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We took Craig's Venom Twin Turbo Ram SRT10 out tonite for a few test runs. We are still testing the truck on 7 psi boost. After making a few changes to the fuel syste, we dyno'd 580 rear wheel hp and 680 rear wheel tq, again on 7 psi boost.
The supercharged Viper is highly modified and runs about 700 rear wheel hp on boost. Its a 2001 RT10. The owner is a friend, but I wont use his name for now.
Run 1, from 2nd gear roll, he gets the jump at about 30 mph and we knew there was no way to catch him.
Run 2, from 3rd gear roll, again he takes a quick jump on us on the start and same result.
Run 3, he has beat us 2 in a row, so he gives us the move thinking he will quickly and easily catch us, pass us and beat us down. Wrong. From a 3rd gear roll at 3000 rpm we nail it and jump him, he immediatly nails it. We pull hard thru 3rd, then into 4th all the way to 6000 rpm. Final result was that we beat him by about a truck length.
Bottom line is that a 700 rw hp Viper is supposed to be faster than a 580 rw hp truck that weighs 2000 lbs more. And in some races this will be true. But on the open highway from a 3rd gear roll, the twin turbo powered Ram SRT10 prevailed.
All in all, it was a lot of fun. And to experience a Ram SRT10 truck that can run with and beat a highly modified Viper (under the right circumstances) is truly amazing.
Thanks again to our great customer, Craig Salmond, who has allowed us to build and test his SRT twin turbo so that our production systems can be the best that we can make them.
Also, we are at the Viper Owner's Invitational in Grapevine, TX right now. If you live in the DFW area and would like to see this amazing truck in person, we will be at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon (9/12). Please come check it out if you live in the area.
You may wonder why I get so excited about a big truck that can run with a very fast Viper. Well, we build some really fast Vipers - one of them has gone 8.93 in the 1/4 mile and a few of them have gone over 156 mph in the 1/4 mile. When we race our Vipers against other fast cars and other fast Vipers we are expected to win and we usually do. But having a 5300 lb truck, even with 500 hp, we are always going to be considered the underdog even againt a very fast sports car. So by adding our twin turbo system and going out and running with or beating down a fast sports car, this is a very satisfying feeling. Its almost as satisfying as going out and running a low 9 in the 1/4 mile in one of our Vipers.
Anyway, thanks for listening to this long post.
The supercharged Viper is highly modified and runs about 700 rear wheel hp on boost. Its a 2001 RT10. The owner is a friend, but I wont use his name for now.
Run 1, from 2nd gear roll, he gets the jump at about 30 mph and we knew there was no way to catch him.
Run 2, from 3rd gear roll, again he takes a quick jump on us on the start and same result.
Run 3, he has beat us 2 in a row, so he gives us the move thinking he will quickly and easily catch us, pass us and beat us down. Wrong. From a 3rd gear roll at 3000 rpm we nail it and jump him, he immediatly nails it. We pull hard thru 3rd, then into 4th all the way to 6000 rpm. Final result was that we beat him by about a truck length.
Bottom line is that a 700 rw hp Viper is supposed to be faster than a 580 rw hp truck that weighs 2000 lbs more. And in some races this will be true. But on the open highway from a 3rd gear roll, the twin turbo powered Ram SRT10 prevailed.
All in all, it was a lot of fun. And to experience a Ram SRT10 truck that can run with and beat a highly modified Viper (under the right circumstances) is truly amazing.
Thanks again to our great customer, Craig Salmond, who has allowed us to build and test his SRT twin turbo so that our production systems can be the best that we can make them.
Also, we are at the Viper Owner's Invitational in Grapevine, TX right now. If you live in the DFW area and would like to see this amazing truck in person, we will be at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon (9/12). Please come check it out if you live in the area.
You may wonder why I get so excited about a big truck that can run with a very fast Viper. Well, we build some really fast Vipers - one of them has gone 8.93 in the 1/4 mile and a few of them have gone over 156 mph in the 1/4 mile. When we race our Vipers against other fast cars and other fast Vipers we are expected to win and we usually do. But having a 5300 lb truck, even with 500 hp, we are always going to be considered the underdog even againt a very fast sports car. So by adding our twin turbo system and going out and running with or beating down a fast sports car, this is a very satisfying feeling. Its almost as satisfying as going out and running a low 9 in the 1/4 mile in one of our Vipers.
Anyway, thanks for listening to this long post.
