3.55 / Auto
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Parthemer <rtdkota@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: Re: Dakota Drag Limit-BLink
> With what gears? Are we talking Mustang or Dakota???
> A Dakota with 3.92 gears pulls 4500 rpm at 128 mph
> (5spd, auto is about he same)... It MIGHT pull
> another 500 rpm to 5000 RPM, but the HP/torque fall
> off after 4500 rpm, so it might not be possible. Then
> with a Dakota running 3.55 gears, it may not be able
> to reach much more than 130 in 5th gear (or OD)
> because of the wind resistance & fact that it isn't
> pulling it's peak HP at 4000 RPM, and may not overcome
> the drag at that point.
>
> Look at a Viper... The top speed in a Viper comes in
> on 5th gear.. Not 6th gear...
>
> --- Todd Flummer <mustang@netunlimited.net> wrote:
> > I know I seen at 130 probably closer to 140 without
> > even getting near
> > redline (about 4000 rpm). But I do have a computer,
> > lowered and Comp T/A's.
> >
> > Todd
> > Mustang@netunlimited.net
> > www.netunlimited.net/~mustang/
>
>
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