Re: 4cyl dakotas Was Which Dakota

From: mrdancer (mrdancer2@home.your.underwear.com)
Date: Sun Oct 14 2001 - 19:30:11 EDT


Uh, yeah, I know that. Sorry I wasn't clear on that...

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""Ryan Beverlin"" <streetdak@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
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> > ""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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