Hey,
I finally got a chance to check out that 400+ HP Dakota in the latest
Car & Driver. Frankly, I'm quite dissapointed. The guy spent what,
$25,000 to $28,000 extra for the mods (He has over $50,000 in the truck,
total), and what kind of 1/4 mile time does it turn?
15.3@90mph. :-P
*I* did a 15.3 with nothing more than the PCM, open element, and a
180 degree thermostat!! With that much HP and a 1/4 mile time like
that, I hope to heck he was spinning the tires all the way to the
finish, otherwise that's kinda pathetic, ya know?
Anyone know anything about this truck and/or why that time is
so slow? Car & Driver listed its weight, so I ran it through the
standard ET and speed formulas to compute the horsepower, and
according to what I came up with, a 15.3 with that weight
would take 260-280 horsepower. That's almost half the dyno'd
power of this truck! What happened to the rest?
-Jon-
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