Mike, just "Juice" it.
Dr. Pat
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>From: "Mike D." <miggitymike@juno.com>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: mike d.'s rant: am I wasting my time and money???!?!?!! (long)
>Date: Tue, Jun 15, 1999, 6:55 AM
>
> okay guys, this is getting downright depressing...
>
> I got spanked 3 times in two days!
> Once by a STOCK full size Chevy 4x4 Shortbox... she got the jump on me
> and I spent the whole time catching up (havin' no low-end torque didn't
> help much). Next, I got stomped by a 6er Firebird... and Imean STOMPED...
> I'm wondering if he was runnin' some kind of huffer or something because
> I can usually hang with those Bozos... Then, just now, I got spanked good
> by a new Dak 6er longbed! He just walked away, I had no hope of catchin'
> this dude! So, here is my thing: I've dumped close to a thousand dollars
> into my dak trying to make it run strong and get some power out of it,
> and here I am losing to STOCK vehicles. If this throttle body thing
> doesn't do much to help, (if it does anything at all) I'm givin' up...
> I'm so damn tired of sinkin' so much time, effort, money, and myself into
> this truck that is still a dog. The thing that really sucks is that the
> 88 is the oddball of the premags. The 88 has a different TB, different
> computer, different injectors so there is almost nothing available for
> it. I have had minimal success with attempting to mod my truck, and the
> results I do get are also minimal. I've got Headers, exhaust, and intake
> mods and STILL run 18's!!!! &*%$$%!!!!!! I don't wanna sink another 3 or
> 4 hundred bucks into this truck only to maybe get into the 16's so I can
> only HANG with newer stock trucks.. I don't think so... This is so
> f*ckin' frustrating! I love my dak, but this is gettin ridiculous.. it
> was a labor of love, now it's just a hassle... I don't wanna get rid of
> it, and I can't afford to get something new(er) right now, but I just
> wanna' blow the thing up sometimes when I lose to a friggin' Dog ass
> Chevy! It's gettin' to the point where I don't even like to drive it
> because I know I'll get spanked by some kid on a moped or something. I'm
> gonna' toss the 3" Flowmaster in favor of a 2.5 Borla, get this TB
> ported, and try a JET for an 89 to see if it'll work. If I don't see
> improvement, anyone wanna buy an 88 dak?
>
> =(
>
> someone throw me a bone here
>
> -mike "where's the leash for my Dak?" d.
>
> miggitymike@juno.com
> 88 6er, LE, 3.55, Slush-o-matic, Edelbrock Headers, Flowmaster, TekStyle
> Tonneau, 14x3 K&N,
> Daytona bucket seats, Magnecor wires, soon to be slammed.......
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/1133 <or>
> http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf
> "It's not a 'little V6', it's just
> cylindrically challenged"
>
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