Sweet day at the track Jack...
Good Luck meeting your goal...
Just out of curiosity...you take the time to remove the spare, but what
about the tailgate...wouldn't that remove about the same amont of weight as
the spare? Might give you a couple hundredths...
Robert Howe
'95 V6 4x4 5-Spd
Bone Stock. :(
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From: W. Jack Hilton III <HEMI@charter.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>;
dakotart@egroups.com <dakotart@egroups.com>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 12:26 PM
Subject: DML: REDEMPTION AT THE SOUTHERN NATS !!!
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>So after that wonderful week I go to the All Mopar SOuthern Nats in
>Reynolds , GA at Silver Dollar Raceway .
>
>Please keep in mind that my truck is a 98 R/T Club Cab , and I weighed it
>at 3900 Pounds without me in it , with 3/8 tank of gas .
>
>All runs were done with spare removed and most with tailgate down .
>
>I got to the track just before 9PM on Friday for test & Tune .
>
>It was Mel , myself , and my friend Missy .
>
>I slapped on the slicks and tried her out .
>
>This night , my truck was set up as this :
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>JET Stage II module
>Slicks at 15PSI
>92 Octane fuel
>180 degree stat
>Magnecor Wires
>Brass cap & rotor
>
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>I ran a worste of 15.619 @ 84.80 on my first run with a .710 RT . On this
>run , my dumb-ass left the truck in 2nd and thought he could wind it out
>thru the traps cuz he knew he was losing a bit when he shifted to 3rd just
>before the last set of traps . Well , I started bumping off the rev limiter
>at about half track and screwed it all up .
>
>I did another run after that and ran a 15.459 @ 88.82 with a .676 RT ,
>followed by a 15.576 @ 88.89 with a .510 RT .
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>I then decided to take off the JET Stage II module ,ya know , the thing
>that cost over $200 , and I ran a 15.322 @ 89.70 and a 15.304 @ 89.89 ,
>beating my best of 15.388 from Moroso last September .
>
>SO , the lesson learned here was that the JET Stage II Module is in fact a
>POS !!!
>
>Got to the track on Saturday and started doing some grudge runs at 2PM .
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>What I changed :
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>Power Steering and AC bypass belt
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>I immediately ran a 15.248 @ 88.85 with a .605 RT .
>
>Second run I ran a 15.448 @ 87.79 but I didn't think I had gotten a good
>bite even with the slicks . I did however cut a .508 RT .
>
>Third run I fell asleep at the light with a 1.039 RT and ran a 15.531 @
>87.58 .
>
>That ended the grudge runs , and when the rian moved in , it ended the day
>for racing with no time trials or eliminations .
>
>Fun for Saturday was in the form of a lug nut that didn't wanna come off
>correctly when taking the slicks off , which resulted in snapping a stud
>off on the left side . OUCH!
>
>Oh well , I have five more , I figured !
>
>Sunday ,the day that turned out to make me a very happy person !
>
>First run was without the JET and with the bypass belt and with slicks
>hovering around 15-16PSI .
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>Run 1 was a 15.343 @ 88.85 with a .632 RT .
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>Run number 2 I bumped the slicks up to 18PSI and really really heated em up
>at the line , along with a little dry-hop to see if they were grabbing .
>They were .
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>I ran a 15.054 @ 90.06 , but I yanked a .396 RT , good thing this was time
>trials .
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>Next run was more of the same with a 15.159 @ 89.49 with a .590 RT .
>
>That was the end of time trials and I started thinking about what I would
>dial-in at .
>
>I ended up going with my best time of 15.05 as a dial-in .
>
>While waiting , I looked at this bag of ice , what was left of it , and
>desided to sit it on the intake and see if that helped .
>I was skeptical about getting fast enough for another 15.05 .
>
>So round one of eliminations comes up and I had a dial-in of 15.05 .
>
>I really heated up the slicks and made sure they would bite
>
>I was running another guy in an extended cab "SS/T Limited" , home made ,
>no doubt , and as I cut a .656 light , he cut a .747 .
>
>I finally made it to 60' in under 2.2 seconds , making the mark at 2.159
>seconds ! (I found out later that the 60' mark was where I would gain my
>best times!) .
>
>At the end of the run , he won with a 15.71 @ 82.61 because I BROKE OUT !!!
