>>
>> 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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I was out criusing a little while ago and heard on my scanner about the MHP
clocking a moosetange 135+ . I'm glad they (MHP) were going E-W because I
was going N-S 80 to 100 myself (semi used me for his blocker).
'97 CC 4X4 3:55sg V-8 Sport
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