R/T: Back from the strip report

From: Mori 4 (Mori4@AOL.COM)
Date: Sat May 23 1998 - 17:04:18 EDT


 Well,just got back from Cecil Cty. Dragway and I'm very pleased with the
results. The M&Hs sure did the trick. Here's the best out of five passes:
60' .... 2.078sec , 1/8mi. ... 9.361 @ 73.30mph , 1000' ...
12.254sec. , 1/4mi. ... 14.705 @ 91.71mph

Observations & Notes: The R/T currently has about 1100 mi. on the odometer.
Modifications have been a K&N Filtercharger (drop in) , synthetic motor oil
and the most noteworthy; the M&H 255/55/15 street legal drag tires with the
D705 compound (softest avail. from M&H). These tires really hook it up. My 60'
times alone dropped over .2sec. from my last outing at Cecil. These tires
mounted on 15''x8'' Dakota/Durango factory aluminum wheels are about 2''
shorter and about a 1/2'' narrower tread width. The shortness of the tires
gave me a needed lower effective final drive ratio. With the stock tire/rim
setup (255/55/17 G.Y. Eagles) it was going thru the traps at a leisurely 4400
-4500 rpm, now it's about 4800 rpm. The best pass of the day came after the
truck had about an hour and a half cool down period with coolant temp. being
at about 150deg. at the starting line. The next best pass was a 14.818 @
91.18mph w/ a 2.098 60' on a warm/hot motor. If anybody would want to see the
slips I'd be more than happy to scan and send them to ya.

 Later, Shane B ( Can't wait for Englishtown)
 R/T reg. cab



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