>
>I ran a 14.856 @ 91.40 MPH !!!!!!!!!
>
>I didn't care that I had lost cuz I had just surpassed , in fact smashed my
>earliest goal of getting in the high 14s by early summer !!
>
>So even though I had lost , they let you do one buy-back , which I did .
>
>We then stacked about 3 bags of ice all over the top of the engine and I
>changed my dial-in to 14.85 . It was kinda funny as the starter came up to
>my window asking if I had the air on because there was all this water
>dripping out from under my truck . I said no and he said , "Is that from
>ice? " I said yes and he said "You don't have any under the hood do ya?" ,
>and I was like NO , of course not ,don't be rediculous ! hehehe .
>If there was any left , it was evaporated by the time I finished the race
>and raised the hood .
>
>Next round comes up and I was trying to get a good light , and like an
>idiot I saw a nice red-eye as I left the line by pulling a .453 RT .
>
>My opponent won by default , even though he ran a 20.360 on a 20.04 dial-in
>(he was in like a 78 Maxi-Van full of rust) .
>
>I was not disappointed though since I ran a 14.866 @ 90.64 !!
>
>So here are the basics learned at the races this weekend :
>
>1) JET Modules SUCK DONKEY , so don't waste your money !!
>
>2) Slicks are your friend , especially if you have them at 18PSI and heat
>them up good , I mean *really* good !!
>
>3) Three Words : ICE , ICE , ICE !!!
>
>My configuration for my best run was this :
>
>1998 Dakota R/T Club Cab
>Spare removed
>Tailgate down
>M/T Drag ET 28x10.5x15 slicks mounted on 15x8 Daota aluminum wheels
>Heated slicks for a long time . To the point of looking like a show-off
>during my burnout.
>Magnecor wires
>Brass cap & rotor from NAPPY
>14x3" FABM
>OD off
>Launch at 1300 RPM
>3 bags of ice on top of the engine for about 45 minutes before the run .
>
>Stir all of this together , and you get a 14.856 @ 91.40 !!
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>Makes me wonder what I would have run with my headers , DOH!
>
>I wish to extend my deepest thanks to Mel , Blaine , and Ben from the DML ,
>as well as my friend Missy ho helped by getting ice and also falling asleep
>in the bed of Mel's truck . (We closed her in his tonneau and tailgate and
>rove around till she woke up , hehe!).
>
>Ben , Blaine , and Mel didn't just sit there and watch , they jumped in and
>helped . It was totally unexpected , but greatly appreciated .
>
>It really really came in handy when changing out those tires and packing my
>top-end in ice !!
>
>Thanks guys , I owe you a big one !!
>
>I know that Ben had a camcorder , and Mel and Blaine both had digi-cams ,
>so there should be plenty of good pics . I can't wait to see em !! I know
>Mel had a nice series of shots during a burnout , as well as Blaine .
>
>There was even this guy there that would take pics of all of the cars at
>the line with a digi-cam and then if you liked it , he would put it on a
>shirt . I got a nice pic of me with the rearend hidden in smoke ! Looks
>awesome .
>
>There was also a guy there with a 99 Regular Cab R/T with a Powerdyne SC on
>it . He said he got it cuz it was the cheapest . We ran each other on
>Sunday during time trials and he got me with a 14.194 @ 95.13 to my 15.159
>@ 89.49 . Of course , he didn't have slicks , or the knowledge gained from
>the DML either , hehehe .
>
>There was a guy there in a red CC 98 R/T that found a vendor that had an M1
>intake with adapters and was already tapped for injectors , for $275 .
>Blaine almost has a fit when he saw the guy had one . Of course , we all
>wanted it !
>
>Landmark dodge was there as a major sponsor and they had several vehicles
>including a yellow CC R/T and a Durango that they had done just a few
>things to , including adding R/T wheels with Michelin tires[the ones I will
>end up getting] . I think he ran in the low 16s .
>
>Ben already had a new DML sticker , but I made sure that I shared what Jon
>had sent me just before I left and we all had one !
>Thanks Jon !
>
>The DML name and URL was spread around and I think we will see at least two
>more people as a result of it .
>
>Anyway , I am a very happy person now and I am setting my sights on the low
>14s !!
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>Thank you DML and Dakota R/T lists !!!
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>http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
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