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yates-in-DE
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9/10/2002
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Looking at the new Chevy's, they have a neat looking little sport truck, and are offering the 345hp engine int the new SS Silverado 1500. NEW CHEVY 
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kota on 20s
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9/10/2002
02:44:21
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dodge has a 500 hp engine going into a few rams...what more could you want?
they also have a 354 hp hemi going into a few more rams
-Eric
Injection is nice, but i'd rather be blown.
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Lew360
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9/10/2002
03:41:14
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That picture is of the SSR which only gets the 5.3 vortech at 285HP. The SS Silverado 1500 only comes in the extended cab with allwheel drive and looks like the current Silverados. The SS Silverado 1500 will get the 6.0 vortech with 345hp though. I also agree with Kota, that 6.0 is no 500CI viper motor.
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sandman
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
06:39:53
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Over the next 2 years you will see 12 new vechile launchs from GM. We have already seen a couple of them. You will see a choice of engines in the SSR after the first year. It is the same with the TrailBlazer platform. First they only offered the I6 4200 Vortec engine and now they are also offering an all aluminum V8 on the platform. They have an I4 and Turbo I5 that they will be offering in various products based in the I6.
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DakotaDan
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9/10/2002
06:47:10
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S. Allen
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
11:05:15
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Chevy's 5.3 and 4.8 v-8s DO have more HP than Dodge or Fords, but they also have alot less torque.
Also, have you heard of the big problems people are having with piston slap in the 4.8 and 5.3 GM v-8s? There are entire websites devoted to the problem. Several independent techs have doccumented the trouble and why it is happening, but GM keeps saying "this is normal."
Do you think it is NORMAL for a 1/2 ton pick-up's v-8 to burn over a quart of oil between changes at under 20K miles? I don't!
That engine in the Trailblazer may seem innovative, but its not. BMW has been building inline sixes with simialr set-ups for decades. GM just figured it out. Have you seen the number of recalls on the Trailblazer? Not exactly confidence inspiring...is it? A lady in our office has one and says it gets horrible gas mileage as well - somewhere around 12mpg!
Besides, the new Chevy trucks are flat out UGLY! That Avalanche ugliness is now being carried over to all of Chevy's trucks...if you like this, fine, but I think its hideous!
See...its not so peachy over at GM after all. I'd stick with Chrysler's trucks. The Germans will eventually get the bugs worked out of Chrysler and at least you get a better base warrantly than Ford or GM.
As a 12 year Ford driver...I am going to Dodge for my next truck and I looked hard at and drove everything.
You could do alot worse than the Dakota with a 4.7...believe me!
-SA
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Chris
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
11:51:31
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I have heard that them there new avalanches squeak like a bat outta hell once they get a few K miles on em.....
I'll pass....
Chris
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Tom
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
12:29:29
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That Chevy SUCKS! Go by a car!!!
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Bill
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9/10/2002
12:31:48
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I love my Dakota, but my dad bought an Avalanche last December and has put 12,000 miles on it and has had no problems. Whenever I have driven it I have been very impressed. It rides very nicely and has a lot of power. It may not be the nicest thing to look at (alhtough he likes it, and it is growing on me) it really has been a great purchase.
Bill
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IntenseDak39
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9/10/2002
12:47:09
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i read that the SSR just got cut for production and it will be just a concept for a few more years.
GM actually tried to make an inline six like the one in the avalanche a while back but couldnt get it together but now they did... i could understand if they had some problems. its not new technology (variable valve timing)... honda has been using it in there V-tec engines for almost a decade now.
man i just want dodge to put that Razor concept car (12 second turbo 4 banger) into production... i would take two!
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Dakota39M
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
13:42:00
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Having just done a bit of checking, I found an article in the Detroit News, dated 7 May 02, saying that GM cut a deal to allow them to start production of the SSR in the last quarter of this year at the Lansing Plant. It seems that some environmentalists were concerned about the pollution of other nearby plants, but they reached an agreement on the deal.
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anthony
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
13:45:59
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Does anybody remember the Sidewinder? Apparently Chebbie does 'cus they ripped the entire idea.
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IntenseDak39
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9/10/2002
13:53:29
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Banks is calling there diesel powered dak "sidewinder". they came back with the race engine power numbers.... 1300 foot pounds of torque! woo hoo!
edelbrock intake, modified manifold, headers, flowmaster, 24lb injectors, mp throttle body, 1.7 rr, msd 6a, msd wires, blaster 3, b&m shifter, shift kit, coilovers, drag shocks, ladderbars, panhard bar, 150# coils, electric fan, oil cooler, 180 thermostat, autolite 3923, corbeau seats, slicks, mojo
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dakdar darryl
GenII
9/10/2002
17:32:43
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does anone remember the dodge Sidewinder Concept?
it came with 640hp viper engine
21 inch rims on the front
22 inch rims on the rear with flame tread tires
personally i don't like the looks of the SSR
I think if dodge built the dakota sidewinder it would be a hit, even with a less potent engine
http://www.car-truck.com/chryed/concept/sidewind.htm
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Tinybaum
GenIII
9/10/2002
18:23:31
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I agree that dodge needs to do something to compete. They need to come up with something with more muscle without haveing to use the V10 viper motor.
I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?
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dbbaker
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9/10/2002
21:47:08
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I don't see the problem just offer the next version of the dakota with the new hemi and oh yeah, a turbo option with it. sign me up~~~
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Bernd
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9/11/2002
00:54:40
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Just drop a revamped version of the old 426 HEMI (Fuel Injected and updated to todays technology) and throw it in a Dakota. Wanna talk about power?!? ;)
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9/11/2002
01:02:36
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for all you chevy/GMC haters out there, I was
cruising down Sunset today, after work, and
low and behold, a V12 GMC Dunali rolled up
next to me. yes, it was a V12, MFG plates, and
lots of white tape... just a teaser I guess, but
man I wanted to see that thing move.
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Allan P
Dodge Dakota
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8/30/2003
22:07:25
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There's nothing neat about it, that truck looks hideous!!!
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brown
Dodge Dakota
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9/04/2003
01:44:28
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Yup dodge does need to get on the ball. Buy a Chevy!! If I can beat one of them new highly toted hemi rams with my 4800 Vortec that's sad. Still dodge is a better truck than a ford will ever be!
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Jay
Dodge Dakota
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10/02/2004
21:49:54
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In a chance to at least defend chevy a little, i have a 04 silverado with the 4.8 and I have no piston slap, nor do I burn oil at all, the thing is one of the nicer trucks I've ridin' in. The tourqe is not what I wanted out of it, but it will do, seeing as how I paid far less then a brand new F-150, and to get the dodge I would want would still be a little higher then what i paid for my chevy. So, overall, piston slap for me is a myth.
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