Entry/Update Date: 1/14/2012

Model: Dodge Dakota Sport, Regular cab, 2wd

Year: 1998

Application: Fun driving!

Engine: 5.9L Magnum. Stock rebuild bottom end.
Heads shaved .030
1008 fel-pros (.039" vs .054" stock gaskets)
Hughes Whiplash cam 222/228 @ .050, .544 lift, 107LSA
M1 2bbl intake
Edelbrock shorty headers
SCT tune on stock PCM, rest of EFI system is stock

285 hp, 325 tq to the rear wheels


Trans: NV3500 5-spd manual
3.48:1 first gear
2.16:1 second gear
1.40:1 third gear
1:1 fourth gear
.73:1 fifth gear

Hurst short-throw shifter mechanism w B-body pistol grip shifter handle

Gears: stock

RE Ratio: 3.92:1

RE Type: Sure Grip



Front Tire Size Brand Model: 255/55/17 Khumo Ecsta

Front Rim width: 9"

Rear tire Size Brand Model: 255/55/17 Khumo Ecsta

Rear Rim Width: 9"



Aftermarket Front End brand: Hotchkis 2" loweing springs

Coil Rate: around 910? 920? I don't remember

Front Shocks: Beltech street performance shocks for a lowered Dakota

Front Sway bar Dia: 1 1/2" Hotchkis


Rear Leaf Suspension Model Rate: Hotchkis 3" lowering leaf spring



Shocks: Beltech street performance for lowered Dakota

Rear Sway bar Dia: 15/16" Hotchkis

Front Brakes: OEM


Rotor Dia Width: stock type 11"

Caliper Pistons: Pin type single piston

Cooling Ducts: no

Rear Brakes OEM: OEM

Drum Size Dia Width: 10x 1 3/4"


Parking Brake: OEM

Dual Circuit Dia
OEM MC: 15/16" aluminum


Chassis: OEM

Subframe Connectors: NA -- full frame truck

Torque Boxes: No

Roll bar, Roll Cage: No

Aftermarket stiffeners: No

Comments:

1. Best above improvement: Hotchkis sway bars

2. Least effective above improvement Tires. these things are like driving on ice. flat out suck! back end kicks out in 2nd gear all the time. however, these tires are new to me, maybe they're better when its warm out. only driven it while surface temps were 40 or less.

3. Next improvement Viper brakes front and rear: 13" rotors all the way around, 4 piston fixed caliper up front, single piston floating caliper in the rear. (parts sitting in garage, I dont want to install them until I can get a good baseline test of the stock brakes--repeated 60-0 stops measuring distance, fade, temps, etc. to compare the improvements with the Viper parts)

4. Above car handles IMO on a 1-10 ( 10 best Z06, 1 yugo): 7.5 It's easy to forget that it's a 4,000 lb truck with how well it grips through corners.