Theres a guy on Dakota-Durango.com thats selling a 408 dakota R/T with 50,xxx miles on it or so for like $12,500

 

And its only got 5000 on the 408. That is a freakin sweet truck and a most excellent deal if you want a R/T.

 

And if Im not mistaken, its a John Mercedes 408 too.

Heres his sig :

408 c.i. stroker built by John Mercedes, 4" Mopar Crank, Eagle H-Beam rods, Custom Cam, Ross Pistons, 2.02 R/T heads Ported and Polished by John Mercedes, 52mm Holley Throttle Body,M1, Billet Fuel Rails, Crower 1.6 RR, Crower Springs, Crower Pushrods, Mopar Powedercoated Valve Covers, MSD 6AL, Spiro Vertex Wires, Autolite 3923's, Accel Cap and rotor, Mopar PCM, Cold air intake, relocated IAT sensor. Mopar Ceramacoated headers and Y pipe, single 3" exhaust flowmaster super 40 muffler, no cat, NX 100 shot , TCI Torque Converter.

13.982 @ 98.47 mph w/ 360 on street tires and before Headers, new exhaust and throttle body.

13.7 @101 mph w/ 408, no nitrous and drag radials. 2.2 60' time. NO TRACTION.

And heres the Autotrader ad :

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...&cardist=0

~CYCLONE_06

 

wow, get rid of the front bumper cover and that would be my dream truck

 

if only i had 12,500$

 

Is 13.7 a normal time for those strokers? I know that the guys with the hemisin the rams with the strokers (370, 392) are well into the 12's. High 13's just seems a little weak for a stroker motor with that much displacement. Or maybe the guy is just a seriously bad driver.

 

he should be in the 12's. he said he just wasnt getting any traction off the line. his 60' times were in the 2's they should be alot lower. but if I had 12k laying around or lookin to buy another truck, I would be all over that one.

 

these trucks arnt exactly light and just builting an engine and throwing it in a truck is not goint to get you a 12 second pass, you need cal tracks and some sticky tires and i hope he put a stall converter in it

 

I wa sjust thinking that was a little slow for a full built motor. Guys with the hemi in regular cabs are running those times all day with just full bolt ons. So the time just seemed a little slow to me for what it had done.

 

Yea his sig says hes slipping big time. Hes also in a club cab, not a Regular cab. That makes a difference too. Its also got a small cam, that could be bigger, and its still running on the Mopar PCM.

~CYCLONE_06