Congrats on the 13.6's. I hate to bring you down, but that does not sound
right. With that combination, you should be running 104+mph trap speeds,
with slicks, you should be running at least 13.20's.
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph "Fastdak"
~360ci, 5-spd, 8 3/4 rear / 3.90-SG
1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Herrin" <therrin@bellsouth.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:53 PM
Subject: DML: 13.603 @ 99.35 N/A
> Hi guys (and gals). I know it's been a while since I've posted here,
> but I just burned through about 4000 messages to catch up. LOL! Some
> of you may remember that back in June I installed a Hughes HER2228AL
> cam, Hughes Stage 1 ported R/T big valve heads milled for compression,
> and port matched the M1 4bbl intake manifold. The rwhp went from 258
> to 337, with the peak being somewhere above 6000, as it was still
> climbing when we shut it down on the dyno. Before all that work my
> best 1/4 was 14.3 @ 95mph. Afterward I was bogging on the low end,
> and the best I could do was 14.7 @ 95mph. Was really screaming after
> 3000rpm, but even the 2400 stall converter wasn't enough to help the
> low end loss. So, this weekend I had 4.56 gears installed. Man, that
> did the trick! Driving around town is a blast, and even on the
> highway it isn't that bad. 2400rpm at 60mph. With 26" slicks, the
> effective ratio at the track is 4.91. To the guy who wrote a few
> weeks ago that he's building a 318 because he feels the 360 is not as
> rev happy, all I can say is, he's not driven my 360! LOL! If
> anyone wants the details on all the mods I've done, check out my web
> page. Temp was 55 degrees, air was dry, with a pretty stiff head
> wind. Elevation in Jacksonville, NC is around 300 feet. Race weight,
> me included, is 4450 pounds. With the OD off, I crossed the 1/4 right
> at 6000.
>
> Reaction .626
> 60 ft. 2.010
> 330 ft. 5.665
> 1/8 ET 8.758
> 1/8 MPH 79.51
> 1/4 ET 13.603
> 1/4 MPH 99.35
>
> Terry Herrin
> 99 FR CC RT
> 13.603 @ 99.35, 337rwhp, 360 N/A
> Wilmington, NC
> Dakota R/T Club, Executive Board, SE Region
> http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/t/h/therrin/dakota.html
> "I fear we awakened a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible
resolve."
> -- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - December 7, 1941.
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