Hey guys, slowprocess told me about this site, figured I'd check it out. I like anything that's fast, especially trucks! Got a Dakota R/T with a few toys, here's my cardomain page with some pics and my mods:

http://members.cardomain.com/bad360rt

Oh, I'm south Jersey, work in Philly.

Hey guys, slowprocess told me about this site, figured I'd check it out. I like anything that's fast, especially trucks! Got a Dakota R/T with a few toys, here's my cardomain page with some pics and my mods:

http://members.cardomain.com/bad360rt

Oh, I'm south Jersey, work in Philly.

Glad to see you made it over to the real performance forum!!! I know you'll be able to contribute a ton of info over here. You have one bad ass Dakota!!! :hail:

Welcome, nice truck! Nice to see more folks from the Northeast around here too!

Welcome aboard, I see there is a few Dodge heads over here!

Very nice truck!

Thanks guys! Glad to see we've got a good mix of trucks over here, that way we can all keep each other in check LOL

Howdy!

Welcome, great lookin' truck there. One of my buddies has a 2001 RCSB R/T. I don't think he gets on here a whole lot though. I'm sure he'll have some questions for you.

What do you use for tunning on that beast?

Right now I have two aux injectors controlled by a Split Second box that only come on under boost, and I'm running 36# injectors controlled by an Apexi SAFC-II. Need 30# injectors tho, running too rich down low. One of these days I'll do it right and get a standalone.

Looks like i'm the newest member to the truck forum. hopefully this place won't get over run with flamers...anyway, HI!! :cheers:

the name's Corey, i live in Greensboro, NC. I drive a 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T. I've done a bunch of crap to it, but it is still slow ( hence the screen name ;) .) Hopefully this place'll have some useful info for everyone. seems to be pretty cool so far.

Hey, start your own thread, ya lazy bum!!! :bash: LOL

Dakota invasion!!!!!

Hey guys whats up? I'm tagging along with these other yahoos checking out the new forum.

Jim M.
Houston, Texas
2001 Dodge Dakota R/T
13.36 @ 99.8mph all motor

Re-inforcements have arrived! :)

Well, here's another R/T.

My names Zach and I drive a 1999 Dakota R/T Clubcab and live in Minnesota. The truck only has a few mods, and im still in the 15's, so nothing to brag about now. Any other Minnesota people on here?

~Zach

I'll butt in and join the short, but growing list of dodges....I own a 2002 Blk CC R/T, pretty much stock except for a 52mm TB, catback exhaust, and K&N intake. Ran a best of 15.3 @88mph back in May with just the intake and TB.

Very nice truck Bad360RT!

Hey, start your own thread, ya lazy bum!!! :bash: LOL


yeah yeah, i figured someone would say something about cluttering up the place with repetitive threads...besides, my dakota is slow! :turd:

Very nice truck Bad360RT!
Thanks, you too!!! Love the SRT-10's. :)

yeah yeah, i figured someone would say something about cluttering up the place with repetitive threads...besides, my dakota is slow! :turd:
Mine is too, license plate says so :P

Revoluuutttiiioonnnnnn Dakota takeover :engarde:

Sup guys.. Many of you folks from SoCal?

No cardomain yet, but here's some pics
http://photobucket.com/albums/y129/mxblue23/Truck%20pics/

:drive:

Man all you GEN III guys, sheeshh.. lol

Another R/Ter noob here :werd:

I had a 00' ext cab R/T before my Silvy i have now. Maybe you guys can tell me what was wrong with it. When i got it at a year and a half old (used) it was 100% stock with low miles. I always loved the way they looked and sounded so i got one. Man was it SLOW stock.

Since stock sux I got the 300hp Mopar PCM, K&N FIPK w/ram air, shorty headers, gutted cats, flowmaster 3" catback. With all these mods it was a little faster and sounded mean as hell. Bad part is it fell on its face above 3k rpms, and shifted on its own at 4k under WOT. I had to shift it myself if i wanted to race.

The final blow with my R/T was when i raced a friend with a 95' Integra with 170,000 miles on it. The only mods he had was a cold air intake and ricer muffler. I had all of the above. Long story short, i beat him off the line but once i hit 3k he passed me and kept leaving me. I was so pissed i lost to a pretty much stock ricer I went in the next day and got rid of the R/T.

R/T's are tricky, you have to have the right combo to get 'em to run good. The biggest thing I can see you were missing is an M1 intake manifold, the stock beer barrel just doesn't flow enough, that's why it was falling on it's face after 3K rpm. The Mopar PCM should have been shifting at 52-5400, probably could have fixed that with a little tv cable adjustment. There's a ton of guys running 13's all motor now, they've got the combos pretty much figured out. My truck only ran 15.3 stock, and it's a regular cab. They've got potential just have to throw some money at 'em and get the right combo.

Yea, i didnt find out about the intake till after i got rid of it. LOL

My ext cab Silvy ran 14.7 with 3" pipe in place of the muffler and a K&N drop in. Total of $60. I was sold.

I still like the low end balls of the R/T for towing, but racing I just didnt know enough at the time i had it.

I had a 00' ext cab R/T before my Silvy i have now. Maybe you guys can tell me what was wrong with it. When i got it at a year and a half old (used) it was 100% stock with low miles. I always loved the way they looked and sounded so i got one. Man was it SLOW stock.

