As soon as a 4 or 6 can run at the level of a modified 8 and still be street
legal let me know. Not to step on the little 6 bangers in the group but the
v6 SLT I sold for my RT sucked.
Rice is nice on a plate but doesn't belong under the hood, or on the road.
Soft tires are worth every penny thats why I run my Nitto's.
semper fi
Steve
'00 Dakota RT + ATI
strigle@home.com
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 08:04:34 -0700
From: Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil>
Subject: RE: DML: 318 Supercharged VS a 360 Natural
First off it is in the tires that is the biggest problem with the R/Ts.
Breaking traction with hard compound rubber is not good. I break traction
with an automatic variable 4 speed all time. Change to the soft compound
version. Yes! More money and less miles. But it good you better results.
I had a soft compound rubber when I was running my Chevelle with a 700HP
range and leaving not only rubber but a LA SMOG level cloud behind me. I
was beaten many times not having the Lakewood Ladders bars off the car. But
then, it was fun seeing the cloud behind you.
A six is good engine not only from the gas savings but easier to build with
more OEM products (depending on the sales rate of the manufacture). A
proven point is the Japanese 4's and 6s. Look at the wide variety of
equipment you can purchased for the stock car. Unfortunately the
Dodge/Mopar stills lags in this area.
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Steven St.Laurent
Test Engineer
Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, USMC
760-725-2506 (DSN 365-2506)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Strigle [mailto:strigle@home.com]
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:06 PM
To: Dakota Mailing List
Subject: re: DML: 318 Supercharged VS a 360 Natural
Why not just get a 360, and supercharge it?
It's difficult to build torque on an RT, the tires break loose too easily.
My guess on the RT lag is the RT wasn't racing at first. He probably saw you
jump ahead, realized that would make him look really bad so he then
proceeded to floor it. If he didn't leave at least 20' of rubber on the
road he didn't mash it from a stop, or he just has a dud for a motor.
Go with the 360 and supercharge that! You'll love it!
Steve
'00 Dakota RT + ATI
"If it ain't blown, it just sucks."
strigle @home.com (no space)
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