The SRT Ram looks uber, however, I don't see peoples obsession witht he Hemi. It's overrated (Feb Car and Driver Dyno shows 306 at the flywheel, 219 at the wheels) and gas milage is still as bad to worse then any of the other Magnum engines. The SS also wasen't built to compete with the Lightning or the SRT. It has almost every option available, heated seats, leather, upgraded stereo, 20" inch rims, and a 6.0L engine. It's also all wheel drive. It's just a nicer interior with a little more punch.
Personally, Dodge is coming up big with performence and just overall look of they're truck, but not enough is changing for me. Magnum engines are notorious for valve and compression problems, bad gas milage and just overall poor reliability, not to mention they are generally way underpowered. And don't mistake underpowered for speed, you can fix "power lacking" motors get up and go by building high revving engines, just ask Honda, they've been doing it for years. Towing my 24' fiberglass boat in my buddies 4.7L was a complete joke.
I'll stick with my Silverado.
Last edited by Kurant; 09-13-2003 at 05:59 AM..
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