tire psi is very important..lower it in 4psi increments,also if you r not
running slicks go around the water and spin them off to clean out the
treads and then do a dry hop..practice start..on start foot on brake and
bring rpms up until the back is about to break loose..my mother went into
labor w/me in 1970 at a dragstrip..my fatherand brother also race and i
moved on to motorcycles and will be racing my 72 javelin(406) and soon the
98 r/t dak w/matching motorcycle..u can email me fastjohnie@yahoo.com or
slpndragon@hotmail.com..hopefully ill be going to mopar nats goodluck try
a msd setup if possible
>From: "DEREK BROOKS" <DEREK00@prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: Re: DML: Re DML R/T has no power
>Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:16:21 -0400
>
>just a thought your not spinning off the line are you every time the tires
>slip on launching it is time lost in et even if you only say it is a little
>slip it is still time lost try leaving differantly off the line and mabe
>play with the tire presure a bit a little less air may help you hook up a
>little better.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 8:01 PM
>Subject: Re: DML: Re DML R/T has no power
>
>
> > At 07:42 PM 7/19/00 EDT, you wrote:
> > >no its not a purple cam in my r/t , that was my mistake. The cam i
>used
>was
> > >the magnum r/t cam pt No. P5249549 and it was installed at a local
>Dodge
> > >dealership.
> >
> > I've heard that, to get the most out of the Magnum R/T cam, it should be
> > installed centerline straight up.
> >
> > >Does the r/t not come with a factory cat-back system?
> >
> > Yes and a pretty good one from what I've heard and read.
> >
> > >And how would i know if i had a bad cat?
> >
> > You would start getting a sulphur smell. A bad cat may/should trigger
> > a 'Check Engine' light or a MIL code. Another way is to put a scanner
> > on the truck and read the 2nd O2 sensor's output.
> >
> > >My air cleaner is an edelbrock 10x3" open air element . Is that
>adequate?
> >
> > This is probably a problem area. If you want to stay with the open air
> > system,
> > go to a 14x ~3".
> >
> > >I am running on stock tires and my time before the mods was 15.8 sec
>and
> > 15.3
> > >after.
> >
> > FWIW, I cut 3/10s off my ET by going with BFG drag radials.
> >
> > >There should have been better gains for that kind of money.
> > >Dodge advertises 46 hp and 51 lbs of torque with these add on's .
> > >Mods :
> > >headers
> > >camshaft
> > >edelbrock open air element
> > >jet chip
> > >T.B
> >
> > Those figures are maximum possible gains and include having the MP
>computer
> > and Gen II air filter system (very expensive in Canada) as well as the
>cam
> > and cat-back.
> >
> > A shift kit would also help.
> >
> > Bob. Ont, Canada.
> > '97 Dakota CC, 5.2L, 4x2, 3.92 SG, auto., 4265 lb.
> > PB: 14.737 @ 91.75 9.364 @ 72.95
>
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