Re: Unique R/T Parts

From: Bruce Bridges (bbridges@alarismed.com)
Date: Thu Jun 11 1998 - 17:09:00 EDT


Deep amethyst 98 Club Cab R/T with all options except split power bench,
towing hookups and overhead console. Toneau cover to be installed
tommorrow. Dont know what to tell you except you should be able to lite em up!
BKB
At 04:36 PM 6/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:56 PM 6/11/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>About the only reason my tires dont spin whe I take off is that I back off
>>the juice at the thought of the tire's replacement cost. My wife however
>>does not think as much as I do about these things and has no problem leaving
>>two very long, expensive, black lines down the road during launch. Even
>>with the LSD the R/T can 'Smokem" real good. Suggest seeing the dealer if
>>your R/T is low on grunt...
>>got a lot and looking for more,
>>BKB
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>But do you have a Club Cab ?
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>>At 03:30 PM 6/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Not to sound stupid , but my '98 CC R/T won't spin the wheels .
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>>>I know that you don't really want the wheels to spin anyway and that it's
>>>probably cuz of the weight of the CC and the power is plenty for me , but
>>>everyone talks about how they can't hold the ponies on the road ? Do any of
>>>the other R/T CC owners have a problem with traction on the stock R/Ts ?
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>>>To be quite honest with you , at about $250 a pop for the Eagle RS-As , I
>>>would have a hard time justifying burnin' em anyway .
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>>>At 01:57 PM 6/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>The R/T's are lowered about 1" in the front and about 2" in the rear
>>>compared to a regular v8 dakota. I am not sure how they did this though.
>>>It has a heaver front sway bar than stock and has a sway bar on the rear.
>>>It has an aluminum drive shaft and some kind of brace which connects from
>>>the rear leaf springs to the chassis to prevent wheel hop. It works very
>>>well because I have never even felt the slightest wheel hop, even on 20ft+
>>>burnouts. BEst bet would be to locate an R/T and give it a good look over
>>>to see what your looking for.
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>>>>-james
>>>>RC R/T
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>>>>>>> <wimmerr.gunet.georgetown.edu@cs.fredonia.edu> 06/11 11:31 AM >>>
>>>>I'm in the process of searching for a 97 or 98 5.2 5-sp. When I purchase
>>>one I intend to
>>>>"upgrade" the suspension to R/T specs. I have searched through the mailing
>>>list's archives
>>>>hopeing to find a post detailing the unique suspension components on a
>R/T.
>>>>Unfortunatly, no luck. Can someone enlighten me on this subject?
>>>>
>>>>Perspective DAK Owner,
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>>>>Bob Wimmer
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