V-10 Rams are geared for pulling loads; not
necessarily for speed. Plus I think that you are a
half-ton lighter.
--- Chad Evans <hemidak@Msn.com> wrote:
> your a canniball. lol
>
> 99 rc 318 flame red
> HemiDak@msn.com
>
> >From: "John Bell" <jbell@vignette.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >To: dakota-truck-moderator@twisted.twistedbits.net
> >Subject: DML: "All in the family" spank (Ram vs.
> Dak QC)
> >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:17:14 -0600
> >
> >Hey all, thought I'd share this one with you...
> >
> >Coming into work today, I'm zipping along pretty
> fast (around 80 or so)
> >since
> >I'm late for work (when the baby is teething, you
> tend to stay up late at
> >night
> >zzzzzzzzzz). Anyway, I'm passing people left and
> right, then this 4x4 Ram
> >2500 with the V10 badge and catback dual exhaust
> decides he's gonna catch
> >up and pass me. That's fine... we get to an uphill,
> and he starts to edge
> >ahead by about a front fender or so heading up
> (hence how I know it
> >was a V10, the badge was right in my face). "Oh, a
> challenge" I think, so
> >down goes my size 13 oaf foot into the Big Pedal -
> let's see how this
> >turns out, I'm thinking.
> >
> >The mighty QC 360 downshifts, lets out a throaty
> growl, and at first I'm
> >just
> >staying with him. Then I creep up a little, then a
> little more, then his
> >fender
> >lead is gone and he is starting to get a little
> concerned ;-). I just keep
> >it down,
> >beat him to the top of the hill, and pull away. By
> then I'm coming up on
> >the
> >lovely combo of slow traffic and a notorious speed
> trap (over the hill
> >traps
> >in Austin, gotta love 'em), so I slow down. Ram Man
> cuts behind me and
> >plows on by in the left lane, giving me the "you're
> number one" salute as
> >he goes by, natch. Whatever :-).
> >
> >Anyway, those Rams with the V10 are damn quick, 4x4
> or otherwise. I had
> >to work hard for that one. I thought he'd
> out-torque me on the hill, but
> >the
> >QC
> >seemed to not have trouble with that (3.92 gears
> probably helped there). Oh
> >well,
> >like the subject says, it's all in the family :-D.
> >
> >Have fun,
> >--
> >John Bell - '00 D2K QC 5.9 4x4 NV242 3.92LSD SLT+
> *my baby*
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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