RE: r/t speed limiter/reason

From: Sam Parthemer (srp@home.com)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 18:18:52 EDT


FYI- BFG & Michelin are the same company
  

Tire combos that work... 275-50-17s (unless seriously lowered)
                         305-45-17s (rear only-- Hotchkis okay)
                                     PLUS looks Seriously Cool!

Sam '00 RT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Terry Herrin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:41 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: r/t speed limiter/reason
>
>
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:21:28 -0500, jim miller <jmiller@texnet.net>
> wrote:
> >> It is because the tires that come on the R/Ts are not speed rated any
> >> faster. And, unfortunantly, no other tires come in the right size to
> >> fit without mods. I don't like it any better than anyone else! I
>
> The stock R/T tires are rated to 130mph. A Mopar PCM will remove the
> speed limiter. There are currently four tires available in the stock
> R/T size: Goodyear, BFG, Michelin and Dunlop. Nitto makes a tire that
> is a little wider but almost the exact same height, which can be used
> as long the truck isn't lowered.
>
> Terry Herrin
> 99 FR CC R/T
> 14.769 @ 91.43
> Wilmington, NC
> http://users.isaac.net/therrin/dakota.html



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