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DavesKota
Dodge Dakota
11/24/2001
00:59:27
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Alirght so i'm coming home from a pretty cool date, and this extreme with blue headlights (extd-cab) comes up next to me, and floors it, I floor it, and we weave through traffic and get a red, light goes green, I get a little spin, I'm in front, he comes up, I shift, I pull forward a legnth, then he shifts and pulls up next to me and keeps moving... I have to shut down cause my lane is now merging. Before I shut down, I was looking at his tailights.. really close though (i could read the DOT #).. Anyway is this normal? I'm 100% sure it was a 4.3 5-speed, cause at the light, his brake lights were off... Anyway he waved when he turned off, and I flashed my lights, so no hard feelings... anyway just thought I would share...
DavesKota
2002 RC 4X2 3.9 5-speed 3.55 16X8s
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IAT Ajuster, and intense intake...
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LI blackdak
Dodge Dakota
11/24/2001
01:52:02
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doesn't the extreme weigh less and have more hp??
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LI blackdak
Dodge Dakota
11/24/2001
02:00:31
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the s-10's 4.3 has 190 hp and 250 lb ft of torque
the 3.9 only has 175 hp and 225 lb ft of torque
and it weighs like 400 lbs less
its amazing u could keep up with it at all
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DeepDak
Dodge Dakota
11/24/2001
17:45:36
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The 4.3 is a good engine and the s-10 is lighter than our trucks. The 5-speeds have an open differential and 3.08 gears, which slows them down a tad. Many magazines have tested the auto Extreme (3.42 gears and limited-slip), usually running mid 16s (16.5 is the norm). I've seen many 5-speeds run low 16s to high 15s with better gears, limited-slip, and a few other bolt-ons. I know of one guy with a single cab s-10 5-speed, 3.08 gears, open-diff, powerpulleys, intake, and slicks and he managed a 15.6 (not bad).
He then added a couple more bolt-ons, 3.42 gears plus a limited-slip and ran a 14.8! He did not stop there; with a 100 shot (spraying off the line) of nos he managed a 13.5!
His tranny busted shortly after, so he swapped in a t56 6-speed from a Camaro and 4.10 gears. The engine also got a better cam, ported heads and TB, which helped him run a 12.5 @ 107 mph!!
Don't get fustrated if you lose, from the times I've seen at the track, at least your close. Oh, s-10s seem to have better top end power (less weight)than our trucks, which die off a tad. At the track I'm usually killing them until about the 1/8, after this point they make it a closer race. A few more mods and he'll be seeing your lights.
Eli
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DavesKota
Dodge Dakota
11/24/2001
23:36:12
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Yeah nice enough guy though, he waved.. and wasn't a prick about like some cameros I've raced..
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jesse
Dodge Dakota
11/26/2001
00:51:26
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I was talking to this car dealer and he told me that extreems come with a 2.2ltr 4cyl. all of them, so it probaly was a 4.3 with a extreem body kit.
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DeepDak
Dodge Dakota
11/26/2001
10:32:31
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Jesse:
The dealer you talked to is dead wrong (is it me or does this happen often). Go the Chrevrolet website, you can order the Extreme with a 2.2 or the 4.3 and decide between stick or auto. If that's not enough, I've got a few buddies that purchased the Extreme with the v6 right off the dealer lot.
Eli
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Dane
Dodge Dakota
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4/01/2004
23:04:29
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I have an 2001 4.3 automatic x-treme and no offense to the 3.9's but from experience its a lot better race wih the 5.9....I was racing a 5.9 r/t down some old highway i had him at the beginning but i couldnt keepup after a quarter mile...of course my truck shuts off at 98 mph...but i would have to have been haulin some balls to keep up! see ya on the streets later
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WipLash
R/T
4/02/2004
00:22:46
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A cohart at work bought a new S10 4.3l (not an extreme) and he can't come close to my R/T. By the time I hit 2nd gear I'm a full truck length ahead of him and he falls away even more when I hit 3rd. There's a 10 mile stretch of country road from his house into town that is almost perfectly straight. In 2 miles I can be so far ahead of him that I can come to a complete stop and take off again before he has time to barely pull up beside me. He can get along beside me and then I'm gone again. There's no way a stock 4.3 will run with any V8 Dakota much less an R/T. You probably could beat a 3.9L. The 3.9L is too small for the Dakota.
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daffydak
GenIII
4/02/2004
00:59:30
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comparing an s10 extreme to a 3.9 is apples to oranges. the 4.3 is the biggest engine in an s10 and the 3.9 is the med engine for the dak. put the s10 4.3 aginst a dakota 5.2 or *hehe* the 5.9 and your askin for trouble. the 3.9 is plenty of engine for my dak, the v8s' must be reeel nice :-P
just my .02
Dan
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kyle
Dodge Dakota
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4/02/2004
03:41:41
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No offense to anyone on the site but I raced a guy with a ram sport the had a 5.9 and I killed him with the 4.8 in my silverado
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Scotty89Dak
Dodge Dakota
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4/02/2004
09:45:35
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Well... I'm swaping mine with a stroked 360 to 408 engine in the near future, can't wait :D
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slow97dakota
Dodge Dakota
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4/02/2004
14:40:58
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kyle no offence but what was the point of saying that u raced a full size dodge ram, with ur full size silverado? o yea many 4.3 s10's have seen my tail lights, and when i get my nitrous kit in tons of silverado SS's will see my tailights as well. i cant blaim them from wanting to see my trucks ass its dead sexy :) watch out for that viper blue v6 dakota
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dane
Dodge Dakota
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4/06/2004
21:07:39
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i wasnt puttin down any one's dakota....i was debatin on which one to buythe x-treme or the dakota...i just went with the s-10 cuz i like the looks better...You boys will soon learn that its not about speed and power....its about style...and my X has plenty
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GB2000
GenIII
4/06/2004
22:55:40
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Now if only Cervini's made a Sniper kit for the S10, huh?
Josh
Red 98 RC V6 2wd Single in/dual out exhaust (soon to be switched to a flowmaster 40 single in/dual out), s-bolt "mod", Edelbrock 10" round air cleaner w/ K&N air filter, removed rubber flap...and more to come
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v 6 dakota
Dodge Dakota
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12/31/2004
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that is a verry sad story just put a 100shot in ur dakota u will get him lol
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Dodge Dakota
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12/31/2004
19:27:14
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he did eventually. look at the dates.
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Woody
Dodge Dakota
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12/31/2004
20:27:52
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In regards to the post about the 4.8 Silverado & the Ram sport.The day that I bought my Dakota I test drove a Silverado with a 4.8 extended cab..it wouldnt pull the hat off your head.Hell,from a dead stop it wouldnt spin the tires over.Later in the day I bought another Dakota..an '02 RC Dakota 3.9 (my 2nd one)its an auto,but seems ALOT more peppy than the Silverado,I drove a Dodge ram the same day (4 Door)...it was an '02 same as the Silverado,Im not sure of the engine 4.7 ..4.8 I cant remember,what I DO remember is that it was ALOT stronger than the Silverado.
I have nothing against GM,just at this day & time I think Dodge has them beat,& has a better product.
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