At 02:14 AM 6/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
>welp, i ran my bone stock dakota today at the local drag strip, i guess i
>have some getting used to, because i ran off some pretty bad times and
>r/t's not too good either.
>
>
>first pass:
>
>r/t: .688
>60' 2.391
>1/4: 16.676@80.28
>
>second pass:
>
>r/t.644
>60' 2.309
>1/4: 16.354@81.24
>
>
>now mind you i was having traction problems, my truck has the tire and
>handling package, but those 235/70/15's dont do a very good job of keeping
>the power to the ground, i was spinning those tires about 20 feet off the
>line. i let the tranny shift into 2nd gear on its own and i shifted to 3rd
>manually (cause if you let the truck shift manually into 3rd, it shifts too
>early if ya dont have the right momentum i think, and for the 1-2 shift
>manually, ya end up holding it at redline too long). i have a set of
>275/60/15's i am going to have installed on the rear of the truck on sunday
>and get soem 245/60/15's for the front to match the rears. tomoroww morning
>im having my cat back exhaust put on and im installing my FIPK. maybe weds
>ill go back and see if my times get lower, traction was a BIG problem for
>me tonight. maybe if i hooked up nicely, i could run some high 15's???.
>anyone else run there's???. mins has the 3.55 gears and a limited slip diff
>btw.
>
>Jarrod
>
>
>Jarrod Pilone moparman@laker.net
>http://falcon.laker.net/moparman
>'97 Dodge Dakota Club Cab Emerald Green Sport V8
>'72 Dodge Demon, future 12 second 1/4 mile car
>
>
>Not bad for a stocker.First time i took my 92cc I was running 16.4sat 85mph.
I had exaust and mpsbec with open elemement air cleaner K&N filter.I have seen
several stock v8 CC run and mid 16s is normal.Let the truck cool down for an
hour with ice and see what happens.
>
>
Karl 92CC 4/5 RT(stock cam)
Electric Fans, Jacobs OMNIPAC
B&M MEGA Shifter, Anti-sway bars
CROWER 1.7 roller rockers
mkarl@airmail.net
15.054@90.097
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:07:45 EDT