Re: Turbo Dakotas

From: Kyle Vanditmars (kylevan@telus.net)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 22:43:24 EDT


Aaron Wyse wrote:
> OK; I get the point.. When he suggested moving it.. I started thinking along
> the lines of fitment.. not function.
> I do tend to carry quite a bit of loads with my Dak, in which case.. moving
> weight forward wouldn't be that bad of a thing.
> We'd just noticed the extra 6 inches(no comments from the peanut gallery on
> that one) in front of the motor.. and that the cylinder head was stuffed
> about into the firewall.
> I don't think stock handling was that much of a concern.. or MaMopar would
> have given the Daks some stiffer springs and better(on those lucky enough to
> have them) sway bars. My Dak with it's stock suspension corners like a
> canoe on the high seas.

Well, what you could do is get a HUGE compressor wheel that takes
forever to spin up, so you make madness power at ~3500 rpm. Major turbo
lag is where it's at... ;P



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