and ya shouldn't, work at your own pace, might help if ya draw up a "plan" in the form of a flow chart outlining what ya will need as far as equipment in order to progress to the next step etc.. kinda one of those hind sight is 20/20 things on my part LOL I bounced all over the place just to finally end up here where I'm pretty happy but sure coulda skipped some of the miss steps along the way... and wasted time aquireing equipment I never needed which prevented me from getting stuff I really coulda got much more use out of..
as far as the toys the Dodge is my favorite... for now... cause its a total "Sleeper" its running a 5.9 Cummins diesel with a 5 speed behind it, twin turbos and water/meth injection the bottom end has had marine pistons installed, the head is fire ringed (mill a groove around each cyl. and insert a wire to help sealing) its running bigger injectors (which is why it needed more air to burn the fuel rather than waste it as smoke) and best part is.. it gets 19.7 mpg and is totally mild mannered on the street (people who really know diesels aren't fooled though when they hear it they can tell but most folks its just another noisy diesel) but on the track it will lay down a 13.42 without even breathin hard while my cross bed tool box is in place and 130lb winch on front bumper if I empty it out that drops into the 12s but I gotta run in 4 wheel hi range otherwise I can't get off the line fast enough.... puts on a good tire meltin show though just doesn't win the race
my friends call that truck the "Mustang killer" cause I raced a latina lady who had a pretty serious mustang but no money... I bet her her panties and bra against my $500... and after she lost by over a truck leangth and a half she didn't bat an eye when she stepped behind the truck and took em off and handed em to me.... a big smile on her face the whole time walked to her car buck naked and blew me a kiss as she lit em up and burned outa there... I shoulda charged my buddies admision to that race...