I doubt it's a joke. In a truck magazine of some sort, I remember reading about a SWB 4x2 Dakota that they stuffed a Cummins in and rodded it and it ran some insane numbers. I just found an article on it....it's the Banks Sidewinder Dakota. In the "detuned" setting hitting "only" 630 HP and 1100 lb-ft of torque with 3.33 gears, it was getting 21.2 miles per gallon. That's just wrong.

http://www.bankspower.com/im_moparnow_spring03.cfm

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