My stock (okay, a K&N filter) '93 2WD 3.9l 5-speed runs out of steam at an
indicated 115, so I should hope the V8's can do better than that. It needs
to be in 4th gear to hit top speed, BTW. Very stable at that speed - no
vibration to speak of or wandering.
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From: Glenn S. Wiltse
To: dakota@csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu
Subject: Re: Out of steam at 115 mph
Date: Tuesday, August 06, 1996 6:26AM
Well I've got a 96 with about 4,000 miles on it. It's a 4x4 318-V8 with
4sp Auto., club cab too... I was doing 109MPH the other day and the
tach hadn't even hit 3 yet, and it sure didn't feel like it was out of
steam to me. I did have a reasonably bad viberation when I hit about 100
and a big fear of a police person seeing me going over 100, so I didn't
stay there too long.
My questions are... Anyone actually hit the top end on one and care
to tell us how it was doing, and what the speed was? Do I dare go to
my dealer and tell him I have a bad shake above 100MPH?
>
> Comments? Any other Dakota top speeds to talk about? How about
> from you slammers? Lower should be better for topping out higher.
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