v8440
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It has finally started to cool off here in the evenings, and with more miles on my '09 hemi ram, I decided to see if I could get it into the 13's. For reference, the truck is still bone stock. That means absolutely NOTHING has been done to the truck mechanically, down to it still being on the original tires.
It was 60 degrees that afternoon, and they had done a good job of prepping the track. After an hour or so of cooldown I ran it. The result was 13.75 at 98.3x mph. I was astounded. I let it cool down about 15 minutes and ran it again, and it went 13.82 at 96.something. The short times surprise me-the first pass was 2.06 and the second was 2.04. That's pretty good for a pickup truck on stock tires with no suspension modifications whatsoever.
The funny thing is, there are a couple of people with '09 r/t's, which have 4.10's, a looser converter, and different shift programming. The quicker of those two is only a few hundredths slower than my non-r/t. I think the fact that they have 20 inch wheels and a bunch of weight-adding options mine doesn't is slowing them down.
It was 60 degrees that afternoon, and they had done a good job of prepping the track. After an hour or so of cooldown I ran it. The result was 13.75 at 98.3x mph. I was astounded. I let it cool down about 15 minutes and ran it again, and it went 13.82 at 96.something. The short times surprise me-the first pass was 2.06 and the second was 2.04. That's pretty good for a pickup truck on stock tires with no suspension modifications whatsoever.
The funny thing is, there are a couple of people with '09 r/t's, which have 4.10's, a looser converter, and different shift programming. The quicker of those two is only a few hundredths slower than my non-r/t. I think the fact that they have 20 inch wheels and a bunch of weight-adding options mine doesn't is slowing them down.
