---Regards, John 95' 5.2L, Dakota Sport, CC, 4x2, standard, 3.21, Lock-Right locker, MSD-6AL, Weed Wacker blower, Supercoil, Tailor wires, Hellwig anti-sway, Mopar Perf. Comp., throttle body port & polish, Lakewood traction bars, 255/60r15 SS 10 Firestone Firehawks, "real" dual exhaust, soft tonnea cover, tinted windows and Hurst T shifter
>-----Original Message----- >From: John Michael Foster <foster.john@mailexcite.com> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>; Robert Trottmann ><rotrottmann@davidson.edu> >Date: Monday, December 15, 1997 4:26 AM >Subject: Re: Re: DML: Top Speed > > >>I,m envious of anyone who can actually find this out I've got a mile or so >of good >>smooth strait road near here and I usually run it up to around 100 there, >then I >>run out of road. Besides, how can you check withou a speedo that goes up >high enough. >> >>--- I allways wonderd because like you I've burried the speedo on many occasions, the interesting part is the truck allways felt stable even at these crazey speeds, it always feels like a time warp after I've slowed back down to below 75 and yes I am resposibul enouph to do it on a empty road by myself!
>>Regards, John >> > > > On mine I've hit 4500 RPM in 5th... If you ratio that 2800 rpm = 80 mph >(indicated), >you can take 4500x80=360000... Then divide that by 2800.... You get >128.57... >So, at 4500 rpm you are running about 129 mph. Given the accuracy of >speedometers, >I figure I was running between 127-132 mph. I figured the math with the >final drive, 3.90 >gears, the height of the tires, and the RPMs I was turning. In doing that I >came up with >130.45 mph... Again, you have an accuracy issue of the tach now. > > And it was still pulling... It would have hit 5000 easily in another >10-15 seconds... That would >have worked out to around 142.86.. mph... Too scarey for me... > > > Sam '95 SLT > > >
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