...I told ya I had a bad feeling about going! :) I guess I feel better
about being trapped home!
-- Gary Hedlin "The Crazy Quadraplegic" ghedlin@theramp.net (business) ragingquad@yahoo.com (personal) **Also Webmaster For** http://garyhedlin.com http://socaldakota.com http://scsilverdak.com http://assistivetechnologies.com ...And Many More!""scsilverdak"" <scsilverdak@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OE35Zr3jTtBHavvLL6C00002569@hotmail.com... > > I attended the HOT ROD SUPERNATIONALS this weekend, the trip to CANFIELD was > supposed to be a vacation to relieve some stress,...... NOT!!! > FRIDAY afternoon while leaving the event,on our way to dinner a new '02 > HONDA SUV decides to try to park in > my DAK's bed while I was stopped for a traffic light. > After the impact which felt like a really hard bump, we pulled to the side > of the road so's not to block traffic, the > HONDA suv pulls in beside me at which time I get a look at the damage. The > entire front clip on this poor HONDA > IS DESTROYED from about 6" behind both headlights > forward, both front sections of the frame are shoved thru the bumper cover, > the headlights (not broken mind you) > are pushed back and out, the hood is buckled and everything forward of the > radiator and battery is crushed! > The DAK on the other hand faired a bit better (2) small > dents at the lower edge of tailgate about the size of a silver dollar, and > the Back bumper is completely destroyed, it is no shaped kinda like an "s" > when viewed from the side sighting down the tailgate, it's shoved over to > the drivers side and in to the bed corner just a little. > all in all the damage isn't that bad, my plate frame even survived without a > scratch. > MMMMMMMMMM.......That MBRP CUDA-STYLE > catback exhaust and roll pan kit sounds like a nice upgrade right about > now!!!!!!!! > > on another bit of bad luck......The dyno test wound up blowing the belly pan > gasket on the intake.......so I guess I'll be giving Bernd a call this > week......mmmm another $100 to fix this plus the gasket..... I just can't > WIN!!!! > > The only good news is the DAK dyno'd 185 RWHP and > 249 lbs of RWTQ, the dyno operator swears the Dak > will make an easy 200-225 RWHP and close to 300lbs > of RWTQ once the boost problem is sorted out. > > MMMMM.......6 WEEKS TILL CARLISLE........ > can we get it fixed in time???.......I think so!!!! > photo's to be posted on my website this week!!!! > > Ron- > 2001 Dakota Sport 3.9 supercharged br silver > e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com > website: www.scsilverdak.com
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