fstjack said:
I took delivery of Ram SRT-10 3-11-04 Drove great, good power/torque. At 600 miles it went to selling dealer for factory recall on cam Exact same story but this time factory rep drove truck. Talked with John Hennessy and he told me that he has Dynoed 8 stock Ram SRT-10's and after recall work?
Fstjack,
I purchased my 1st RAM SRT10/Black on 2/18/04 it was new but had 700 miles on it (Apparently nascar folks were driving it, as the certificate has all their sigs on it from the race that weekend) It ran perfect until I took it in for bad vibrations at 140mph. They did the cam bolt recall on it. While in for service, I purchased a RED one, and noticed it had WAY less torque/power than the Black one. The dealer said it was probably the clutch slipping as it had 2 miles on it. After break in, it was on par with the black. When I got the Black one back, it was noticably slower. Dealer said it was fine. I took it to another dealer, and they found: Hose clamps off, the engine was missing because of an o2 sensor malfunction, and some other shoddy work. After they fixed the issues, they both ran the same. I drive the trucks real aggresive (Slide into stops, drift around corners, pedal to the metal 100% of the time 7.5mpg

. The clutches went out in both of them. While in service awaiting parts that were on national backorder, I purchased a Silver one. I wasted no time in breaking it in. It had WAY less power than the Red or Black one did. They compared the silver one to my other two and found defected clutch/pressure plates, slave cylinder, improper fuel mixture settings.
Things to check, is the torque setting on the bolts on the pressure plate (known issue). o2 Sensor, and fuel mixture. You can do a quick check on your transmission, roll back slightly, rev up to 2500/3000RPM, let off the cluch in first. You should stop rolling back immediately and start to move forward, if not, something is wrong. Additionally DC is starting to reimburse SRT owners for aftermarket clutches, they know there is an issue with the factory ones.
Craig