No dought that ole beer barrel intake and your extra weight
(5000lbs.) didn't help. My RC weighs around 3800lbs with most
of the extra weight comming from my ARE tonneau (75lbs.est).
After reading some Mopar info on weight distribution, I'll
move my battery into the bed out of the way (pass.side). As
sharp a guy as you seem to be (don't get cocky..=-) ) I think
you know most of your horsepower was negated by the weight and
the wheels didn't help. If your going to jump on these guys your
going to have to make the modification leap. You'll be surprised
how fast it'll come alive. By the way I think your ahead with the
3.92 gears. Maybe you'll see this guy again....;-)
GS -
98 5.2L 5spd
>
> At the time of the romp (yesterday) I had a '98, CC, 5.2, auto, 3.92:1 LS
> diff, K&N Drop in, 30x9.5 tires, and a shell on the truck (basically a stock
> Dakota). I would guess the entire wieght of the Dak at 5000# give or take
> 100# (the shell isn't light, full carpeted fiberglass with lots n lots of
> window glass). In a rare event, I had nothing in the bed (I'm usually hauling
> stuff) which is why I accepted his challenge. As I said, I nailed him off the
> line (which suprised me since I have the large tires on) but he just out did
> me at the high end of 2nd gear. I would've expected to stay ahead of him all
> the way to 60 (the speed limit so I back off then) but he caught me when I was
> doing about 50-55, so I can only guess he was in the 60-65 range at the time.
> Now his 6er may have more power in the upper bands so that may be why, but my
> truck should have more power than him by at least 50hp and 80#torque, overall,
> but his car probably weighs half what my Dak does. Like I said, I'm not
> surpised, just curious why my 318 feels kinda dead in the mid-high powerband.
> I can hit 40 in a heartbeat, but from there to 65 seems like a long trek.
> If I got beat by that older one, I'm not looking forward to racing a new
> Lexus, (the GS400 V8 cranks out 300 hp: stock) as it would clean my clock but
> good... My roommate is buying a new GS300 (the v6) tomorrow. I think my Dak
> could hang out with his 96 BMW 328isa for a while, but I think that new Lexus
> would maul me in every aspect.
>
> Shaun H.
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