Re: What's a good 1/4 mile for a V-6?

From: nosdakota (nosdakota@email.msn.com)
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 17:09:27 EST


It doesn't sound far fetched. but You may want to consider a little cam to
make all that breathing ability work for you instead of just robbing the
torque and since you will have everything apart...............
Joe W.
87 Shelby Charger 13.9
98 Dakota 13.1
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Kuzia <flyboy01@worldnet.att.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: DML: What's a good 1/4 mile for a V-6?

> Im asking because the last time me and my buddy went to Milan Dragway, he
> was running 16.42 at 80.1 mph. All he has done was a custom ram-air, an
MSD
> system, and a 2 1/2 Flowmaster. All this was with a 5-speed and a 3.21
open
> differential and lots of wheelspin.
>
> I think that this was pretty good for a V-6. We are going to do some more
> mods to try to get it into the 14's this winter.
>
> We plan on doing:
> 1) V-8 t-body
> 2) Intake work, cut runners and boxed plenum
> 3) 24 lb injectors (I have these already)
> 4) 4.10 gears with Auburn differential
> 5) Electric fan
> 6) Underdrive pulleys
> 7) Traction bars
> 8) Roller rockers (1.7?)
>
> What do you think, 14's? We are going to try, I think 16.4's are a good
> starting place.
>
> Mark Kuzia
> 95 Dak 5.9L, 5-spd, 4.10-SG
> 13.790 @ 99.42 mph (2.091 60 ft)
> 99 Dak 5.2L, 5-spd, 3.92-SG
> 14.896 @ 91.08 mph (2.072 60 ft)
> flyboy01@worldnet.att.net
> http://home.att.net/~flyboy01/360Dakota.html
>
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:19:09 EDT