I saw a sprint/geo equivalent with a turbo at the track. Man, that thing had
balls. He smoked the tires all the way even in 3rd and still had a great
time of 13.2, Pretty good for a 4 banger. It was funny but serious. Funny
because it smoked one tire and made more nose than anything in a little car.
Serious because he could blow the doors of a rustang.
What goes in must come out. If you can get more air in and more exhaust out
then you'll get more power. Just because you have a 4 banger does not mean
you cant have fun and get the rush. I had a 4 cyl Renault and raced that
thing to the ground till eventually I blew the rod bearings. 4cyl are high
revving motors, if you go to high to often you'll blow the rod bearings like
I did.
Joel
http://www.zracer.com/dakota.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: FLFish2020@aol.com [mailto:FLFish2020@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 1999 8:33 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: New subject: Ethan
Hi
My name is Ethan Corsbie:
I bought a 97 Dodge Dakota about a year ago brand new as a close out deal, I
got the Dakota base model 2.5 liter in line 4 cylinder only cause it was a
graduation present. I was not really too interested in racing at the time,
and as time passed I became more and more interested in racing, but
realizing
I only have a 2.5 liter 4 banger...racing its not too much of an option, my
question is I was wondering what else I can do for my 4 cylinder, so far I
have a dynomax turbo muffler to replace my stock muffler, I kept my 2.5 inch
exhaust pipe but put on a chrome tip on it to make it look a little better,
i
also replaced my stock air filter with a k&n, I am not running the open k&n
setup just the regular k&n filter.. I ran my quarter time not at a track
though so its not oficial, I was running about 60 mph at the quarter not
sure
the time something like 21-22 seconds, with my few mods, I ran the quarter
now
in 20.2 seconds at 75 mph, not bad little improvement but, I am not
satsfied,
even t hough I know I can whip the tail off a s-10 4 cylinder and some other
4
cylinder trucks.. What else can I do, any tips would be appreceited...
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