My nearly stock Neon can get to about 138, but I can't imagine any of my
Daks breaking 120 unless it had a full aero kit like one would use at
Bonneville.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph A. Orsini" <Joeman@gbonline.com>
To: "Dakota-Truck" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 6:25 PM
Subject: DML: '99 Dak top speed?
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Got into a debate with some Olds guys and I was talking about the top end
> of my Dak and what I think it could do if it was off the chip limit in
> terms
> of top end. Mine is a 2wd '99 with the 318 5spd and 3.55 gears. The
> handfull of times I have topped it out at 115 it was only pulling about
> 3300
> RPM and still had lots of pull. I guesstimate with a slight drop kit and
> hard cover or cap it would hit 140-150 easy but the nay sayers claim too
> much areo drag to be pushed to these speeds. I of course disagree as my
> truck is more areo than the older boxier ones. Thoughts? Opinions?
> Anyone
> been on the salt flats with their Daks? Maybe that will be vacation next
> year, a trip to see what the top end really is. What does Dodge claim
> with
> the SRT 10 Ram? Is that like 180 or something? Am I crazy? (wait I know
> the answer to that)
>
> -Joe
>
>
>
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