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SloDak39
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11/20/2002
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anyone who thinks a stock 3.9 is fast is on crack...
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Eric
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11/20/2002
22:18:56
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4.3 is a monster though. I raced other day in my 93 Dakota Sport. I got smoked.
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Eric
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11/20/2002
22:19:22
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4.3 is a monster though. I raced other day in my 93 Dakota Sport. I got smoked.
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SloDak39
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11/22/2002
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Mabey its the dog 3.55 gears that alot of the dakotas have that bogs them down...they're too tall for such a small engine on a heavy truck. I wish i had the 3.92's. I know alot of the 4.3's come with mainly 3.73's so that helps alot.
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Heath
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11/22/2002
15:44:00
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I had a 2k olds bravada, the AWD and 4WD 4.3 got more HP, they are 200 or 210 depending on the platform. My Olds 4DR ran 15.6 @ 89 mph stock. I now have a 2002 RT and it will take my olds. The bravada lanuches like a champ. I saw a twin turbo 4.3 bravada run in the 11's at Memphis.
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dr hoss
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11/22/2002
18:20:23
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I have a 2001 dakota v6 manual airraid intake,and flowmaster 40 series,reg cab.A buddy of mine has a 2000 s10 automatic and I smoke him all the time.
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pnut420
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12/01/2002
22:57:16
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I think everyone needs to quit complainging, I have a 2001 sonoma with endless prblems, its a 4.3 V6 extended, whoops on V6 dakotas, civics, Z71s, F150s, and beat a 5.9 Fullsize!, I know people who have dodges with endless problems,Automatic transmission kept going out, my friend had to replace his motor with 5,000 miles on it, (ford 150), and as far as performance goes, chevy is not the the weak one here...... 6.0 liter chevy = 300 horsepower and gobs of torque, 17 miles per gallon, 5.9 liter dodge, is what a weak 245 horsepower, and like 15 miles to gallon if lucky, haha! Ford, well you might as well get a powerstroke! And I believe that Chevys seem to have the best value also! And some say that chevy is always behind in performance,in 1988 chevy came out with the fuel injected V8, and dodge had that ugly body style with a weak motor, and fords fuel injection was known to have problems, dad had a 1991 350, his friend had a 1990 fors with the 351, the ford got like 2 miles per gallon less, towed loads much slower, and....... oh yeah it was UGLY!
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pnut420
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12/01/2002
23:03:53
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hey dr hoss, lets compare a automatic with a stick, thats a good one, oh and you have some mods on yours also..... My V6 sonoma, with an auto tanny and 3.73 gers and extended cab, beats V6 dakota single cabs and extended cabs all the time, so there you have it, alot of it is in the driver also..... It also can keep up with alot of V8s.
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Dr. D
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12/02/2002
23:15:54
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The 3.9 and the 4.3 are both great engines both stock and modified.
The FURD (Rymes with TURD) V-6 engines are all junk ...... I have owned them all.
Dr. D
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joe_himself
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12/02/2002
23:21:59
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hey i jsut wanted the 100th post..lol
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codeman_bmf
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12/07/2002
22:50:42
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I have just recently purchased a 98 Dodge Dakota Sport reg cab with five speed and am currently getting it licensed and insured (haven't had it but a few days). Personally I am a Ford man, always have been, always will be but have always eyed the late 90's dakotas. I have recently had a challenge layed out to me from a fellow co worker who owns a newer GMC Jimmy with a 4.3 auto (not sure the exact year late 90's i think) I figured with my truck being a lot lighter I could take him but I will have to find out when i get her on the road. By the way, if there is one thing i hate, its a damn CHEVY!!!
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Walrus Nipple
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12/09/2002
19:07:39
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i have an ext. cab 3.9, 99' with big ass tires front and back slammed just ram air and flowmaster for now and this guy that lives in my small ass town has a chevy extreme with a supercharger and its slow as hell my truck breaks the tires lose doing 30 mph and when he cobs on it. it revs high and doesnt move to fast its funny, .......future mods, dual ram air with the ternado things, V8 TB, 8mm wires, TB spacer, fuel injectors, valve springs, cam, JBA header, under drive pulley, move heat sinsor, change thermastat, flywheel, automatic racing clutch, Jet chip and whatever else i can get for it...... maybe a 75 shot of dry NO2. no direct port injected NO2. thats when things go wrong.......
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blueballs
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12/09/2002
22:50:09
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the 3.5L v-6 that dodge is cranking out 300ph for the cars is a monster. NO nos turbos or chargers. Might be out in late 03. Or the hemi, 350 cubs making 345hp on 9.6 to 1 on reg gas. Chevy has the 6.0L w/10 more cubs and 10 to 1.
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Jess
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1/22/2003
16:24:43
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never owned a dodge 3.9, never been beat by one either though. I have an 88 4x4 s-10 with a TBI 4.3, its extended cab too. And with all that extra weight of the four wheel drive, ext cab, and oversized tires, I've still been smoking everything i've raced that didn't have a v8 in it. It's going on 200,000 miles, and i've never had a single problem with it. Atleast maybe we can agree on one thing... Ford V6's suck. Since the new ranger edges have come out, i've raced 3 of them, and blew them all away. I just love doing that to someone that's spent 20 to 30,000 on a new truck.
