I'm gona' side with Clay on this one...
I've seen SS/T's run off and leave 318 Daks. Also, one of the trucks on
Dragtruck is Ram and runs 13's I beleive. 13 sec daks are just as rare...
A Ram may be bigger, but I wouldn't consider one a pig by any means..
-mike d.
---> Yorktown, Va.
88 Dakota LE: slammed, painted, and PARKED =(
miggitymike@juno.com
http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:18:42 -0500 (EST) Clay Cooke <cooke@ecn.purdue.edu>
writes:
>
> I know I said I was going to keep quite... but here are some points
> of
> interest:
>
> (1) a dak CC only weights like 400 lbs less then a standard cab,
> short bed
> ram
>
> (2) stock ram v8 vs. stock dak v8 would probably be a dak win, not
> buy
> much, but a win
>
> (3) stock ram 360 vs stock dak 318... I pick the ram...
>
> modify a ram.... and it can beat a dak.... true enough... you can do
> the
> same to a dak... I like having more room, Hey IM a big guy!!!
>
> :)
>
> Clay
>
> 84 Dodge Ram, scrappin pavement w/ 440 8bbl
> 96 Indy Ram, scrappin EVERYTHING w/ 360 Magnum!' -(www.indyram.org)
> 69 Road Runner 440 6bbl, project car
>
> http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~cooke
>
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Stlaurent Mr Steven wrote:
>
> > RAM V-8 versus the DAKOTA V-8. Waste of fuel since now it has
> been the
> > fourth time. The RAM V-8 is a heavier truck versus the DAK, using
> the same
> > V-8 motor.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Steven St.Laurent
> > Test Engineer
> > Test Branch, GSD,MCTSSA
> > MARCORSYSCOM, US Marine Corps
> > mailto:stlaurents@mctssa.usmc.mil (work)
> > mailto:Saint1958@home.com (home)
> > Office: (760) 725-2296
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lynn Pedersen [mailto:davewaco@sympatico.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:46 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Vipertruck VS. Chebby SS10 (kinda long)
> >
> > Steve Hi! I think you have a lot of people confused!!!
> > Who's whopping what with what???
> > Dak VS Chev VS Ram --- Please explain!
> > We are both confused --- Dave & Lynn
> > P.S a good drag race is never a waist of time &
> fuel!!!
> >
> > Stlaurent Mr Steven wrote:
> > >
> > > I getting tired on whopping on V-8 Ram truck. What a waste of
> fuel and
> > > time.
> > >
> > >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Steven St.Laurent
> > > Test Engineer
> > > Test Branch, GSD,MCTSSA
> > > MARCORSYSCOM, US Marine Corps
> > > mailto:stlaurents@mctssa.usmc.mil (work)
> > > mailto:Saint1958@home.com (home)
> > > Office: (760) 725-2296
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: DICEMAN469@aol.com [mailto:DICEMAN469@aol.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 4:19 AM
> > > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > Subject: DML: Vipertruck VS. Chebby SS10 (kinda long)
> > >
> > > So I'm coming to work minding my own business, listening to my
> radio and
> > > thanking God I replaced that heater core when I did..and this
> Chebby SS10
> > > with cheesy factory vinyl stripes wails past me. We're on a two
> lane
> > offramp
> > > with sand everywhere so I'm not going to repeat his foolish
> manuever.
> > > Instead
> > > I figure I'll wait until I get on the main highway to teach him
> a lesson.
> > He
> > > gets in front of me (no signal of course) and proceeds to play
> with me,
> > > slowing down and speeding up (the standard "just out of high
> school and my
> > > parents bought me a truck" behavior) so patiently I wait for the
> road to
> > > straighten. When I get this punk on the highway, he moves over
> and
> > promptly
> > > guns it, of course not waiting for me to pull even with him
> first. That's
> > OK
> > > though, because all I did was downshift and nail it, and that's
> the last
> > we
> > > saw of our Chebby in this story :-). Sure, I saw him in my rear
> mirror
> > > growing smaller, and sure I imagine he was screaming in his head
> wondering
> > > how he just got his "Super Sport S10 with the ZQ8 suspension"
> wailed on,
> > but
> > > that's ok, because I pulled off the offramp before I could even
> see him in
> > > my
> > > sideview. I love spanking people who deserve it!! I know he's at
> work
> > right
> > > now talking about how I juiced him or got some kind of V8 swap,
> dummy not
> > > realizing that Daks (Read: REAL TRUCKS) have V8's, or in this
> case, a
> > Huffed
> > > V6 :-).
> > > Did the same thing to an S10 last week too, but that was so
> sorry it's
> > > not even worth mentioning :-)
> > >
> > > -Austin
> > > Vipertruck "The Purple Chebby Eater"
> >
>
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