mounts for either one... Hmm...

Dammit, this is confusing lol.

i heard the guy who sells em on e-bay they cum with brackets already

c.nash

06-21-2007, 07:57 PM

i heard the guy who sells em on e-bay they cum with brackets already

Yea but it's welded...
I think i want something that the brackets and the blocks are different pieces so I can just change out the blocks or balls instead of having to swap the whole thing.

Kenny Pollock

06-21-2007, 10:28 PM

Suicide Doors sells big blocks now, with swappable blocks

c.nash

06-21-2007, 10:54 PM

Suicide Doors sells big blocks now, with swappable blocks

Yup saw that, over time they actually save you money over buying brian blocks when you just have to buy the $15 replacements...

I'm debating between the SD blocks located at the rear of the cab or drag balls mounted on the rear of the frame where I can lay out without worrying about not laying frame and then drag by riding a little cali. =P

draggindually93

06-21-2007, 11:57 PM

Yup saw that, over time they actually save you money over buying brian blocks when you just have to buy the $15 replacements...

I'm debating between the SD blocks located at the rear of the cab or drag balls mounted on the rear of the frame where I can lay out without worrying about not laying frame and then drag by riding a little cali. =P

I always put stuff on the rear of my frame so I can still lay out, plus the sparks go father out behind you b/c they come from the back of the truck not the middle so you can see them better

c.nash

06-22-2007, 12:11 AM

I always put stuff on the rear of my frame so I can still lay out, plus the sparks go father out behind you b/c they come from the back of the truck not the middle so you can see them better

Werd. =)
This is probably what I will end up doing.
I might fab up some mounts out of cardboard tommorow then weld this up this coming week.

Saggy_Nutz

06-22-2007, 01:06 AM

c.nash

06-22-2007, 01:29 AM

its already been stated once......... BITCH BLOCKS/BALLS SUCK!!!!! i understand people may have 10k in paint/50k showtruck...... thats the exception to that rule.... i will never have a show truck! i will always drag body. the black top is my body man of choice when it come to rocker removal! just my 2 cents

Yea... I plan on making my truck nice over time, not destroying the work. =P

If stuff breaks I'll fix it, but I don't want to intentionally break it lol.

Kenny Pollock

06-22-2007, 01:29 AM

I don't have the knowledge or skill to repair my frame... I can lay frame, I can drag frame... I choose not to (mostly)

SaltyOnionBalls

06-22-2007, 07:56 AM

I've proved I can drag frame, no point in destroying it.

Onoma

06-22-2007, 11:37 AM

its called weld some shit up and drag it.

trailer balls suck cock

i use a 2x2 steal tube

Slam

06-22-2007, 01:00 PM

This could go on for ever. lol I love my truck, I love draggin. I see no point if f-n up my frame. Plates are one thing, but true frame is gay. Yes you can fix it. Buy why mess with the structural integrity of you frame? Infact I kind of think its dum. I have no prob with plateing my frame and dragin the piss out of it. But true frame is not for me.

As far as the ball vers block goes,......I have dragged balls many
times. The good, cheep, good spark, ez to change. The bad, they melt, I have got in them so hot that the ball kind of moved back. I have heard that some times the ball part will snap off.
Blocks, the good, sick sparks, last much longer, safer. The bad, more$$$, harder to change, if gets hung-up on some thing may twist your frame.
I would go with the balls, but then agin im cheep like that. lol
The best to me would be to plate you frame tho.

draggindually93

06-22-2007, 07:16 PM

its already been stated once......... BITCH BLOCKS/BALLS SUCK!!!!! i understand people may have 10k in paint/50k showtruck...... thats the exception to that rule.... i will never have a show truck! i will always drag body. the black top is my body man of choice when it come to rocker removal! just my 2 cents

ive drug body and frame but you can only drag so much without major changes to the floor. I drug the body to the pinch weld were the floor meets the rockers so I am done draggin body. as far as the frame goes there is no point in draggin true frame it just destroys the frame.

Spngr311

06-22-2007, 07:33 PM

I like cutting up leaf springs and welding it to the frame. That works well for me. I don't have a really good place for mounting balls or blocks (I have a pair of each sitting in my toolchest). I want to put the blocks back on though, just need to find a better spot so I don't have to ride too high.

I prefer consumable products over frame. One, I don't feel like fixing my frame if there is a way to avoid. Two, if you drag too much of your framework away, you weaken the structure of your truck and you cause a host of problems.

