Jared From United States of America, joined May 2001, 685 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 645 times:
A friend of mine has a Dakota R/T.
I kind of still favor his truck more than this new one.
DC10Tony From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 640 times:
The 5.9 R/T looks cool, but I bet if the person buying it knew a Dakota Quad Cab 4.7L were faster, they'd buy that instead of the R/T.
Rapo From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 395 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 636 times:
Fordlover From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 194 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 630 times:
Pictures, man. I need pictures. Is this truly the aluminum Viper engine, or just a hopped up truck V-10? Do they still put V-10's in Rams? I'd go with the Cummins myself. Now, we just need a Lil' Red Express truck version.
DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7673 posts, RR: 18 Reply 5, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 624 times:
Several years back, before the current generation of Dakotas was out... Motor Trend featured an article on how to soup up a plain Jane Dakota into a hot truck. You could take a basic Dakota regular cab, short bed, with a 5-speed and the 318... I think one of the axles was prefered. And there is plenty of easy to install performance mods available from Mopar Performance Parts that could be fitted. Probably more parts exist today and you could build your own super-truck... isn't that part of the fun anyways?
Stop drop and roll will not save you in hell. --- seen on a church marque in rural Virginia
DC10Tony From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 615 times:
"Pictures, man. I need pictures."
Go to www.4adodge.com, it's there.
"Is this truly the aluminum Viper engine, or just a hopped up truck V-10?"
The SRT-10's 8.3L V10 is all-new and all-aluminum, it won't be used in the Ram 2500/3500s
"Do they still put V-10's in Rams?"
Yep, for the next generation 2500/3500s, they're still using the current 8.0L rated at 310/450. I would've thought they'd increase its power, but I guess not.
"I'd go with the Cummins myself."
The Cummins which will be in the new Ram HDs will have 305 hp/555 ft-lbs with a 6 speed and the automatic- equipped Cummins trucks will have 250/460 I believe.
Fordlover From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 194 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 605 times:
DC10Tony, what about the Lil' Red Express truck? That's the only comment you didn't respond to. With today's retro trends, surely they could sell a few.
DC10Tony From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 601 times:
Yeah, you're right, retro trends are popular, but just picture a '02 Ram 1500 with stained wood a smaller, unproportionate bed and semi exhaust pipes on it? LOL, not too cool, at least in my opinion.
People like flashy and fast vehicles. Even though Lil' Red was a little before my time, whenever I look at a picture of it, the thought of some hillbilly making a run down to the distillery to get a few kegs comes to mind.
Fordlover From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 194 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 593 times:
OK, I've seen it now. Not bad at all. I can do without the rubber band tires, but I guess that's the style. Lightning killer? Maybe. But, what kind of payload will it have. That's the nice thing about Lightnings, they've always retained the F-series usefulness. When Chevy came out with the 454SS, it was a disaster. Sure it was fast, but it had a very low towing capacity, something like 2000lbs. I can pull more than that with my Taurus. The key to this formula is to make a powerful, fast TRUCK, not a Mustang or Camaro with a big trunk. It needs to retain a good part of it's "trucky-ness". That's why you see so many Lightnings used as shop trucks (I know of two contractors, and three speed parts shops that use them as "work" vehicles, then race them on the weekends).
DC10Tony From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 592 times:
Most sport trucks don't have a high towing capacity because their suspensions are tuned differently, therefore they can't accept a big load.
The Lightning can only tow 5,000 pounds and the 5.9 R/T is only rated for 2,000 pounds. In fact, Chrysler made a mistake and said the 5.9 R/T can tow 6,400 pounds, but had a recall and had to give all 5.9 R/T owners $300 back if they had a receiver as a factory-installed option on their truck, because it's useless. I have seen a 5.9 R/T hauling a pretty large boat once, and the rear suspension was hardly sagging.
About the SRT-10 vs. the Lightning. I like Dodge trucks and think they're fantastic trucks (no I don't wear blinders). This SRT-10 will hand the Lightning its ass.
But...
...I would have liked to see Dodge use their new 5.7L V8 Hemi to combat Ford's 5.4L instead of the 8.3L V10. Kind of like putting a pitbull against a terrier.
You're right, the 454SS was a flop. What did that thing have, like 215hp?
Fordlover From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 194 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (11 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 589 times:
I thought a Pitbull was a Terrier? But other than that, I'd pretty much agree with you. I do wear blinders, but I can see competition when it's out there. This whould most likely out run a Lightning, and if it retains some truck usefullness, It'll be a hit. And 5000 lbs is more than enough towing capacity for the average user. Here at work, I regularly tow 5500-6000 lbs behind a '91 F-150 with no problems. But 2000 is pretty small. All-in-all, not a bad truck. I say build it.
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