98 Dodge Dakota PCM Hack?

[Programmer]

0.8 of a second !! I'd say it works <g>...that's the most impressive
ET difference I've EVER heard by a PCM swap. The factory one must
be really bad <g>... Guess I'll have to order one and "see" what they did...
What are your runs with the stock 97 PCM ?

Lyndon.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Tom <tigers at bserv.com>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: 98 Dodge Dakota PCM Hack?


> At 08:32 AM 3/22/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Yeah--but do they work ??  Lyndon.
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> > > Hypertech has one out for the '97; do not know if they have one
> > > for the 98. I believe that the OE computer for the '98 Dakota is
> > >  the SBEC 3.   Bob Tom
>
> Lyndon
>
> I do not have firsthand knowledge of the Hypertech for the '97 Dak
> but the fellow that I bought the '97 MP PCM CA version (Fed.
> version did pass EPA) from tried both the '97 MP PCM and
> Hypertech and chose to keep the Hypertech.  He no longer
> races but said the Hypertech felt a lot stronger than the MP.
>
> I run the '96 MP PCM in my '97 at track so, while it has reduced my
> ETs by 8/10s over the stock computer, my dash gauges will
> not function with the '96 MP PCM (major wiring revision between
> the '96 and '97 Dakotas).
>
> The best that I can run with the '97 MP PCM is 15.5x.  I recorded
> outputs on my scanner with the '97 MP PCM and, in addition to
> having less timing advance across the rpm range under WOT
> than the '96 MP PCM, the '97 MP PCM really retards the timing
> at the shifts (from about 27 degrees to about 7 degrees).
>
> Bob Tom       Burlington, Ont., Canada
> '97 CC Dakota, 5.2L, 4x2, auto., 3.92SG, 4,265 lb (racing weight)
> Dyno:   231.2 rwhp                340.0 lb-ft rwtorque
> PB:      14.737 @ 91.75         9.364 @ 72.95
>
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