I was on the way home from work cruisin at around 70, I pass a late 80's early 90's Dakota. I look in my rear view and I see this guy creeping on me he gets right on my *** and attempts to pass. I was like hell no...so I floor it and get her up to around 110-115 and shut it down. He was way back there. I slowed and got in the right lane, he catches up to me and said my car wasn't all that. Were probably at 60-65 and I said lets go! ( Sad I know..racing a Dakota) I honk three times and floor it and so did he. I slowly pulled away from him, when I got to 120 he was only 4 or 5 cars back. I shut it down and he turned down another road. I've beat other Camaro and Stangs worse than that! How did that truck hang like that???

 

With everything from supercharges, turbochargers, to nitrous...not to much suprises me anymore.

 

dakota R/Ts with the 5.9 liter motor can be made to run PRETTY HARD with a blower or nitrous. they are small light trucks. dont get too worried about it.

 

I saw this same truck today racing a Impala SS. Looked like the 94-96 model Impala. I was at a car dealership outside of town near the main road ( I live in Arkansas! lol) and could hear tire squeeling from the direction of the red light in town. I look that way and see this same puke greenish brown Dakota whoopin this Impala by several cars. I watched for a far as I could see them and the Impala never caught up. I know the Impala is heavy and all, but I was kinda impressed with the little truck. I did hear a whine as they went by, don't know which car it was coming from. Could've been loud gears or something underneath creating a noise or like you said, it could be a supercharger! I'll find out who he is a get a look for myself!

 

Had to have some type of FI, cause without it he wouldnt even come close