With the fan in dakota's they work two ways 1)
when the engine heats up they lock up and pull air 2)
under high rpm (like drag racing or at WOT ) so you
probally will pick up time not running a fan
Frank G
http://members.onecenter.com/autoworld/dakota/index.html
--- Jon Smith <jon@fast4x4.net> wrote:
> thats a long haul for a Sunday... I sure would like
> to run though... I'll
> put a case of beer against the fact that loosin that
> fan will drop you a
> tenth!! Do old people drink beer?? :-) hehehe
> _______________________
> Jon Smith--Raleigh, NC
> jon@fast4x4.net
> www.fast4x4.net
> '95 Dakota 4x4 318 CC auto
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WMBARRET@aol.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: 13's for Matt B
>
>
> > It will be Nov. 26th, 11am @ Richmond Dragway
> (about 35 Mi. North of VMP)
> I
> > keep thinking about that clutch fan, the old man
> keeps telling me thats
> why
> > its a clutch fan, he claims there is'nt much loss
> by the fan??
> > You know how old men get, they always know more
> than the son. Like when he
> > told me 287 cubes could'nt push 3900 pounds into
> the low 14's, bawaaa haa,
> > something about some 70's big block Mopars from
> the factory had trouble
> > breaking 13's??? hee hee ;) Come on up Jon if you
> can!
> >
> > Matt, smelling 13's
> > '00 RC 4.7L 5 spd
> > 14.23 @ 94.49
> >
> > In a message dated Tue, 14 Nov 2000 3:50:30 PM
> Eastern Standard Time,
> "Jon
> > Smith" <jon@fast4x4.net> writes:
> >
> > << I'm not sure how your truck will react to it,
> but shortbelt (PS delete)
> > will
> > get me right at a tenth everytime. I'd speculate
> the mechanical fan is
> > draggin enough to take a tenth as well... when is
> that 1 more race for
> the
> > season? I gotta get my 14s :-)
> > _______________________
> > Jon Smith--Raleigh, NC
> > jon@fast4x4.net
> > www.fast4x4.net
> > '95 Dakota 4x4 318 CC auto
> >
> > > Na, Haven't tried a shorter belt, or fan
> removal, YET ;)
> > > Grin, Grin.... I've got one more race this
> season, Stage I TB,& Caltracs
> > are
> > > coming, and I guess I'll remove the fan too.
> Maybe I can squeak a 13.99
> > out
> > > of her...
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> >
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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