An excellent post !!
At 10:35 AM 11/4/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Alan,
>The 360 magnum can make more power (380 horse crate motors), but its not a
>"truck" thing. My thought is that Chryco was Out of the pony car buisiness,
>but is In the truck buisiness. Unfortunately, they only have truck motors
>to go into their trucks... Trucks are low revving high torque, long lived
>vehicles, right??? But, They do offer HP parts for the truck motors (not
>quite enough for the '96 and later) and its not hard to see how to get the
>R/TCC into the high 14s with some of their parts (MPI manifold, bigger cam,
>etc.)... After looking at the Truck "tuner" issue of Truck Trend mag. I
>felt a lot better. Most of the trucks (other than the Lingenfelter
>Suburban) were in the mid to low 15s, and thats after 20K worth of upgrades,
>probably 10K being driveline "tweaks" like superchargers and etc...My R/TCC
>is in the low 15s with about 600.00 worth of tweaks and my skid pad #s are
>better than most all of the tuner's trucks as well! So, The R/T IS fast
>for a truck (and handles good too 8^), just like the Honda Rs are fast for a
>Honda, its a "class" thing. I can say my truck is slow compared to a big
>block Barracuda, but its not a fair comparison.
> As for the power... The power is hiding in the VE as Jules would
>say (I think) and that is controlled by the Hard parts (cam, TB, exhaust,
>port config) and the evil Keebler infested computer. Im all for Elf
>extermination, but first you gotta understand them (sensitive bastards),
>then you can change em (got a bullet with the name of each adaptive
>cell...8^) But, You have to keep in mind the "truckness" of the situation
>(4500lbs + with no weight in the back, full frame, etc. etc.) and the
>"legality" of the situation (CA boy). Give it time and people will find
>away to go faster in a dakota 360, just in time to watch the "dinosaur" 360
>go away...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Short [mailto:ashort@flash.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 8:06 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Was no Reg. test-rained out
>
>
>Yeah, I've seen the numbers, my questions are more complaints on
>Chrysler than anything else. Everyone that recognizes the R/T asks me,
>"Is it fast?".I have to temper my answer by saying, "It's pretty quick"
>and they usually look at me funny and say "It's got a 360 and it ain't
>fast?" NO, IT AIN'T.(Texas and all). Anyway, my biggest gripe is, How
>can a motor that displaces 360 ci be only a few ponies more than a 318.
>Not to mention the rest of the BIG 3,they seem to be makeing more with
>less. I believe Z-28's are up to 320 HP(SS) on a 350 while Ford is
>makeing about 330 HP also with a 4.9L(Cobra). Once again I ask ,WHERE is
>the power hiding in the 360 and why does Chrysler continue to ignore
>developement of HP. Why have 2 V8's so close, even identical, offered
>in the same vehicle. OK, I'm not going to jump, I'll be OK, really.
>Alan S.
>
>
Jack Hilton
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