Jon Steiger

Name:

Jon Steiger

Location:

Forestville, NY (Slightly southwest of Buffalo)

Email Address:

jon@dakota-truck.net

Home Page:

http://www.jonsteiger.com

Other Home Pages:

http://www.dakota-truck.net
http://www.dragtruk.com
http://www.ultralighthomepage.com
http://www.steigerperformance.com
http://www.twistedbits.net
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/LpqoHyYO4ageQ

Description of the other pages:

The Dakota Mailing List Home Page
The DragTruk page (pickups on the dragstrip, originally created by Sean Meldrum)
The Ultralight Home Page (the first UL Home Page on the 'net!)
My on-line performance parts shop
The Webhosting service, of which I am a co-founder
Profile page for my Dakota Convertible

Age:

33

Other Vehicles:

'70 Plymouth Barracuda (Fuel Injected 440, auto)
'90 Dodge Dakota Convertible (V6, 5 speed)
'92 Dodge Ram W150 4x4 (318 V8, auto, 4" suspension lift, 33" mudders)
'96 Suzuki Intruder 1400
'96 Kolb FireFly 447 (ultralight)

Previous Vehicles:

'90 Dodge Colt
'82 Yamaha Virago
'91 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
'91 Yamaha FZR600R

Other hobbies:

Computers
Drag Racing
Flying (GA and ultralight) Science Fiction

Occupation:

I'm a broker in my family's real estate firm.

Comments:

Creator & maintainer of the Dakota Mailing List and the DML Home Page.

I'm not really into the "Kool Kolors" or "looks" aspects of sport trucks. Yeah, my truck has some aggressive styling cues, but its got the bite to match its bark; I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm not really into the sleeper look either, although I appreciate them a lot more than the ever present "phat" gutless wonders featured in the sport truck magazines. My eventual goal is 11's in a streetable, daily driven Dak. I plan to hang on to this truck forever. :-)

Year:

1996

Drivetrain:

4x2

Engine:

V8 - 318ci

Transmission:

Manual

Designation:

SLT

Body:

Club Cab

Options:

driving lights, overhead power group, bucket seats, sure grip, 3.55 rear. Its black, with a driftwood lower break. The interior is "quartz" or something like that...

Mileage:

Almost 80,000 miles

Completed modifications:

********** Performance **********
Mopar Performance PCM (Aka SBEC, JTEC)
180 degree "heavy duty" Stant thermostat
Redline Water Wetter
R&D Performance 3 pc underdriven pullies
14x3" open element air cleaner (can by Mr. Gasket, filter by K&N)
K&N X-stream lid
Chrome "LA 318" valve covers (Edelbrock signature series) w/K&N valve cover breather
Gibson 3" cat-back exhaust
JBA stainless "ram-horn" headers coated by AirBorn Coatings
ATR 2.5" -> 3" stainless Y pipe
Exhaust is 3" from the Y pipe back. (when I don't have the cat swapped in)
F&B Stage II throttle body
Mopar Performance MPI intake manifold
Intellitronix digital air/fuel ratio guage
Intellitronix digital fuel pressure gauge
Magnecor 8.5mm wires
Accel brass cap and rotor
Champion Gold Truck plugs gapped at .035"
Dayco 670 K6 serpentine belt (power steering bypass)
Lakewood Traction Bars
235/70 Firestone Firehawk SS/10's
ProGlass ram-air hood
Short throw gearshift lever
********** Utility **********
Reese class IV hitch
Electronic trailer brake controller
********** Appearance, etc. (frivolous stuff) **********

Fiamm high note horn
Checkmate FX fiberglass flush mount tonneau cover
Sterling Equipment pocket mount bed rails
Tinted windows (5% rear, 20% side)
GTS Slotted taillight covers (decals removed)
GTS smoked headlight covers (decals removed)
DDBC ("Dakota Decal by Clark"), along with a Mopar Performance decal (Mustang Bait) ;-)
Painted valve cover breather and hood latch Street HEMI orange
Under-dash neon lighting

Modifications in progress:

creating a permanent ram-air box to make my hood functional (You can only go so far with cardboard and duct tape) ;-)
Electric tailgate lock
Roll pan
4bbl TB
Twin Turbochargers

On-board computer with mapping, GPS tracking, OBD-II scanner, mp3 music system, etc.

Planned modifications:

Holley Laser Shot Coil
Holley Strip or Pro Strip Annihilator Ignition
electric fan
pre-oiler
low oil pressure engine cutoff
high flow injectors
2/3 inch drop
4.10 gears
904 or 727 competition transmission w/reverse pattern, manual valve body, and transbrake
driveshaft loop
stronger rearend (8.75", 9.25" or Dana 60)
stronger driveshaft (aluminum?)
Mild tub, move springs in a little bit (maybe convert to coil-over eventually), shorter axles, with some bigger tires and rims (235-245 series on the fronts, 300-400 series on the rears)
electric club cab windows and possibly an electric sliding rear window
change dash lights to a less annoying color
white face guages
360ci twin turbocharged mill
FP Performance SEFI8LO fuel injection system (Or Accel Gen 7.0)
Also a gaggle of tiny little tweaks and mods that float in and out of my brain on occasion. :-)

If money were no object:

Hmmm, probably a fuel injected, twin turbocharged, intercooled 528 HEMI crate motor, along with a Dana 60 rearend and a beefy manual valve body auto or a Lenco 6 speed..
What I'd really like is a bunch of Daks for doing different things... A pure racing Dak that would run 8's or 9's, a monster 4x4 offroading Dak, a towing Dak to pull my racing Dak...

Horsepower:

just over 235 at the rear wheels; probably about 270 at the flywheel (measurement)

Torque:

just over 293lb-ft at the rear wheels; probably about 340lb-ft at the flywheel (measurement)

Quarter mile:

14.555@94.14mph (I've run 14.556 on a missed shift, so the truck has got more in 'er; just haven't had it back to the track yet) (measurement)

Eighth mile:

9.70@73.43mph with a 60' time of 2.3 (measurement)

60 foot:

2.089 on 235/70 15 Firestone Firehawk SS10's inflated to 26psi, 2.059 on 275/50 BFG Drag Radials (measurement)

Pictures:

http://www.jonsteiger.com/WWW/dakota.html
http://www.jonsteiger.com/www/dakota/attachments/stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu/dyno001.jpg

Pictures description:

My "personal" dakota page. Has thumbnails and links to larger pics.
The second URL is a JPEG of a dyno run taken at Chryslers at Carlisle '99.

Sounds:

http://www.dakota-truck.net/SOUNDS/

Sounds description:

The above is the DML Sounds page. I have seven wav files in there, steiger01.wav through steiger07.wav. One taken at the engine and the rest taken at the tailpipe. (All 01-03 are of the stock exhaust, 04-07 are after I installed my 3" Gibson cat-back.)

Videos:

http://www.jonsteiger.com/www/dakota/videos/steiger01.mpg

Videos description:

My Dak running 14.80@93something at NYIRP in Leichester, NY. About 2MB.