James,
My CC R/T will do about the same off the line with a good "punch" no power
braking needed.
BKB
At 03:14 PM 6/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, the CC is heavier than the RC R/T, so that might be why yours doesn't
spin the tires as easily, but when I punch my RC R/T from a stand still, it
will melt the rear tires. It Smokes them all the way through 1st and spins
a little in second. I know that new tires cost a lot, but I figure smoking
tires is a lot less expensive than smoking tobacco or other things. Motor
Trend TV also did a nice job of smoking the tires off of a red RC R/T during
a road test...you can check the video clip out at
>http://www.concentric.net/~magnumrt/SST.html
>just click on the R/T link to get there. You will also need to down load
the REAL audio/video player to view the video if you don't already have it.
>
>-james
>RC R/T
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>>>> "W. Jack Hilton III" <hemi@mindspring.com> 06/11 2:30 PM >>>
>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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