Re: About R/Ts

From: B Gecko (gecko517@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 27 1998 - 12:50:52 EST


---Corey A Meyer <cameyer@bw.edu> wrote:
>
> I have a complaint. Now don't get me wrong, I am all for Dakota
> trucks, but in my opinion, if a truck isn't high with big tires, it
just
> isn't completely a truck. I was excited when the 5.9L R/Ts came out.

Let me guess, you wanted that extra horsepower and torque so you could
sling a little more mud, right?

> Butt my heart sank when I realized there was no 4x4 version.

You probably felt the same way when they released the SS/T Ram.
The Dakota R/T has a function specific design. Big wheels, lowered
suspension, 360 power. They could build a standard 4X4 with a 360 if
they wanted. Durango + 360 + 4X4 = answer

Now I feel
> that no matter how cool a truck is, if it can't be high with big
tires,
> then it isn't worth getting.

Maybe you should look into getting a 3/4 ton 4X4 Ram with a V-10 and
put some 35" Boggers under it. The V-10 puts out way more h.p. and
torque than the 360 and a 3/4 ton sits up higher.

> I feel the same way about lowering. How could anyone want to
> lower any truck, let alone the greatest of them all, our Dakotas.

To soak up the wheel well clearance, put it at a better stance and
improve handling.
  
Now
> speed is one thing, but when you lower your truck down to the level of
> other less worthy trucks and even cars, I believe you have degraded
your
> vehicle.

I should have called you before I did anything to my truck. Now it's
all ruined. Maybe I could trade in my suspension for a cool body lift.

No
amount of speed is worth having a truck sitting on the
> ground-is it still a truck?
> This is how I feel and no one will ever change that but feel free
> to defend yourselves lowriders.

I like fat knobbies as well as sports car rubber. My main gripe has
always been the large wheel well clearance on two wheel drives and
they are going in the right direction with the R/T. If you want sports
car looks and handling you need a sports car stance.
>
> Corey
> "The only good truck is one that could run over a new Beetle and not
even
> realize it, the rest might as well be chebbies or even Nissans!"
>
 "The only good truck is a Dodge that can drive UNDER a Beetle and not
even realize it!"
 
==
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