George,
tough is relative.
Dual turbos are not tough, they are fragile. They are HOT. They do not
last 200K miles. They feel funny at boost. They wear a bowtie (in this
case). The Dak motors are bottom feeding BASIC stock type workhorses. The
Cyclone motor is a tiny, finiky, tweaked hot head. Ive been beat by grand
nationals in my Cuda, once. Then I got more horspower the easy way. Cam
headers etc. totaly basic, totally bombproof capable of extended high
speed runs without smoking.
To each his own,
BKBridges
At 07:09 PM 6/16/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 6/16/98 12:05:29 PM Central Daylight Time, Pytho212@aol.com
>writes:
>
><< GMC Syclone Specs: Power to weight- 12.5 lb/HP
> - 4.3L V6 Turbo Charged 280HP
> - AWD
> - 3500lbs
> - 0-60MPH 5sec
>
> Dodge Dakota R/T Regular Cab: Power to weight- 14 lb/HP
> - 5.9L V8 250HP
> - Rear wheel drive
> - 3508lbs
> - 0-60MPH 6.9sec
>
> So guys it looks like the only thing the Dakota lacks is traction. What can
> we do to improve this substantially? What is everyone's thoughts? >>
>
>Trust me when I say the stock dak has no chance against the syclone. I work
>with a dude who brings his syclone out on nice days. Just for fun we lined up
>and went for it. I was doing good for about 4 seconds, but once he got the
>turbo spinning full boost, first thing I saw was the rear window of his truck,
>then the rear tire, then the tailgate, and finally brake lights. This is a
>really tough truck and should be given the respect it deserves.
>George
>Still love my Dak, even though she lost
>
>
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