I'll tell ya right now...we custom modified an SRT-4 in the dealership shop.
AEM Cold-Air, Custom Blow-Off Valve, Upgraded Wastegate, and Mopar exhaust
system. Ran it at 20# boost a few runs just to see (what a blast but A/F a
little lean)...set it at 15psi. This $20K Neon is a freekin' rocket! On
the lift, 145mph...no problem (were trying to find the speed-limiter) :)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Rick Barnes
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:09 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: SRT-10 sets world record
This is from a Nascar site today..
Gaughan looks to go faster UPDATE Breaks Record: Driving a 2004 Dodge Ram
SRT-10 powered by a Dodge Viper engine, Brendan Gaughan [driver of the #77
Kodak Dodge] will attempt to break the record of 147 mph set last August by
a Ford SVT F-150 Lightning at the Chelsea Proving Grounds in Michigan. "The
speed they told me that we have to do -- even I was nervous," Gaughan, a
NASCAR Nextel Cup rookie, said Thursday. "It's a stock pickup truck, right
off the factory line. The record is 149 or something like that and we're
going to beat that ... and I've been told we'll beat it very easily." To
qualify for the record and certification by Guinness World Records, the
truck must be identical to what a customer can find at a local Dodge dealer.
Gaughan's speed will be measured over a kilometer, and the record speed is
derived from an average of his speeds in both directions on the 4.71-mile,
high-speed oval.(Las Vegas Sun)(1-31-2004)
UPDATE: The Dodge Ram SRT-10 unleashed its Viper power today, taking its
place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Fastest
Production Pickup Truck." Only recently off the Saltillo, Mexico, assembly
line and not modified in any way for additional power or enhanced
aerodynamics, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 posted a two-lap, both-directions average
speed of 154.587 mph over a "flying kilometer" on the 4.71-mile oval at the
DaimlerChrysler Proving Grounds here in Chelsea. The record run by the Dodge
Ram SRT-10 was certified by Guinness World Records and the Sports Car Club
of America (SCCA). The previous record was 147.54 mph, set last July by the
Ford SVT F-150 Lightning, before the Dodge Ram SRT-10 went into production.
Behind the wheel of the Ram SRT-10 in the record-setting run was Brendan
Gaughan, a six-time winner in a Dodge Ram in the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series (NCTS). Gaughan makes his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut later this month at
the Daytona 500 in the #77 Kodak Dodge. With a Guinness World Record now
under its belt, the stock Dodge Ram SRT-10 now heads to Florida, where it
will pace the field at the Feb. 13 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 NCTS race at
Daytona International Speedway.(Clear!Blue, LLC PR), see full PR on my #77
Team News and Links page.(2-2-2004)
Rascal
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Mar 01 2004 - 00:34:02 EST