>
> Robert Tufts wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to think that the Dakota should get in
> >> the high teens on the highway because it's smaller.
> >> However, most Dak's are geared pretty high (3.55, 3.92)
> >> and so they turn some reasonably high revs on the highway
> >> versus Chevy's which turn ridiculous RPMs on the highway
> >> with their lower (2.73, 3.21) gears.
> >
> > And I already thought the Dak was lugging it compared to my car
> > (people saying their Dak turns 2000-2100 at 70 mph vs my car at 3000).
> >
> > I can't imagine 2.73 gears (1500 rpm? :-)
>
> My old car was a 1994 Taurus SHO 5-spd. It would turn 2500 at
> 70 but only because it was a v6 and not a v8.
>
> The 3.21 is available in the Dakota, and I'm assuming other
> lower(?) ratios are available in the full-size trucks. I used
> to drive a 1975 Trans Am in high school that had a 2.56 posi!
> That thing was a dog off the line, but it would do 160!
>
> cheers,
> Phil
> '97 Dakota
> '67 Charger
>
Hey Phil where did you find a place to get a car up to 160, I know there
are no straightaways long enough in my area to open up a vehicle fully
like that.
Bruce
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