I was at the Coranado speed festival too! On Saturday. I notice they didn't
have an R/T on display with all the other Dodge cars/trucks. If I know I
would have driven mine. My buddy was able to get passes to park in the
display area. I was checking out the SP 360 and was able to get a good look
under the hood. The blower is a twin-screw whipple charger and it seems
that Kenne Bell (Buick GN and later Ford tuner) did the work. I did see an
"interceptor" type computer hooked up. It has a vaccum line attached to it
so I assume that it modifies fuel/spark during boost. A strange thing was
that it still had stock headers.
I wonder how much those AP 6 piston calipers cost?
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bridges, Bruce [SMTP:bbridges@alarismed.com]
Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 4:12 PM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: RE: Vortech R/T support
Dan,
I feel your pain! I will start investigating (I may be looking for
a twin
screw eventually after seeing the install on the Shelby Durango this
weekend
at the Chrysler speed festival in Coronado!) Frank may have some
ideas,
although I have talked to him and this seems to be one of the OBDII
mysteries still unsolved by most shops that are "talking" about
it...Twist
the distributor and nothing happens... That sucks.
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Colucci [mailto: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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