Darn that reminds me. I have tool slide up under and take a look at the
rear end at lunch. sometimes those girlfriends look cuter than they
are, hahahaha...thanks for the info...
Jason
2/16/99 8:59 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 8:01 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: Engine Help
At 03:16 PM 2/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>thanks for the help....so obviously bolting up a 4 barrel
intake, would
>givce way to buying a matching TB??? Can anyone out there rate
the
Yep. Or you can use a 4bbl to 2bbl adapter to use your
existing
TB. (The MP MPI intake will come with such an adapter.)
>stock R/T Intake on a scale of good to bad as far as
performance on the
>track goes???? After the B&F TB order. I am kinda sittin
around
>thinking of what should go on next. I am staying out of the
>supercharger stuff. I want completely Mopar Performance parts
to make
>'er run sweet... My first goal is to push the engine to 300
ponies and
>get that low end torque up there to match... It is safe to say
i have a
>500 lbs weight disadvantage to those 4Duh LX models at the
track....
>Just about every 4Duh in O-Town runs 14.5 or lower.... My next
gaol is
>to figure out how to hit that 420 pony mark the SR-71 has. CAn
anyone
>rate our rear ends as far as handling the torque???? I think
the stock
>is an 8.25 inch rear end???? After last weeks track runs. I
have
>become very nervous about busting the rear end or drive
shaft...
>Several cars didn't even't make it off the line...
You should be pretty good. (I wish I had the rearend in your
truck!)
There are cars running 10's and 11's with the 8 3/4 rearend;
you've got a
9 1/4! I've only got an 8 1/4. (And I've torn it apart at the
track
once already.)
-Jon-
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