[Hemi4Me]

It's hard to say which engine he had. The III Gen.
only come with the 4.7L as a V8 option. They are
heavier than II Gen Dakota's and gutless. We
can pretty much rule out a III Gen. Sounds like
your pretty sure it wasn't a I Gen Dakota. Their
body style is kind of boxy IMHO. The 5.2L was
the V8 option for that truck. They went pretty
good but not good enough. So we now have
narrowed it down to a II Gen truck. I am not
sure of this but I think II Gen Dakota's had the
5.2L,4.7L and the 5.9L as V8 choices. The 5.9L
being put in the R/T's. I think the R/T's ended
in 2001 or 2002. They did make them in both
a Ext Cab and RC. My guess is you raced a stock
RC R/T or a modded 4.7L. The fastest modded
RC 4.7L Dakota I seen was running 15.4's on
the Gtech. The engine does respond well to
mods. If it was a modded R/T you would have
found out!! Fastest one I heard of was a Ext
Cab and the guy dyno'd 247/327. Averaged
about 14 flat in the 1/4.