RE: 4.7l of Dissapointment

From: Ronald Wong (ron-wong@home.com)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2001 - 11:54:37 EST

Better put some real good tires on it before going that fast.

Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of WMBARRET@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 4:44 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
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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