Blazed22s

06-23-2007, 10:38 AM

BIG RYAN

07-15-2007, 07:59 AM

i use steel tubing 2x2", 1/4" wall in side of 3x3" tubing welded to the frame with 2 bolts in the front of it you can slide the 2x2 down through it and titen up the bolts and you got a fresh drag block beacause the 2x2 is so thin it heats up really fast and you get a ton of sparks
i dont have any pics but i do have a video

vvvvv

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZgvZE9P1rYo

that was only about a 30 second drag the camera man didnt get it recording riht away but as you can see that was alot os spraks for 50mph

Spngr311

07-15-2007, 12:25 PM

Do you have a picture of this setup? It sounds like a good idea and I don't like having the blocks I have on my truck now because they stick down so far and I'd like some adjustability.

BIG RYAN

07-15-2007, 09:23 PM

Do you have a picture of this setup? It sounds like a good idea and I don't like having the blocks I have on my truck now because they stick down so far and I'd like some adjustability.

sorry no pics yet. in the video that was the same 2x2 steel but welded to the frame in front

the only problem it that it drags through really fast

88dually

07-23-2007, 06:51 PM

balls throw some nasty rooster tails some times and id rather weld a plate of steel i have layin around.

dragginmazda

07-23-2007, 07:37 PM

frame plated with 3/8th plate steel
or plate the bottom of the frame with 1/4 inch C channel

93BoxRyder

07-24-2007, 04:39 PM

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/draggin.jpg

that ball was put on like 10 min before this pic and theres also a block of steel where the balls bolted in to

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/ass.jpg

2nd run by

my buddy marcos (thas his old truck) went thru that ball in 2 days i think he said and he also drug tha mount block off too lol i hes doin prolly 40 or 50 in the pic i think cuz thas the end of the street right there n shyt

RoRo

07-24-2007, 04:43 PM

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/draggin.jpg

that ball was put on like 10 min before this pic and theres also a block of steel where the balls bolted in to

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/ass.jpg

2nd run by

my buddy marcos (thas his old truck) went thru that ball in 2 days i think he said and he also drug tha mount block off too lol

is that truck even bagged? that bitch looks like it's only got a 2/3 drop

93BoxRyder

07-24-2007, 04:52 PM

is that truck even bagged? that bitch looks like it's only got a 2/3 drop
yea it was bagged in the front and blocked in tha back lol i was makin fun of him for it bein so high but heres 3 more pics of it raised and dropped.....

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos3.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos2.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos1.jpg

RoRo

07-24-2007, 04:54 PM

yea it was bagged in the front and blocked in tha back lol i was makin fun of him for it bein so high but heres 3 more pics of it raised and dropped.....

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos3.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos2.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a199/mowemdown89/marcos1.jpg

wow. baller lol

93BoxRyder

07-24-2007, 04:56 PM

lol i liked that truck it had slamspecialties 2600lb bags in tha front and would pull the 20s up 4 inches a couple times at 200psi

The Dave Inc.

07-24-2007, 11:11 PM

lol i liked that truck it had slamspecialties 2600lb bags in tha front and would pull the 20s up 4 inches a couple times at 200psi

4"? hmm...:picsorstfu:

RoRo

07-25-2007, 12:03 AM

4"? hmm...:picsorstfu:

now this i believe more than onomas hopping, only because that is about the same as my truck (or all s-10's with that setup)

93BoxRyder

07-25-2007, 12:21 AM

sorry i dont have any and he sold it i do have a vid of sum kidd hittin switches in it but he dont kno wut hes doin
and a vid of him draggin by tha house

dooredranger

12-13-2007, 01:44 PM

hey ken post a pic of that truck now

dooredranger

12-13-2007, 01:45 PM

drag body i drag my 1/4 x 6 rocker

DustT31

12-15-2007, 02:21 AM

drag body i drag my 1/4 x 6 rocker

i wanna see a picture of this

switched99

12-15-2007, 04:47 AM

havent gotten to drag yet probly drag balls for the quick easy exchange of cuttin steel and welding or mounting it to the frame

dooredranger

12-15-2007, 07:30 PM

lol ill def take it out soon just took it back apart to get the bed on it ill get sum pics up asap

dart_06

12-15-2007, 07:35 PM

Drag Frame Bitches!!!!

dragnbdy

12-16-2007, 10:29 PM

:stfu::thumbdown: THIS THREAD SUCKS!!!!!!!!

chevymadness04

12-18-2007, 08:14 PM

my brother totaled his truck while dragging on trailer balls

dragnbdy

12-18-2007, 09:06 PM

my brother totaled his truck while dragging on trailer balls

not to mention they break off and who knows where they go

dooredranger

12-18-2007, 09:07 PM

i rolled mine the reason the bd came about bc of drag blocks on the ass end

pinstripin'mikey

12-20-2007, 11:11 PM

im not a fan of either if u lay out then drag the f'n frame, but i can understand if u have paintwork and such on the frame ur tryin to maintain, then id say use blocks.... not so much a fan of trailer balls or whatever cuz ive seen em break off at high speed and go through windshields