Re: Mileage issues..

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 04 1997 - 15:43:37 EDT


>
> Actually with the stock valve springs, anything above 5500 will probably
> blow your engine up (at least the valve-train--push rods, etc.)
>
> Secondly, anything above 4800 rpm is wasted breath with a stock, or
> semi modified Dakota... the HP/Torque fall off after that...Again, that's
> a stock
> or semi-modified (I.e. stock cam)
>
> ..Sam '95 SLT
>
> BTW:
>
> If I COULD run 6500 rpm in 5th gear, that would be about 183 mph... :P
>
>
So what mods would have to be made to allow you to do the higher RPM's,
and still let you keep the low-end torgue and hp, cause I would like to
find a happy compromise somewhere in the middle, I want to be able to pull
big trailers and go fast.

Bruce

 



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