Can the tires handle the RPM?
----- Original Message -----
From: <WMBARRET@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 4.7l of Dissapointment
> Andy, the truck would become air born before you reached that point, hee
hee!! JK :)
> When I got my custom PCM, (speed limiter removed) I took mine up to 120 in
5th, no problem, still pulling, and felt stable. I suspect, if someone were
brave enough (or stupid enough) :) you could probably get 130-140 out of it,
I would'nt do it ! The 120 came real easy, lots of rpms left.
>
> Matt Y2K-HEMI
> '00 RC 4.7L 5spd
> 14.23 @ 94.49
>
> In a message dated Sun, 4 Mar 2001 10:50:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, Andy
Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com> writes:
>
> << Sure you didn't hit the speed limiter? Also keep in mind that like
> other things, your truck probably has a terminal velocity (for lack of a
> better term), a point at which you will need a LARGE amount of power to
> get a speed increase, because of aerodynamics and other factors.
>
> Chris Lambert wrote:
> >
> > OK guys I was a little disappointed with the 4.7 today. While racing a
guy
> > in a neon R/T (I still beat him) I was on the highway in 4th going
> > uphill. It would not accelerate past 108mph. It was floored, just ran
out
> > of steam. Well in 5th it started to accelerate again but still you
> > know... Any ideas? Although after this I needed to do a burnout, went
to
> > a favorite place of mine and continued to roast them up... Started in
first
> > and got on the brake... nice... then decided to try and shift to
second...
> > well it went about 30' but then it started to really roast in second
with
> > me on the brake to hold it in one place... really, really rough pavement
> > too... but I am still disappointed... I am going to look into this a
little
> > more later in the week once all this snow is off the roads... also after
I
> > clean my K&N...
> >
> > Chris
>
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> -andy
>
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