That's why I Love 4WD!!!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Parthemer [SMTP:srp@home.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:09 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: 4x4 Spanks a Mustang GT!
You're gonna love this one. I've been driving my wife's 4x4
Sport (ala RT
in the making),
since towing a car back from San Jose last weekend. The truck
just turned
4000 miles, and
really seems to have gotten some power after towing trip (not
just the fact
that 5000# isn't
behind me anymore). The truck will bark (not spin) the tires
from a light
now, and wouldn't
do that before the truck. Guess it's broken in a bit more!
Anyway, yesterday I was driving to the store during the Monsoon
rains we
started receiving
yesterday, and when I left the light the rears spun pretty good
without much
effort (raining).
I looked to my right and a guy in a 4.7L Mustang GT was right
next to me and
he appeared to
try to race me... He finally got traction and shot ahead of me
about 3 car
lengths (I backed
out of the gas once the tires started spinning!!). He went
about 1 mile to
the next light (on
a hill) and I started to pull along side him (I reached down,
and put the
transfer case into
4WD FT)... I loaded the torque converter to about 1500 rpm,
and once the
light turned green
I nailed it... I was across the intersection as if it were
dry, he was
still sitting at the
cross walk spinning away. I LAUGHED my XSS off!!! Next light,
I did the
same thing, but I still
managed to pull 3-4 car lengths on him before I reached the
speed limit (45
mph), and waited
for him to catch up.
Let's see, headers, TB (sitting in the garage right now), K&N
GEN II, RT
wheels w/265-65-17's...
Hmm.. 4x4 RT.
Sam '99 4x4
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