Just my opinion but if I spent 50 grand on a Dak. I better be dialin single
digits in the 1/4 i.e. high 7's or low 8's cause I have maybe 12k total
in mine and it runs 10's
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 12:43 PM
Subject: DML: Car & Driver Dak; what's wrong with this picture?
>
> 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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