my 1989 shelby made it's last pass down the 1/4mile with 134,000 miles on
it. I know it could have taken many many more passes
Scott Miller
89 Shelby Dakota #322 - 360 C.I. V8 (12.25 @ 112.41 mph) "FASTDAK"
95 SLT CC V8 5.2 auto
----- Original Message -----
From: Will Coughlin <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:49 PM
Subject: DML: AHHH!,I finally got on my truck a little!
> Well people,My best friend came over today,and he hadn't seen my truck in
a
> while.He asked me if he could see it,so I took the cover off of it.He
asked
> if he could hear it since I got my exhaust dumped,so I somewhat
unwillingly
> cranked it up.He asked if we could go for a ride,so I let it warm up for
> several minutes and we went for a little ride.He has always begged me to
get
> on my truck at least once,just so he could feel how fast it was(remember
he
> had a '92 and a '97 318 truck).So I found a clear side road and I
stopped.I
> took of in first and wound it to about 3700,then barked the hell out of a
> secind and wound it to about 3900.At that point, I figured I had done
enough
> abuse and I took it home and put it back under the cover.Do ya'll think I
> hurt anything by doing this? I hope not! I am now kind of worried about
the
> long-term durability of my motor.How many of ya'll have seen 100,000+ out
of
> a motor that you are hard on,or race?
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
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