Baaa haaa haaaa haaa.
That's a good one Tim.
It's full of stuff and I did weigh it on two different scales and got the
same results.
I know it needs to be put on a diet. We keep camping gear in it all the time
for those at the drop of the hat camping trips. It doesn't affect the HP
ratings and this was a unplanned opportunity to test it.
Patrick O'Day
2000 Dakota 4x4, 4.7L, CC
Ztube w/9 inch big mouth filter
68 MM TB Ported and Polished
Rancho 9000 Shocks
Robert Shaw 755 180F Thermostat
Mobil 1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Berry" <coolva1@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject: DML: Re: 4.7 HP measured with Gtech
> I'd take your dak in for service... thats the heaviest dakota I've ever
> seen.... :) Maybe they filled all the fluids too much or sumthin... you
> sure its not 4400??
>
> Tim Berry
>
> > I just did my first series of runs with the Gtech in the Dak. We only
had
> a
> > short time to play this afternoon so the only measurement taken was
> > horsepower. I would appreciate if you could let me know if the numbers
> look
> > reasonable given the mods the truck has on it. Also any recommendations
on
> > the next mod that would be appropriate would be welcome.
> >
> > I weighed the truck at a local scale, the weight was exactly 5400lbs.
The
> > results were as follows.
> >
> > Run 1 188
> > Run 2 196
> > Run 3 208
> > Run 4 206
> > Run 5 204
> > Run 6 206
> >
> > Average of runs 2 through 6 was 204hp.
> > I discarded the 188 as an error according to the instructions in the
> manual.
> >
> > Patrick O'Day
> > 2000 Dakota 4x4, 4.7L, CC
> > Ztube w/9 inch big mouth filter
> > 68 MM TB Ported and Polished
> > Rancho 9000 Shocks
> > Robert Shaw 755 180F Thermostat
> > Mobil 1
> >
>
>
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