Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:07:18 -0600
From: Alan Short <ashort@flash.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: [Fwd: Re: R/T times]
Send reply to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Shane, sad but true, 15.1 @ 90 is all it'll do and I DON'T have a
> traction problem. I'm thinking you are the one that's extraordinary
> running 15.1 new and now 14.3. I'm starting to believe the
> altitude/temperature theory. Also, I have documentation from several
> magazine tests on the R/T and none went faster than 15.4. Sport truck
> magazine had an article early in '98 and listed the 1/4 at 16.2 @ 84.
> Either some trucks are just faster or the temp/alt of the track makes a
> huge difference. BTW my trucks first time slip was right on the money,
> 16.2 @ 84 mph 2JUL98 (1,500 mi. on odometer) at Thunder Valley in Norman,
> OK.
>
Check out swedes web page he has a scan of the Power Wagon
mag test where they got a 14.73@91.59 with a stock R/T CC.
|{eith R. Phelps
Cat..... the other white meat.
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