Jeff LaCour

Name:

Jeff LaCour

Location:

Zachary, Louisiana

Email Address:

JeffofSLU@aol.com

Age:

23

Previous Vehicles:

1990 Nissan Hardbody (underpowered, but reliable)

Other hobbies:

Fishing, Weight-Lifting, Paintball, Football, Basketball

Occupation:

Student first, owner of small lawn business second, working an internship third.

Comments:

I love this truck

Year:

1995

Drivetrain:

4x2

Engine:

V8 - 318ci

Transmission:

Automatic

Designation:

Sport+

Body:

Club Cab

Mileage:

102,000 miles

Completed modifications:

Trans-Go Shift Kit,K&N FIPK, Doug Thorley Headers, Magnecor KV85 wires, brass dist. cap and rotor, 180 t-stat,Flowmaster cat-back, Hypertech 2pc pulley set (now reduced to one piece), MSD 6A, MSD Blaster 3 Coil, Lakewood Universal Traction Bars, Castrol Syntec (hey, it adds at least 1/12 of a horsepower), DML sticker (courtesy of Jon Steiger), tinted windows, and a fiberglass bed cover

Modifications in progress:

Hayden Transmission Cooler,MP SBEC (bad pinging problem)

Planned modifications:

15x8 wheels, 265x60 tires, Electric Fan, Sure-Grip Diffirential, Mild Lock up torque converter 2500-3000, 1.6 Roller Rockers, Mopar's Magnum Cam and Lifters, Mopar Valve Springs, Extrudehone Intake (from Magnum Performance), and after an engine rebuild in four or five years either a supercharger or a well set up nitrous system

If money were no object:

Baer Disc Brakes, Completley new sound system, new motor blueprinted and balanced with Extrudehone heads, upgraded automatic (slightly higher stall lock-up torque converter, numerically higher ratio first and second gears, with an overdrive somewhere in the neighborhood of a .65), Ram-Air hood and system, new paint job, completley new suspension (and I mean everything), and maybe shoe horn a Viper V-10 and its driveline (which would obviously take the place of some of the above mods)

Additional modification comments:

My ultimate goal (at least it's ultimate for now) is to retain the truck's present fuel economy (20-21 highway, 17-19 city) while running fourteens in the quarter, maintaining good reliability, and keeping the truck a joy to drive.

Horsepower:

197 (wheels) (calculation)

Torque:

261 (wheels) (calculation)

0 to 60:

7.2

Quarter mile:

15.38 @89.14MPH (measurement)

Eighth mile:

9.881 @71.70 MPH (measurement)

60 foot:

2.290 (measurement)

Top speed:

109 (so far) (measurement)

Performance comments:

Truck is plagued by some serious traction problems due to the peg legged rear end. My advice to anyone buying a Dakota is to get the sure-grip, it's worth it. Also, the cause of the pinging problem with the MP SBEC seems to be a leaking intake manifold gasket which I will change soon.