Sam has that same engine combination and runs 13.5's @ 106 mph in his Dakota
with ZERO traction, with traction, he should be running 12.9's. I know your
truck is heavier, but I still think you have a few extra mph left in there.
I wonder if the OBD-II computer may be holding you back a little. If I were
you, I would take the Dak to a chassis dyno and have them check the A/F
ratio while doing a pull, I think that you should be running faster with
that much horsepower (420hp)
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: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: 13.603 @ 99.35 N/A
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2001 00:03:19 -0500, flyboy01@mediaone.net ("Mark
> Kuzia") wrote:
> >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.
>
> The speed is probably slow due to the gear ratio, 4.91 effective with
> the 26" slicks. I bought them when I still had 3.92 gears, and they
> were fine then, effective ratio was 4.10. Now with the 4.56 gears I
> probably need to go back to 28" tires in the rear. As for 13.20's,
> remember I'm running pretty heavy at 4450 pounds. Is there someone
> out there already running my combination in a CC RT? Just wondering
> what you are basing the 13.20 prediction on. There are so many
> variables involved, it's extremely difficult to predict what ET's
> should be, unless there are other vehicles with the same body and mods
> running ET's to compare to. Don't worry about bringing me down,
> that's not going to happen. I've been working too long to get this CC
> into the 13's N/A to be down now. <grin> If indeed I should be
> running faster, then that just means I had a bad day, if you can call
> it that, and there's even better time slips in my future. :-)
>
> 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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