Sean Meldrum wrote:
>
>
> Hmmmm....might be close. I know that on Wed. morning I ended
> up next to a
> newer Corvette convertible. Light changed and we both left hard. I
> hole-shotted him but he quickly made up the difference. He *could
> not* get
> his taillights past my grille in the amount of space we had though.
> At the
> next light he motioned for me to put down the window. He wanted to
> know
> what they put in those trucks. I told him a 318 and he nodded, said
> "Damn,
> that thing is *strong*!" and we both went on our way.
>
> As an interesting side note to this thread, I have an old magazine
> article(MOPAR ACTION June 94) that runs a 94 DAKOTA VS. (93 Mustang Lx
> & 94 Firebird of course both V8). They ran best of 3 races heads up.
> The DAK was a reg cab swb V8 auto with 3.90 gears. It was bone stock
> except for the MP SBEC. Both pony cars were stick and the Mustang had
> an aftermarket exhaust. As the bench race goes, the DAK first took on
> the Mustang and disposed of it with a string of 14.30-14.40's. The DAK
> then took on F-body and believe it or not disposed of it also. The
> ET's for the DAK and the firebird were real close but the DAK beat it
> two straight. Don't underestimate the sleeper capabilities of your
> truck.....
Terry
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