Re: ONE, For the Mean Green Machine!

From: GS- (GSWillhite@ualr.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 12:03:18 EDT


I was a little skeptical about the 4.7, but its starting
to sound like its a kick ass motor. I'm hearing some great
1/4 times from DML'ers and the damn things are not even
broke in yet. Way to go guys!

GS -

98 5.2L 5spd

> Hey ya'll, I took delivery of my D2K, CC, 4.7L, 4X4,
> SLT+, LSD, blah blah blah, last thursday! I Love this
> Truck! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!! This thing SCREAMS and will
> go absolutely ANYWHERE! Best of both worlds! (Yes I
> took her four wheelin' with only 300 miles on her)
>
> My dealer took a pic of me with the truck and they
> said they we're gonna make a calander with it and give
> it to me. I thought that was a nice touch!
>
> I already had my first Chubby spank on Friday! I was
> sittin' at this light next to a early 90's model
> chubby. He kept lookin' at my truck (cuz she's so
> sexy!) and I thought to myself "No Nate, no racing
> yet!" We took off from the light and he SUCKERED ME!
> Right after we started rollin' he popped it! I heard
> his exhaust light up and said "screw it!" I floored
> it in second (my hood was at his bed" by the time I
> was in third I had a fender on him and I pulled away
> from him like there was no tomarrow! I shut er down
> and he blew by me then slowed down. I passed him a
> mile or so later and he woudn't look over at me no
> matter how hard I stared! Bastard tryed to sucker me
> and LOST! HEHE. Guess I pissed him off! He probably
> knew I was all stock since He saw nothin' but temp.
> tags on the truck as I blew ahead of him!! THAT'S ONE
> FOR THE GREEN ASS DAK! (I felt better later when I
> read the owners manual and it said "occasional WOT
> acceleration within' legal limits is healthy during
> break-in.")
>
> WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
>
> I can't get enough of this truck! I LOVE IT!
>
> NATE.
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>
> Hey, We had pretty good turn out at the Mopar Show at Virginia Motorsports
> Park Saturday.
> Only 4 Dakotas showed up, No DML'rs other than me. So anyway I had to see
> what my new 2000 RC Sport Plus 2wd 4.7L 3.92 posi 5 spd. would do!! It was
> very windy, atleast a 20 mph head wind! also it was about 55 degrees and
> very dry! So off I go to the staging line, my truck is all stock with 1100
> miles on it, didn't even let any air out of the tires! I launched the truck
> just above idle, my first run posted a 15.134 @ 89.23 mph and 60' times at
> 2.195!! I was very happy with that!!
> next runs went like this 15.149, 15.181, 15.180, and a 15.390 with lots of
> wheel hop/spin!
> Pretty damn consistent for a 5 speed, I was very pleased with the results
> especially with a 20 mph head wind, no wind and I'm close to a 14.99!! So
> now I have a baseline and next I will put spring clamps and traction bars, 3
> inch exhaust, also air intake modifications and either slicks or let some
> air out of the stock tires. Anyway, I think with a little tweaking and very
> little money spent, I'm most definitely in the 14.4 to 14.7 range!! YEEE
> HAAAA AND SHE AINT BROKE IN GOOD YET !!
>
> HAIL TO THE 4.7L, she is a screamer!!! Also, the rumor about the 4.7L and
> no throttle cable is not true for the Dakota, My truck has a throttle cable
> on it!!! DC must have changed their minds!
>
> Matt Barret



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