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deven
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5/19/2003
04:43:34
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well i have a 1998 dodge dakota with a 3.9 in it and it just fly's.i have raced numerous of vehicals. most i have one, some i have lost.ive raced a coupled of new integra's,sunfire's,tiburon's,chevy extreme,honda civic sir etc.....and the only one that really smoked me was my buddies 1998 pontiac sunfire gt. he beat me by like 3 car length's.so my theory is that the 3.9 is a over all good engine.i have 186000km on her and she still runs like a top. now i have a question where could i find performance parts like performance pistion's,cam's,heads,etc... please e-mail me for a location preferably in canada.
thanx
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90daknthe12s
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5/19/2003
20:59:18
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my name says it all
90 dodge dakota convertible 3.9l v6 ported heads intake ram air 4bbl edelbrock cam with 510lift, A518 tranny with mopar performance shift improver true duel exaust no cats no mufflers just dumps behind cab will run 12.56 in the quarter on street tires 12.2 with slicks and severe traction problems natualy asperaited will smoke even the best street leagle 4.3 (ok so mabey is a fanasy but still i can smokem when i want to)
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kelly coker
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5/20/2003
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i have had two 3.9"s and one 4.3 and i believe that the 4.3 is a major POS compared to the 3.9. maybe it was just the lack of power that i felt or possibly the lack of power period. but i did not take me long to get back into a dakota with a 3.9 and get rid of that crappy chevy with the overrated 4.3.
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gg
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5/20/2003
03:29:51
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ismoked a few xstreme 4.3 at the drags if gm put in a 3.50 or 3.70 gear thay would be faster gm sucks
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kelly coker
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5/20/2003
04:20:36
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i agree they could be faster but until they do decide to do that i say there is no comparison to the MAGNUM 3.9
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Jess
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5/23/2003
09:35:18
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maybe my s-10 does have lower gears, since it's a 4x4 and all... I dunno what the gear ratio is in mine, it's an 88. It runs good to me though. It's an automatic, and I think the only time it actually uses the first gear is if i manually shift it, or stomp it, it's so freekin low.
This is the guy with the message above about racin brand new ranger edges and beating them, I still think that's hilarious. Those guys got jipped.
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Jess
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5/23/2003
09:37:34
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I forgot, I'm not a dodge guy, but I heard the 5.9s only have 250 hp. Is that true??? It can't be.
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kelly coker
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5/27/2003
23:07:37
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Jess, a friend of mine used to have a 99 R/T 5.9 and it only came stock with 225hp is what the sticker said. i do not actually believe that it is true. that is just like the sticker for my 99 3.9 Sport says that it only has 175hp stock. who knows.
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oilerzman
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5/28/2003
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believe it!
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kelly coker
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5/28/2003
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of course i believe it. its just that i think that they have more hp than they let you know about.
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joe
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5/28/2003
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well the 3.9's are by no means slow my 3.9 is almost stalk, I have flowmaster 40 series, intake, spark plugs, 18" rims with extra traction bars and i spanked on a dodge durango r/t. I only ran it once at the track after it had rained, i couldnt get traction but still ran a 17. so if the 3.9 is slow i must be crazy. ill race any one of you.
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Slider
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6/01/2003
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Alot of people forget that the computers in must cars and trucks train them selves to how you drive if you don't hotrod the vehicle all the time it trains its self to save gas
If you do hotrod around all the time it save timing information and the like to keep at top gas gussling performance
so that is why you will beat your friends truck ar they beat you all the time
HInt if you plan to go out racing beat on it for a little while and look for people just Crusin
LOL
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tgs2
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6/13/2003
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Never owned a 4.3. This is my second 3.9L Dakota. Previous was a 1988, 220K miles, running fine but TBI had WAY less power. No problems at all with it, though I always hear the transmissions are crap.
The '93 with the MPFI is much more powerful, runs like a top, and now has 120K miles and runs like new. No trans. problems on this one, either.
I like the Dakota, and the 3.9L has been great for me. Also, the Dakota is a very nice sized truck compared to the toy-sized S-10's and Rangers.
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Baseballz
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6/13/2003
23:14:13
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I gotta 94 dakota, auto, club cab, 3.9. All stock except dual exhaust. Is the 4.3 really faster? I really want to race one, but don't want to get embarassed too bad.
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greg
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8/05/2003
17:00:54
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Keeping in mind that the 4.3 manual only has 3.08 gears, there is a chance that the 3.9 auto might beat it--if the tranny doesn't go out first!!
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Mike_92
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8/05/2003
18:01:35
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Alot of you need to put the crack pipe down and back away real slowly....
I have both a 92 S-10 Blazer and a 92 Dakota CC, 4.3/auto and 3.9/5 speed, both 4X4. Hands down the Dakota is the better truck in every respect except the S-10 handles better in snow and ice.
None of this "you can't compare auto to stick" BS. The S-10 has lower gears, 120k fewer miles on the engine and isn't really any heavier. They should be dead even.
When I have the choice I'll drive the Dakota every time. I just wish I had the choice, the Dakota had a incident with a front end loader so I'm stuck driving the blazer when I really want my truck back in the stable.
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