Re: RE: it was a sad day at the track friday nite

From: Chad Evans (hemidak@msn.com)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 00:07:46 EDT


excuse me for being a stupid on this question. i thought computer set timing
and all that. how do you index our distributor.last dumb question for the
night, what the heck is an fmu plate.

hemidak@msn.com

>From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: RE: it was a sad day at the track friday nite
>Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 22:08:54 -0500
>
>
>Chuong...I ran a 15.2 with all my stuff. My distributor index is set at
>6. As for the rich condition, what injectors, mods, boost level
>(pulley), etc. On the V6, you can run with the factory injectors with a
>10:1 FMU plate (factory is a 12:1).
>
>- Bernd
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net] On Behalf Of Chuong Nguyen
>Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:13 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: it was a sad day at the track friday nite
>
>
>Well, Friday night I wanted to see how the dakota would run at the track
>and
>the times were down right disappointing.
>
>17.02,
>16.8?
>and a 16.6?
>
>On the 3 runs, I didn't spin it off the line or anything. As a matter
>of
>fact, Mike Meyeroff's gen2 dakota CC no supercharger beat me by .01 of a
>
>second. It's shifting at 5000-5200 rpms, and my foot is on the gas with
>OD
>off. I dont' get it. a 97 dakota v6 with a bunch of bolt ons
>(includinga
>supercharger) running a 17.02? What gives?
>
>The main difference with the S/C is that now I can really power brake
>the
>truck. so it pulls hard in 1st, then gives up in the rest of the gears
>and
>seems to be running RICH.... really rich since it's gotten cold. Any
>ideas?
>-Chuong
>
>PS. timing on the distributor has been synced at "0" new plugs, cap,
>rotor, etc... so it's not an issue of a tune up or anything.
>
>
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