Re: RE: hotchkis on a pre 97

From: jdharmon@earthlink.net
Date: Sun May 14 2000 - 13:44:03 EDT


I agree with everyone about the Pre-97's needing the system. The crew at
Hotchkis is very busy with a lot of projects right now. This may be something
for the future. Remember that this takes a lot of engineering. not just slap
the part on, tweak it a bit and then run. With the quality standards at
Hotchkis Performance, they do it right or not at all. It may take some time.
Gary is the designer, so he will do it. BTW - they will also need a pre-97 Dak
for a bit of time in their shop to do the trials and install and mods. Who can
do without their truck for a month or two?? The entire process may take more
than 6 months. Be patient.

Side note - just took the front wheels off. Brake pads are trash. inner ones
lost all the material and the metal was scraping on the rotors. Time for new
rotors and pads complete on the front and new shoes on the rear! Otherwise, it
is fine. Reminder to self - week before Buttonwillow, get new brakes!!! Hee
Hee

TTYL

Jim Harmon
DACUDA
DTOA

Brett Forehand wrote:

> Richard, I'll have to chime in with you on this one. There is a tremendous
> amount of interest in the pre '97 Dak trucks. I'm sure you've seen the June
> issue of Sport Truck magazine, which had a very nice feature of pre '97
> Daks.
>
> My view on the pre '97's is that there will be more and more interest in
> buying/customizing/hot-rodding them. Young people these days (for the most
> part) can't afford a brand new R/T or a Dak. (Why do you think you see so
> many Japanese cars running around with fart pipes)!
> Mike Clark and I discussed how many Gen II's we see on the road in Texas.
> The damn things are everywhere, and everyone I ever talk to that has one has
> done some mods to them, and are looking to do more, if only there were more
> to be had!
>
> I also feel that there is a strong brand loyalty with Dodge trucks. Most of
> the guys here that now have R/T's or new Daks previously owned a GenII. So,
> get a guy hooked on a sweet suspension setup for his GenII, then in a couple
> years when he wants to get a Quad cab, R/T, or whatever, he'll want to put a
> Hotchkis setup on it too. Makes sense to me!
>
> Quoting Bernd again, "just my .02"
>
> Brett Forehand
> '94 Dakota Sport CC and spanked a Mitsushitty/Itchybitchy last night
>
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