Since stock sux I got the 300hp Mopar PCM, K&N FIPK w/ram air, shorty headers, gutted cats, flowmaster 3" catback. With all these mods it was a little faster and sounded mean as hell. Bad part is it fell on its face above 3k rpms, and shifted on its own at 4k under WOT. I had to shift it myself if i wanted to race.

The final blow with my R/T was when i raced a friend with a 95' Integra with 170,000 miles on it. The only mods he had was a cold air intake and ricer muffler. I had all of the above. Long story short, i beat him off the line but once i hit 3k he passed me and kept leaving me. I was so pissed i lost to a pretty much stock ricer I went in the next day and got rid of the R/T.

A decent throttle body, the Mopar M1 2bbl intake manifold, some 1.7r rockers, and mid or long tube headers instead of the shorties would have increased its pulling power, most often that bolt-on combo will let the R/T run with Mustang GT's/etc. If your WOT shifts were at 4k rpm's then either your TV cable was way out of adjustment or your transmission's valve body needed replacement.

Any of you guys around memphis, tn? I have an R/T but no motor right now. :judge: :judge: :ripped: :secret2:

Any of you guys around memphis, tn? I have an R/T but no motor right now. :judge: :judge: :ripped: :secret2:
No engine? What happened? What's going in? :)

A decent throttle body, the Mopar M1 2bbl intake manifold, some 1.7r rockers, and mid or long tube headers instead of the shorties would have increased its pulling power, most often that bolt-on combo will let the R/T run with Mustang GT's/etc. If your WOT shifts were at 4k rpm's then either your TV cable was way out of adjustment or your transmission's valve body needed replacement.

Your silver R/T looks sweet. :D If I only knew then what I know now. I had one buddy that had an 02' with a 100 shot that ran 13.7's. With a vortech SC at 8psi he ran 13.8's. I just wasnt impressed then, but his was mostly stock other than the blower.

One thing I did hate though about my R/T was the so called rear seat. I couldnt fit a car seat back there. Not that i wanted dirty little kids riding with me. Nothing worse than pulling up next to a hot chick in a hot truck and her seeing the car seat while you give them that smile. :emb:

No engine? What happened? What's going in? :)


It's 'in progress'... slowly but it's gettin' there.

I had one buddy that had an 02' with a 100 shot that ran 13.7's. With a vortech SC at 8psi he ran 13.8's. I just wasnt impressed then, but his was mostly stock other than the blower.
Gotta open up the flow for the blower. I ran 11.8/9 on the stock bottom end/stock cam with heads & boltons w/my intercooled Paxton (in really cold weather, now I'm 11's in the heat, can't wait for this fall :devil: ).

If you can pick up 5 more mph you may knock off a 10.9x.

Ever thought about spraying it with a 50hp shot? That may get you there.

I am not so sure he needs nitrous for 10s.... :)

But as you sit right now Dave, if I can get my tranny fixed up, I have a 200 shot with your name on it buddy! ;)

Ok no post whoring here but I thought I woudl come have some fun widchu...

Ok no post whoring here but I thought I woudl come have some fun widchu...


Oh sure... the intergalactic post whore champ of the universe chiming in... LOL :hail:

You're all a bunch of troublemakers!

I registered too!

You're all a bunch of troublemakers!

I registered too!


Ohhh Jeeez,,,, There goes the neighborhood! :argh:

I am not so sure he needs nitrous for 10s.... :)

But as you sit right now Dave, if I can get my tranny fixed up, I have a 200 shot with your name on it buddy! ;)
Those are good numbers all motor. What engine mods do you have and how do you tune for it?

Ohhh Jeeez,,,, There goes the neighborhood! :argh:

You knew it was just a matter of time! hehehe

I took the Dakota to the track last friday to "play". Traction was non-existant. I shoulda known better than to try and go with just my street tires.

So when are you coming back to "visit"? It's only been in the 110's lately - perfect racing weather! hahaha

Those are good numbers all motor. What engine mods do you have and how do you tune for it?

Ah, not really, crank numbers. LOL

I don't tune at all right now, I just pray to the truck Gods. LOL Really, I don't even have custom tune on the PCM, I'm giving up mucho power as of right now but want to get rid of the stock heads, RRs, tranny, etc before I do a custom tune, even just a custom PCM.

If you can pick up 5 more mph you may knock off a 10.9x.

Ever thought about spraying it with a 50hp shot? That may get you there.
If I can get it to the ground, she may crack off a 10 with the new cam and stall. Don't want to spray cause I'm only running hyper pistons. If I do a forged stroker, I'll spray it :)

I am not so sure he needs nitrous for 10s.... :)

But as you sit right now Dave, if I can get my tranny fixed up, I have a 200 shot with your name on it buddy! ;)
Bring it, I ain't skeered of no bottle baby :lol:

You knew it was just a matter of time! hehehe

I took the Dakota to the track last friday to "play". Traction was non-existant. I shoulda known better than to try and go with just my street tires.

So when are you coming back to "visit"? It's only been in the 110's lately - perfect racing weather! hahaha

Tryin' to snag a house down there is near impossible... they don't stay 'for sale' longer than a day or so. I'm really not lookin' forward to that kinda heat... but it's so humid here the sweat factor is miz'rable. One of these day's we'll get lucky I s'pose.

Guess I will add to the list.

Barry