With an increase of 100HP and 125TQ would I still wind out at the 125 MPH?
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Steven St.Laurent
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Parthemer [mailto:rtdkota@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:16 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: Re: RE: Re: Dakota Drag Limit-BLink
With 4:10 :1 you'd wind out about 125 or sooner...
Sam '00 RT
--- Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil>
wrote:
> Sam, what about 4.10:1 gears?
>
>
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> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Parthemer [mailto:rtdkota@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:35 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> 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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