Cost to produce the vehicle is around 16,000 dollars and change. Then it is
sold to the dealers for around 25-26K.
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Steve St.Laurent
2000 DC Dakota 4.7, CC, 4x2 (soon 330HP)
2000 Roush Mustang Stage II (awaiting the new SC)
"Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Cabin/4382/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: I Feel the Ferd Sickness
At 07:06 AM 3/23/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Checking out the KarCraft Web page, I found that the Ford Lightning 5.4 V-8
>blown Super Charged engine goes for 4400.00 (with the SC). DAMN! The
>whipple cost just about that much with a kit from Kenne Bell for the Dak.
If the engine is so cheap, why does the Lightning cost $30K??? I
assumed it was because of the cost of the SC and such. I guess Ford is
just making a huge profit on it. ?
-Jon-
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