On 21 Dec 1995 Dave_Clement-LDC009@email.mot.com wrote:
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> From: ggellert@junction.net@INTERNET on Wed, Dec 20, 1995 10:31 PM
> >If you can't get your Dakota above 120 mph, well, you better take it back
> >to the dealer, and have them tune up the engine. I regularly take mine
> >up to about 180 km/p hour, which is about 110 miles per hour. If ChryCo
> >didn't think the truck could go that fast, why does the speedo go up to
> >125 mph?
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> You have to realize that drag due to wind resistance in creases dramatically
> with speed. Just because you can easily get 110mph does not mean that you can
> get to 120 or above. It is quite realistic to expect a V8 Dakota to get to
> 125mph but this thread started with a claim of reaching 150mph which is not
> realistic based on only having 220HP and a comparatively un-aerodynamic shape.
I realize how the thread started. I was the one who claimed I have been
up to 150 mph (In reality, since I live in Canada, the radar gun that
clocked me said 237 km/h, but that is roughly 150 mph).
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> The decision to use a 125 mph speedo has little to do with the the actual top
> speed of a vehicle. Once the FEDs dropped the 85mph max requirment I would
> venture to say CC selected a speedo mechanism that could be used across the
> largest segment of their vehicle line. It is cheaper to only inventory one item
> and attach a needle and dial face for the specific application.
When did the Fed's drop that requirement? ChryCo has been using that
Speedo since at least 92.
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