Ram SRT-10: just try to wipe that stupid grin off of your face.It wasn't all that long ago (1993 for a '94 model) when the folks at Dodge rolled onto the scene with the redesigned Ram, the Ram, The, English name for Aries, a constellation. pickup that was nothing if not polarizing. The '02 model--which was a new version--didn't provide the same sort of seismic shift as its predecessor, probably because of familiarity of the in-your-face styling. But the Chrysler team has pulled something out of their garage that is causing the tectonic plates This is a list of tectonic plates on Earth. Tectonic plates are pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. The plates are around 100 km (60 miles) thick and consist of two principal types of material: oceanic crust (also called to shift with high velocity: the '04 Ram SRT-10. Yes, you probably spotted that word "Viper." Here's a two-door Ram 1500 that's been transformed by the firm's Performance Vehicle Operations (PVO PVO abbr. private voluntary organization ) into something entirely different. Beyond just sticking a giant engine under the hood under the hood - [hot-rodder talk] 1. The underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively obvious from the appearance, but the speaker is about to enable the listener to grok it. , the suspension has been modified so that it smokes in slaloms as well as it can on quarter miles (although the likelihood of someone taking the vehicle out on a gymkhana gym·kha·na n. 1. Any of various meets at which contests are held to test the skill of the competitors, as in equestrianship, gymnastics, or sports car racing. 2. The place where such an event is held. ...). There's a modified rack and pinion rack and pinion Mechanical device consisting of a bar of rectangular cross section (the rack), having teeth on one side that mesh with teeth on a small gear (the pinion). If the pinion rotates about a fixed axis, the rack will move in a straight path. steering system steering system, in automobiles, steering wheel, gears, linkages, and other components used to control the direction of a vehicle's motion. Because of friction between the front tires and the road, especially in parking, effort is required to turn the steering wheel. from a Dodge Ram
The Ram is a full-size pickup truck from Chrysler LLC's Dodge brand. The name was first used in 1981 on the redesigned Ram and Power Ram, though it came from the hood ornament used on Heavy Duty. An independent front suspension. The front end is dropped by 1 in. and the rear is taken down 2.5 in. The strut assemblies fore and aft fore and aft adv. 1. Nautical a. From the bow of a ship to the stern; lengthwise. b. In, at, or toward both ends of a ship. 2. In or at the front and back. are new; there's a rear sway bar added to handle cornering loads. Bilstein monotube shocks are fitted all around. In fact, there's even a Bilstein shock between the frame and the axle to keep launches under heavy acceleration smooth. Inside, there are interior trim bits (e.g., a Viper red start button on the dash; aluminum pedals; heavily bolstered leathertrimmed seats) that indicate this is no ordinary vehicle--especially the stalk for a Hurst shifter with a Viper knob on top. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Designers' sketches look like this thing does in real life," says Chrysler designer Robert McMahan of the SRT-10. He says designers always put on giant wheels and a scoop on the hood. The wheels--said to be the largest wheels and tires on a production pickup--are there. And the scoop is functional, as the engine needs a lot of air. Under the hood it's quite a sight/site to behold. There's a single-piece, central dual-plenum aluminum intake manifold. The manifold is what's called an "Integrated Air and Fuel Module," as it includes fuel rails, injectors, sensors, wiring, and throttle body. The cylinders in the aluminum block have interference-fit cast iron liners; aluminum pistons with cracked-steel con rods ride in them. The die cast magnesium cylinder head covers have steel internal baffles and anti-slosh foam. RELATED ARTICLE: A few numbers tell the story: 1. 10 cylinders in the aluminum block 2. 505 [in.sup.3] 3. 500 hp @ 5,600 rpm 4. 525 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4,200 rpm (90% of the torque is delivered from 1,500 to 5,600 rpm) 5. 0 to 60 mph in ~5 seconds 6. 22 X 10-in. aluminum wheels 7. Six-speed manual (Tremec T56) 8. 4.5-in. aluminum driveshaft 9. Dana 60 rear axle with 4.11 final drive ratio 10. 15-in. Front rotors; 14-in. rear rotors 11. 2.75-in. dual exhaust pipes with 3.5-in. chrome tips 12. Four Viper catalysts 13. 505-W audio systems 14. Three colors (black, silver, red) 15. 165 changes from an ordinary Ram to an SRT-10 By Gary S. Vasilash, Editor-In-Chief |
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