Re: 5.9 5sp Dakota -Reply

From: Amanda (akelly@tir.com)
Date: Sat Apr 11 1998 - 22:33:52 EDT


At 10:08 PM 4/11/98 EDT, you wrote:
>At 02:44 PM 4/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I saw the same thing in a Truckin' from last year. It's the prototype for
the
>>R/T I believe, or at least that's what I'm pretty sure it is.
>>-mike sykes
>>
>>>>> Pytho212 <Pytho212@AOL.COM> 04/06/98 05:40pm >>>
>>Ya, I read that article in a older Road and Track. They had a picture of a
>>1998 white reg cab, 2wd, 5.9 5sp. They called it a "sleeper" which
>>means a
>>fast car that looks slow. They said 0-60MPH was around 7.5sec but it
>>had
>>little tires, with wider tires you could get it down to 7sec flat. They
also
>>said that the time was a little slow because of terrible tire spin. They
>>said
>>the limited slip is a needed option. And this truck was cheap. So if you
>>want to have the speed of the R/T for a great price get this setup. If
>>anyone
>>would like more information I will dig out my magazine and fax you the
>>article
>>just email me. Hope that cleared things up.
>>
>>
>>No such animal. 318 maybe?
>
>Regular Cab Dakota 1998 0-60MPH 7.5sec in Car and Driver October 1997 Issue.
>
>Right, 5-speed 318



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