Bolt on SS vs. Ram SRT10?

[Stew]

Originally Posted by Bad70supreme

Not really, I just know what the hell I am talking about First off my friend of mine use to own one when I had my vette, and regardless you take drivers out... the camaro is the faster car, end of story

So, your friend had one, you compared it to a Vette you had the time, I see your logic.......

[Stew]

Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1

I wrecked my H/C 98 z28 in 2006 in a similar fashion :(. It was a 6 speed, 440rwhp, 3300 lbs. I had 17 inch kumho ecsta tires on it that got 0 traction. The car was squirly to say the least....I was 21 at the time...you get the point

Dumped the clutch in first gear and rode out a smokey burnout to a powershift to second. Car suddenly shifted to the left violently...I couldnt correct in time...went off the road and hit a tree at about 40mph...car was totaled. Probably broke my thumb but didnt go to the hospital. Hand slipped off of the wheel when I hit the tree and jammed into the dash. Told the cop the truth and I got no ticket of any kind. Didnt see the point in lying as he could plainly see the burnout all the way to the ditch lol.

I didnt flip over though...

This did look rather foolish...but similar things can happen very easily with a high powered vehicle if your not careful.

I didn't wreck , but when i had my 355 S-10 RC I did the idiot thing of trying to race on a damp road. Had a 3 speed auto that had to be kicked down manually via an ancient floor shifter haha. Anyways, went to shift to second, shifted to first. it stalled, i went sliding sideways, ended up pointing in the oposite direction in the median facing a line of stopped traffic. Started her up, pulled out and headed the other direction. Yes, I was very young and very stupid and thank goodness I survived youth lol.

[calegarrison]

Trucks are just to heavy

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[Stew]

Originally Posted by calegarrison

Trucks are just to heavy

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Enough power and torque can overcome heavy . Oh and my 355 S-10 only wieghed around 2800 pounds and my Brothers Dakota R/T and my currect 4.7 are around 3600 pounds

[Bad70supreme]

When did I compare it to a vett in my post, it was a statment. Enough power can over come wieght, but not in this case. There is no argument here, the camaro is faster what more is there to say about it.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by Bad70supreme

When did I compare it to a vett in my post, it was a statment. Enough power can over come wieght, but not in this case. There is no argument here, the camaro is faster what more is there to say about it.

Fater, sure, quicker is debateable, at least vs a stock L99 (through the 1/4 mile anyways lol).. I never actually said one was quicker than the other anyways, just stating they are close enough to be a drivers race and in the real world they are running basically neck and neck, not either ones glory runs.

[08-G35s/6MT]

Originally Posted by Stew

Fater, sure, quicker is debateable, at least vs a stock L99 (through the 1/4 mile anyways lol).. I never actually said one was quicker than the other anyways, just stating they are close enough to be a drivers race and in the real world they are running basically neck and neck, not either ones glory runs.

In the real world there's no way in hell that a truck with the aerodynamics of a brick that traps 106 mph will touch a low stream-lined car that traps 111 mph.
When talking 100+ mph, it's not even close. Off the line, the Ram has no weight in the back and has all that torque, it just roasts it's tires.
An SRT10 Ram is barely faster then the 5.7 Ram R/T regular cab to 60.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by 08-G35s/6MT

In the real world there's no way in hell that a truck with the aerodynamics of a brick that traps 106 mph will touch a low stream-lined car that traps 111 mph.
When talking 100+ mph, it's not even close. Off the line, the Ram has no weight in the back and has all that torque, it just roasts it's tires.
An SRT10 Ram is barely faster then the 5.7 Ram R/T regular cab to 60.

Fact remains, in the 1/4 mile most SRT10s and SSs are running mostly mid 13s, both are capable of 12s stock, so.................. Again, just talking from a stop to the 1/4 mile as I had previously stated, and again, yes the Camaro is fast no doubt and yes the higher the speeds climb the faster it is going to pull, but get a good in the SRT through the 1/4 mile and you have a damned close race that can go either way, like it or not, it is still the truth.

[08-G35s/6MT]

Originally Posted by Stew

Fact remains, in the 1/4 mile most SRT10s and SSs are running mostly mid 13s, both are capable of 12s stock, so.................. Again, just talking from a stop to the 1/4 mile as I had previously stated, and again, yes the Camaro is fast no doubt and yes the higher the speeds climb the faster it is going to pull, but get a good in the SRT through the 1/4 mile and you have a damned close race that can go either way, like it or not, it is still the truth.

A Ram SRT10 RC was at local drag strip last night, he made 3 runs....

-14.15 @ 105 mph
-13.87 @ 104 mph
-14.01 @ 105 mph

[ULTRAZLS1]

I only had one experience with the truck. Got into it with one shortly after they came out with my 98 z28. It was a RC...not sure if he had mods...I doubt it...was probably just bought.

I had bolt ons with headers at the time with no tune. Never had it to the track when it was bolt on and headers with no tune but G-tech'd it once with these mods at 12.89 @ 109. He stayed with me decently (within 1-2 cars) then I started pulling pretty hard at about 80-90mph. He may have started letting off...never asked. He left the airstrip afterwards.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by 08-G35s/6MT

A Ram SRT10 RC was at local drag strip last night, he made 3 runs....

-14.15 @ 105 mph
-13.87 @ 104 mph
-14.01 @ 105 mph

I am sure I can find you lots of examples on 14 second passes from Camaro SS, 5.0s, Challenger SRTs, etc, etc, etc. Looking at his MPH he is definatly capable of more, especially since trucks seem to MPH lower with quicker 1/4 mile times, especially. My Brothers Dakota R/T ran 12.5@106 on Nitrous a couple years ago.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1

I only had one experience with the truck. Got into it with one shortly after they came out with my 98 z28. It was a RC...not sure if he had mods...I doubt it...was probably just bought.

I had bolt ons with headers at the time with no tune. Never had it to the track when it was bolt on and headers with no tune but G-tech'd it once with these mods at 12.89 @ 109. He stayed with me decently (within 1-2 cars) then I started pulling pretty hard at about 80-90mph. He may have started letting off...never asked. He left the airstrip afterwards.

That sounds about right to me. With bolt-ons and headers, even with not tune, I would say that car had at least a little more than 12.9s in it too

[ULTRAZLS1]

Originally Posted by Stew

That sounds about right to me. With bolt-ons and headers, even with not tune, I would say that car had at least a little more than 12.9s in it too

I had 17 inch 275 kumho ecsta tires on the back. They were worthless for traction. I had to try about 15 times to get the 12.89. The first 3 or 4 runs were in the 13.5 range lol.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1

I had 17 inch 275 kumho ecsta tires on the back. They were worthless for traction. I had to try about 15 times to get the 12.89. The first 3 or 4 runs were in the 13.5 range lol.

Ah, i gotcha there, tires defiantly can make or break ya.