Re: 4cyl dakotas Was Which Dakota

From: Ryan Beverlin (streetdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 14 2001 - 12:30:35 EDT


There is no Turbo 4 Dakota , its a natural aspirated 2.5 4 cyl TBI , you'd
have to create that yourself
Ryan Beverlin
(1992 Dak Carbed V8 Conversion)
http://home.houston.rr.com/burnout/ryan.html

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From: "mrdancer" <mrdancer2@home.your.underwear.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 4cyl dakotas Was Which Dakota

> ""kwreimer"" <kwreimer@email.msn.com> wrote in message
> news:004301c15437$bf716a20$d572103f@pavilion...
> > I am not trying to be an Ass, but why even bother owning or wanting a
> truck
> > like the Dak with a 4-cylinder motor, I just feel it is a waste of money
> and
> > the truck must be a SLUG?
>
> If I lived in the mountains, I would seriously consider setting up a
> 4-cylinder vehicle with a turbo (or supercharger). Why? Because I like a
> vehicle that handles well (esp. on those mountain curves)[1], the turbo is
> necessary to maintain positive (or high!) pressure in that thin mountain
> air, and a turbo-four truck would probably stomp a normally-aspirated V8
at
> that altitude (especially in the curves)[2].
>
> [1] the four-cylinder's weight savings (even with turbo or supercharger)
> would provide beneficial handling over the V8
>
> [2] see 1 (above)
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