Well , I was lazy !
I had just had the tailgate repainted too under warranty .
At 12:59 PM 6/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
>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. :(
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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 :
>>
>>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 .
>>
>>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 .
>>
>>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 .
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>>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 .
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>>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 .
>>
>>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 !!
>>
>>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 !!
>>
>>Thank you DML and Dakota R/T lists !!!
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>>W. Jack Hilton III
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>>HEMI@charter.net
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>>http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
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>>ICQ#: 32611901
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>>AOL Instant Messenger: "DwnSth69"
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