On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 08:29:11 -0400, you wrote:
> I've ridden in a couple of buddies' 1450# Club Cab Dakotas, and
> I didn't think my truck rode much stiffer than theirs.
Yours is a club cab with 2000# option, then?
> Well, I don't care what you do to a truck, it's not going to handle
> like an RX-7.
I don't expect it to, or want it to.
> I don't think the difference between the 2000# payload
> and 1450# payload (springs, shocks, tires) is going to make a =
difference
> as far as emergency handling is concerned. I think the 2600# payload
> is only available on the standard cab longbed, which I didn't want.
According to Kelley Blue Book, the std. cab short bed comes std. with
1250#, or options for 1800# or 2600#. To get the 2600# you have to
have a V8, a 5-speed, or a 3.90 axle ratio. 3.55 is standard with the
auto, unless you have a V-6 *and* the 2600# option.
They could, of course, be wrong.
I don't want to accept the mileage hit or reduced under-hood space of
a V8, and my wife doesn't drive a stick. That leaves me with either
the 1800# option, or getting a 3.90 differential. I expect the 3.90
differential would probably cost me about a mile per gallon. Our need
for the higher payload is too infrequent to justify that kind of hit,
so I'll probably end up with the 1800# option. If it were 1/2 MPG or
less, I'd probably go for it.
Regards,
John
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