Hey Doug,
Have I got answers for you!
Go to http://home.att.net/~flyboy01/ for modifications on the same
option/model/year Dakota!
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Myers <dougmyers@radix.net>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 12:26 AM
Subject: DML: sluggish first gear
>Hey guys,
>
> I've had my '99 Dak since november or so, and love it. The only
>complaint I have about it is that first gear has virtually no acceleration.
>Unless I floor it, It doesnt really start to get up and go until second
>gear. I've got the 318, 5-speed, and 3.92SG with the tire/handling group
>(255/65-15 tires). Is this normal? I would think with the gears that it
>would fly, and the other trucks I test drove didn't seem to be this way.
>They had the 3.92's also.
>
> Another thing I noticed, that may be related, is that the engine
doesn't
>respond very quickly to throtte. With the truck in neutral, if I tap the
>gas, it takes a second before the engine responds, and it doesn't rev up
>very quickly to me. Is this because of the 'progressive bore' throttle
body?
>Is there a mod I can do to improve this? I was thinking of a ported
throttle
>body... would that help? What about the FABM?
>
> BTW, my old car was a V6 Daytona, so I may just not be used to the
truck
>yet :-)
>
>Doug
>
>
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