i did it i beat mopar, ok so it was a dakota......and a 3.9 at that, but with a 3.1 thats respectable. the guy i beat is a friend i work with, he is always talking about roastin' his tires and runnin with people on us 30, so one day when we happened to be linned up at a light, i gave him the nod, i beat him of the line and down the stretch. since then he has been begging for a rematch. so the other night we lined 'em up and..........got him off the line and down the stretch. now he has no reason for a rematch.

 

dare ya to race the 4.7 ho dakota

Nice kill bud!

 

Isn't it a 5.7?

 

The old ones could have the 5.2 or the 5.9. They dropped the 5.9 in favor of the 4.7. They were never really that fast and I think the 4.7 trucks were the fastest. I beat a V8 one (most likely the 5.2) in my cavalier full drag race style from a light.

 

Like racing Mopar's, huh? Good kill!

You soon better drop a V8 in that thing though, as the new Chargers will be out before you know it, and from what I'm reading, they won't be foolin around...

 

Move Over People Are Racing

 

This may be my favorite automotive acronym ever. It is just too funny.

 

Mostly Old Parts And Rust

Mitsubishi's Over Priced American Replicars

 

 

yea, I was there it was Greattttttttttt! i mean awsome! damn mopar!

 

Many
Odd
Parts
Arranged
Ridiculously

 

Most Optional Parts Are Requierd. ahahahahahahahahaha

 

Made Of Plastic And Rubber
Most Often Passed At Races
Most Often Proven At the Racetrack
Most OverPowered And Respected
Massively OverPowered And Respected
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Mostly Old Paint And Rust
Mounds Of Power And Revs
Move Over, Pentastar Approaching Rapidly
MOst Perfect Automobiles for Racing
Masters Or Performance and Racing
Mitsubishi's Over Priced American Replicars
My Old Pig Ain't Running
My Old Pig Always Roars
My Old Plymouth Ain't Runnin.
More Overall Performance And Reliability
Mostly Obsolete Parts Assembled Randomly
Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
Most Often Passed At Races
My Only Problems Are Repairs
Move Over People Are Racing

i know some were said before but.....

 

hahaha... never heard that one before! thats great!

 

I have an "old" MOPAR ill run ya with. Also, they dropped the 318 in favor of the 4.7....they were still using the 360's in the R/T's amd Rams. An early 90's 318/5-speed Dakota is a low-15 sec truck, stock. Still a dog, but enough to beat the hell out of most stock thirdgens. "Mustbeatmopar": Do yourself a favor, get a real motor in your car, race something respectable and worth racing, and then brag about it.

 

Ummm... he beat a 3.9 with a 3.1.... this is a board for thirdgen..right... no matter if it is a 6 or 8 .... He can tell stories.. he wasnt braggin... and mopar hasnt much of anything in the past 20 years...... O' even those new hemi's i heard bad things (but they are fast, when they work) so go head and tell' em how you'll stomp with your v8...... Who even said he could beat a V8 ?

 

Ok children lets not get carried away. Lets go easy on the Mopar guys. Just because they had some slow cars doesn't take away their dominate old school legacy.

 

Their old school stuff is great, but 80 and up.... What happen? they turned the Charger in to a joke.... same goes for the daytona... ..they are trying to solve all their problems with a hemi!! i got a feeling we might hear of a hemi neon one day! THey gone crazy

 

I agree with you but at least they got it right by making a competing V8 and a sport compact that just plain huals.

 

LOL, tell that to a GLHS Omni, 2.2 or 2.5 turbo I or II with any amount of work done to it, or even an IROC Daytona. All of which are 80's cars, and all of which would make a joke out of all these thirdgens. I love thirdgens as much as everybody else, but I know whats quick and what isnt. My original reply was directed at all the people who spoke of MOPAR's as being old, underpowered junk. Funny, everybody seems to give loads of respect to even a 13-sec Mustang. To me, 13's isnt anything anymore. Not when stock sedans are running 14's and 15's. BTW, I used to have an 85 Chrysler LeBaron, 2.2 turbo I, automatic, 4-door, landau top, and spoke hubcaps. Bone stock with 130,000 miles on it ran consistent 15.1x's at 89mph. Gee, thats LB9 country...out of an 80's front wheel drive MOPAR!!!!!!!!!

 

i hate most of those cars and i have been around alot of those cars with2.6, 2.5 and 2.2 turbos those are the wrost engines ever... not to mention any tranny they got they all suck... 2.6 have horrible carbs that go bad quick not to mention the timing chain that falls into the oil pan... 2.5 heads that crack O every lets 10,000 miles then at about 60,000 miles they like to blow oil...2.2 turbos are decent fast, but crap the heads crack on thoses as well!

O the Iroc daytona was in like 91, there v6 were ok but TRansmission suck!
i dont care how fast they were their durablity was what made them crappy.

 

for referance........ im only down on one mopar. thats my friends 73 plymoth satilite. it runs a low 15 maybe high 14 and he thinks its the fastset car on the road. my goal is to beat him i.e. "mustbeatmopar" my old man has an awsome 5.9 powerd ram, i think its an awsome truck (even though transram88 smoked it ) sooooooo......... in conclusion dont get your feelings hurt about your mopar, and as far as i am concerned a 3.1 beating a 3.9 is pretty good.

 

I've got a 5.9 R/T. I've been told from other R/T owners that it may be a freak truck. I would bet money that I could get it into the 14's easily.

Other than the few thirdgens modified around here, the few I've come across on morning jaunts to work, they seem stock and have been walked seriously bad.

Other than being pigs on gas, it's a good truck.

 

Get your stuff straight before you post. The 2.6L was a Mitsubishi motor, and yes, it wasn't good. The TBI 2.2s and 2.5s were one of the most reliable 4cyls of the time. The stroker 2.5s were susceptible to piston slap in the bores(I had one), but there were never issues with heads cracking as far as I ever knew. Mine got warped from over-heating (lack of maintenence of previous owner and getting the crap beat out of it). All turbos were MPFI. There was a 2.2L Turbo III motor that was had a 16V DOHC head that was designed by Lotus. That car had 224hp, stock. Not many were made, and they weren't the most reliable though (needed timing belt replacements fairly often), but 224hp in a 2700lb car with a strong 5spd would probably beat most stock V8 thirdgens...hell probably many minorly modified ones too. Yes...strong 5spds, as in a Getrag A555. I want to say some came with a Getrag A568, but I can't verify that.

Beating a 3.9L V6 dakota even with a 3.1L is like beating an original Hummer. Sure it has a huge engine and 750ft-lb torque, but its slow as hell. The 318/auto Dakotas were slow enough, couldn't imagine one with a 6. Even my uncle was disappointed in his '91 and he's not one for speed much these days.

 

i dont know much about Mopars after the early 70's....so i cant say anything about those turbo'd Daytona's and such....but i know those SRT-4 Neons are nothing to fool around with....i rode in one that just had exhaust work done (sounded evil i tell ya!) and i was amazed by it...i would LOVE to have one of those...

 

Do you know for sure it had exhaust work done or are you just guessing? The reason I ask is because they don't even come with mufflers from the factory.

 

well the guy told me it just had exhaust work done...i didnt really know him that well...but it sounded something fierce...it had something done...cause ive heard stock ones...and this one just had a different rumble all together *shivers* haha thats the only one ive ever rode in though...and i was amazed

 

Sorry all the one i have ever seen or messed with sucked. I dont think they are reliable engines at all. those engine are crap trust me... between me and my family have owned many of them all are pretty crappy.......i dont care what you say.... I will never trust another 2.2 and 2.5