[skyst3alth]

My buddy and i raced tonite, and believe it or not, i won! His 5.7L v8 and heaving pedal foot left him sitting in my rearview mirror in a cloud of smoke. Ah newbie street racers, aren't they so adorable? Anyways, once i show him how to start so you don't leave all of your tire on the street, he'll smoke me in a sec, but i thought it was funny, and now i have bragging rights for the school . I did beat a Honda Civic the tonite also, another friend, this one was a good race, but in the end i pulled ahead, gotta love that top end speed . I'll bring my digi cam out next time and get some video for you all. Good times.

-Adam:

 

[JGarrett911]

just one problem with your last post - The Dakota R/Ts have a 5.9 and not a 5.7...


And your statement: "how to start so you don't leave all of your tire on the street, he'll smoke me in a sec" is very true... my brother has a 2001 Dakota with a 4.7 that i've driven and even that would totally rip the **** out of my Intrepid....

 

[skyst3alth]

I"m sorry you're right, it is a 5.9. Me so sleepy.

-Adam

 

[cobra65]

5.9L = 360ci. My brother had a "78 Dodge Magnum with one. Only problem putting a powerful engine like that in a pickup is a light ass end that makes it hard to get a good take off without spinning the tires.

 

[skyst3alth]

exactly, so i'll enjoy beating him and making fun of him for a while, till he learns not to. Then...oh well, i'll stick to racing hondas

-Adam

 

[viprman]

I was very close to buying a 2000 R/T Dakota but I decided to save some money and buy a used car (i.e. the Trep). I would still love to get that truck and through some money into performance add-ons.

Good temporary kill though.

 

[JGarrett911]

****, why go for a Dakota R/T when you can save up your $ for a little while and get a SRT-10 :biggrin:

 

[skyst3alth]

Well i raced him again. Acutally him and his dad. But this time in their 95' 355 GTS yeah that didn't last long, we were on the highway this morning, around 4 (yeah it's early, he wanted to go driving so he took it upon himself to use my spare key and break into my house to wake me up.... ) Anyways, we started rolling at about 45mph, then did a 3-2-1 countdown and then they were gone. GOD I LOVE THAT CAR!!!! 1 of 17 made in red, sahweeeeeeeeeeeet. I'll get a pic of my car, his truck and his ferrari sometime, so you'll know i'm not bs'in. Oh well, once i become a quadtrillionaire right out of college and buy my fleet of F1's, i'll be king of the world! I'll buy you guys some stuff too i guess. Good times babay

-Adam

 

[Operator]

I've always wondered, on say a Dakota 4X4, could you start in 4 wheel drive, so you have no wheel slippadge, then after 15 mph or so shift back into 2 wheel drive and keep on accelerating?

 

[skyst3alth]

I don't know if you could on a dakota. In my suburban, we have push-button changing, but that takes upwards of 10-15 seconds to go from 2whl drive to 4 and vice versa. But in a dakota 4x4 and durango, i think you have to be in park, or stopped to do it. Anyways, it would also take time, in my friends durango we could only do it while stopped.

-Adam

 

[JGarrett911]

you only have to put them in neutral when shifting to 2WD from 4-Low. You can flip it into 2wd from 4-high on the fly, but doing so with it WOT it might not be so good on the transmission or transfer case

 

[viprman]

Jeep Grand Cherokees do an unbelievable launch in 4-low. Then the truck rips through all of its gears and hits a top speed of 45 mph. The launch is so hard with no wheel slippage that it whips you back into your seat. I have done this about a dozen times. None of the vehicles were mine.

 

[JGarrett911]

this may not be 100% accurate, but I grew up in a family who has mainly owned trucks and I was told by my brother (who's a mechanic) that anything over around 25mph in 4low is bad on the transmission/transfer case because it causes them to become incredibly hot.

anyone else heard this?

 

[viprman]

this may not be 100% accurate, but I grew up in a family who has mainly owned trucks and I was told by my brother (who's a mechanic) that anything over around 25mph in 4low is bad on the transmission/transfer case because it causes them to become incredibly hot.

anyone else heard this?

You are definitely right. But, these were trucks at a dealership so who cares. I didn't buy them!

 

[skyst3alth]

You are definitely right. But, these were trucks at a dealership so who cares. I didn't buy them!

YOU SICK SICK MAN! WHO DOES THAT!!!!

















Besides me of course

-Adam