That is the only thing stopping me.... but if I think like Rob for a split second I'd say what's another 10 or 20k added on to my debt. Then if I think long and hard like Leeann, I'd say if I'm going to be another 10 or 20k in debt I'll put it toward my L.

 

In the houston Paper last weekend they were advertizing them for 37,999 brand new. It's obvious to me that nobody wants them--that's why the price has gone from nearly 50k to ~38k.

-Mike

 

Wait, you mean Rob thinks about things other then you? We must not be posting enough pictures for him then.



Oh yea, that black one is $40k at Cartec:
http://www.getauto.com/autolinks_car...HA16H54G204739

 

paid 37.5k for a new left over 04 back in april. paid 28.8k for a new lightning back in 01, so they still are more but have come down alot. And you are right no one wants to buy one.

 

come on develope an intercooled twin screw and dyno tune the thing!!!!! Will probably ditch it for a new cobra as soon as the come out anyway, then I can come and visit again.

 

Wow, they are slower then I thought! Dodge must have given the truck mags "HOT" SRT-10's for those 1/4 mile tests.

13.42 @ 106mph with a chip. 60ft 2.143

 

I don't think I'd ever buy something from Cartec, just because of some of the things I've heard about them. I didn't believe the stories I heard until I actually saw one of their employees on Rt18 beating on one of the trucks they were trying to sell. Their lot is like a huge toy chest though, I will say that much!!

 

The Viper engine does dyno at 385hp. I've personally seen this on a viper. I think torque was about 410 but I do remember the HP to be exactly 385.

TB

 

Must have been a 1st gen viper car from the early 90's.

 

What a lot of people forget, this is an NA engine and there's no free lunch/HP. The old engines made less top end HP but better midrange and this makes for a better truck engine. The newer engines while making more top end HP (looks purdy on paper) is a b!tch to launch and your top gear 60 - 80 times will really bog down in a 5500 lb truck.

Some people still don't see why these trucks pull 13.5 in the 1/4 and yet they just throw more top end on an already bad situation.

Instead of puking out HP figures in a 50 rpm range close to redline, I'd like to see average figures between 3000 rpm and redline. This is a truer indication of a good or great engine. The Dodge engine is not a great engine in the least of terms of average HP and average HP per liter. Matter of fact you might have to go back to the 50's to see a engine that performs this poorly and if it wasn't for it's massive size it would have been thrown in the waste basket years ago.

 

I really wish they changed the nose on the SRT10,
But to each his own.....

Sup Captain, where the heck you been Man ???

BTW
Rob only thinks about Leeann, what else is there ?
(well ok sometimes I do think about the CC bills) $&$*&@$%*@&$%*@&$

 

No. Its the current Viper.

Its the same as the 350hp C5 Corvette. The RWHP is roughly 265hp.
Verified that dozens of time

TB

 

I think the dodge boyz are selling all the SRT family cars and trucks for less. I just saw a local paper selling them new SRT4 for $16,000. Not bad for the kids and best bang for their bucks for a turbo car........hee........hee.......

 

That's strange. The SS Camaros with 320 hp (advertised) were putting down anywhere from 290 to 305 rwhp stock.

 

No the old viper engines made around 400RWHP or 40 more RWHP than >00 Lightnings at redline, but around 3000 our Lightnings made about 40 more RWHP than them.

The NEW SRT-10 viper engine when it WASN'T detuned made around 440 RWHP and the current ones, well they now seem to be all over the place once they started losing their transmissions and Dodge had to start replacing them for free, see a connection?

Basically the L vs. SRT-10 is a push in my book, if you average the HP between 3000 and redline they're even and don't most engines have to pull these RPMS 3 -4 times during a race? Also the SRT-10 is heavier and they have to master a manual which a ton of people just think, wow I can shift.... what's the big deal?

Mystery solved, the SRT-10's just aren't that good from the factory nor are they easily modded without losing their midrange (minus a cheap SC)

No Chrysler egos were harmed during the creation of this post.