Raced a Dodge 1500 - And Lost!
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When I had my 99 Dodge Quad Cab and was looking at the new ones, the sales guy told me that the 4.7 engines were faster off the line than the Hemis. He said that the Hemi would catch up in the long run but off the line the 4.7 was the quicker truck.
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yeah, the 'magnum' engines got more punch off the line but those hemis can catch up with their much stronger top-end. This helped me kill my hemi in my light-to-light race with one. I've been told on a freeway roll I'd get my **** kicked by a hemi... although I have yet to find one..
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Originally Posted by ScrewedUPF150
When I had my 99 Dodge Quad Cab and was looking at the new ones, the sales guy told me that the 4.7 engines were faster off the line than the Hemis. He said that the Hemi would catch up in the long run but off the line the 4.7 was the quicker truck.
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Originally Posted by Faster150
the hemi's dyno around 200 to the wheels ... the GM 5.3 makes HP but no toque...
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Originally Posted by Neal
HI!... All the stock HEMI dyno info I have seen says they make between 250-260RWH.P. 
the day i got my truck dyno'd i saw a stock one put down 212HP and then 216 on his 2nd run. then one with intake and exhaust put down 233HP
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Originally Posted by ScrewedUPF150
When I had my 99 Dodge Quad Cab and was looking at the new ones, the sales guy told me that the 4.7 engines were faster off the line than the Hemis. He said that the Hemi would catch up in the long run but off the line the 4.7 was the quicker truck.
yeh my friend robert has a rumble bee and i can take emm off the line put about 3 car lengths on em then when i get to about 80mph which is where my truck tends to stop pullin. then he passes me and puts about 5 cars on me cause those hemi's build power up top and my HP peaks at 4,020RPM....
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Don't feel bad. I lost to a 93 Chev 350 (210 hp) 4x4 loaded with hunting gear. He looked stock except for extremely loud exhaust. It was about 95 degrees that day. We both mashed it at the same time and he got ahead quick enough to merge ahead of me when his lane ended after about 100 yds. I have 3.73 gears and 265/75R16 tires with my Superchip setting on 91 octane "performance". Amsoil air filter and Banks Trans-Command are my only "mods". My tires changed my effective ratio to 3.54.
Last edited by davet; Aug 1, 2005 at 10:57 PM.
