Dan,
I have a Vortech on my 95 and a spare sitting on the shelf. I talked with
Vortech and toyed with the idea of putting it on my 98 (expensive unit to be
setting on the shelf). One of the techs at Vortech told me that they had
actually installed one on a 97 and got no appreciable gains in HP or torque.
They also told me that they
would be working on the late model Dodges in the not too distant future. The
best thing to do is to keep in touch with Vortech and hopefully they will be
able to
help you out....
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Colucci [SMTP:djcolucci@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 3:27 PM
> To: Dakota mailing list
> Subject: DML: Vortech R/T support
>
> Thanks to everyone that has given the great advice on the slow 1/4 times
> on
> my Vorteched R/T. I am running the S-Trim with the Vortech inline fuel
> pump and FMU that I had removed from my 94 Dak Sport earlier this year.
> Vortech claimed that the SC wouldn't work with the R/T due to the fact
> that
> the computer would have to be recalibrated. When I installed the SC, to
> my
> surprise...No Check Engine light. I was like COOL! Maybe it still needs
> to be recalibrated anyway. But the truck isn't running the times that it
> should. I recently, last week installed JBA's and had a local shop
> fabricate a 2 1/2 inch head pipe into a 3 inch cat into a 3 inch Pro Flow
> muffler. This should have allowed the SC to flow more air I thought.
> This
> lead to a reduction in et of .26 sec and 1.3 mph. I am still expecting
> more out of this combination. BTW I am running a CC R/T and it weighed in
> at 4300 lbs on the money with a 1/4 tank of gas and me inside. With this
> information I calculated a minimum HP to achieve 95.3 mph at 287.7 at the
> rear wheels. I don't kow where to go from here. People were saying that
> I
> need to tune in the Vortech. Well, how does one do this?
>
> Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Is my next move a
> TB
> stage II? Computer? Or Injectors? Or something else?
>
> Dan
> Vortech S-Trim, Magnecor 8.5, JBA, 2 1/2 headpipes, 3 "cat, and 3 " Pro
> Flow
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