The brochure says 6700 for the short beb/short cab.
john
----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Hilton III [SMTP:JackHilton@charter.net]
>To: Mark J. Andy [SMTP:marka@telerama.com];autox mailing list
[SMTP:autox@autox.team.net]
>Cc:
>Subject: more Re: Dakota R/T?
>Type: IPM.Note
>Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 1:43 PM
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>BTW - The towing capacity is either 6000 or 6500 , I don't have my
owner's
>manual handy .
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>Just so happens that I ran my 98 Dakota R/T Club Cab at Atlanta Motor
>Speedway in February .
>
>I did rather well , considering the weight of the truck , the fact that
it
>was my first time at AutoX , and that I was on nearly bald stock
Goodyear
>RS-As . The only real problem I had was the truck's tendancy to want to
>plow thru the tight 90 degree corners after the nice long straights , so
I
>had to get used to kicking the tail out to get her pointed in the right
>direction . I believe that a Regular Cab would not be so bad at this .
also
>, the Club Cab that I have weighs in at about 4500 total with me .
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>The Dakota R/T has , of course , the 5.9L (360) Magnum V8 , unique
2-into-1
>catalytic converter , one-piece aluminum drive shaft , 9.25" rear end
with
>3.92 gears and Sure Grip (Chrysler's term for LImited Slip) . It is also
>lowered 1" all the way around versus a stock Dakota .
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>The only transmission available is the 46RE Automatic Overdrive .
>
>There is a LOT you can do to the truck to make it faster , and Hotchkis
>Performance is making a kit for it that will lower it even further , but
>not just for looks . One of the guys that works there has a V6 Dakota
that
>he regulary AutoX and this kit will help you there , but the full kit
will
>run you about $1k . Kenne Bell makes a nice Supercharger , if that is
your
>thing , and Nitrous Express has a great kit as well , but that wouldn't
be
>needed for AutoX , maybe Bracket Racing .
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>All in all , I think that the Dakota R/T has MUCH potential as an AutoX
>vehicle , despite it's girth . I will be back at AMS on March 27-28 to
do
>even more with her (yes , it is a she) .
>
>If you want to find out alot about Dakotas and how to make them
>faster/better , check out the Dakota Mailing List at :
>
>http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/dakota.html
>
>I have been part of this group for about a year and these guys know the
ins
>and outs . Of course , like I said , most of what they concentrate on is
>for bracket racing , but alot of it will apply .
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>If you check it out , look up Gary Pinkley in the members area , he is
the
>one that works at Hotchkis and AutoX his V6 Dakota .
>
>BTW - DO NOT get the Dakota R/T and then complain about gas mileage !
>With the 3.92 gears , if you go over 2000 RPM on the freeway in OD
(right
>at 60MPH) , you can get 20 MPG , but anything over that , anything at
all ,
>and you are looking at 15 on the freeway . Don't even ask about mileage
in
>town . Thank God Gas is only 69 cents here !
>
>Hope to hear about another Dakota R/T at the track !!
>
>Here is a URL for my truck :
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>http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
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>PEACE
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>At 01:37 PM 3/12/1999 -0500, Mark J. Andy wrote:
>>Howdy,
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>>I'm bored at work, so I thought I'd look into something that a buddy
>>said...
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