From: stei0302@penny.cs.fredonia.edu@INTERNET on Tue, Dec 19, 1995 7:18 PM
>In my previous car, (3000GT VR-4) I used nothing but high quality
>synthetics (Mobil 1), and I planned to do the same for the Dakota. However,
>I have heard that for the first 10,000 miles, you should use conventional
>oil, because you want the engine to wear a little. What do you think?
>Should I go with synthetic from the start, wait until 10,000, or use
>conventional all along?
I have read a number of articles that suggest that you wait several thousand
miles before changing over to synthetics. But Chevy supplies Mobil 1 from the
factory in the LT1 motor in Corvettes so they do not think it is a problem. I
used Mobil 1 from 8k miles on my 85 Daytona turbo and the engine was still
running strong at 240k miles (no turbo work or internal engine work) when I
decided to get rid of it. I am a real believer of in it for highly stressed
engines. I have also gotten that kind of mileage out of conventional oils on non
turbo engines also. If you decide to use synthetics I would wait a few oil
changes, it won't hurt.
>Someone (From Canada, I believe) mentioned that they were clocked at
>150mph in their Dakota. (or maybe it was kph?) For some reason, I seem
>to think it was mph... Can this be? I didn't think the Dakota would
>be able to get anywhere near those speeds without major suspension work..
>Any thoughts? (Maybe the original poster could confirm wether it was
>mph or kph? That would make a difference, I suppose. :-)
There was a long thread on the Mopar Mailing List about cars going in access of
150 mph. The conclusions were that the late 60's early 70's CC products are not
capable of reaching 150mph with HP's of 150-200 because theyt are not very
aerodynamic. If your very aerodynamic 3000GT with 300-320HP top'd out at 160mph
what do you think the chances of a non-aerodynamic (by car standards) 220HP
Dakota reaching 150mph are? I would say slim to none. I would be very suprised
if it would top 120mph.
Dave Clement
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