James, in all fairness my Dak. is a far cry from streetable anymore. Only
place this thing will get run is the track the rest of its life. I did run
11.60's with it on the street 3 yrs. ago and it was real easy to drive. I
would say I had no more than 8k in it then cause the 360 in it is basically
stock from the headgaskets down with a good set of heads, intake carb and
cam. Pics. of it can be found on Sean Meldrums RPM page. He has some really
AWSOME trucks on it!
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/7873/dragtruk1.html
Dahrl Clark
Clarks Radiator Service
dclark@nb.net
-----Original Message-----
From: James Henry <James_Henry@willbros.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 4:23 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Car & Driver Dak; what's wrong with this picture?
>What have you done to get your DAK to run 10's! Have your dropped a 426
Hemi in it? IS it still street legal?
>
>>>> Dahrl Clark <dclark@nb.net> 05/11 12:51 PM >>>
>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-
>>
>> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ------------------------------------.
>> | DoD# 1038, EAA# 518210, NMA# 117376, USUA# A46209, RP-SEL |
>> | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT CC (15.34@89.10), '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
>> `----------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
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