O/T: If you have to ask, you can't afford it...

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Check out this piece of extreme automobile...

http://www.australiancardirectory.com.au/index.cfm?page=news_details&section=6&id=1913



The Dodge RAM SRT-10 - a pickup truck with Viper drivetrain:

Bigger is Better
The Dodge Ram SRT-10 delivers big numbers at every turn. With 500 horsepower, 525 lb.-ft. of torque, 505 cubic inches and a 505 watt ear-melting sound system, Dodge dominates in every category. The 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10 is the new performance truck icon.

It's not much to look at, like a Rodeo on 'roids, but I bet it would go like buggery.  Just the thing for the tradesman perpetually late for appointments...

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I  have driven 3 different Rams as well as two vipers, the Rams all had the same Magnum V8 wich seemed OK.
Across the road from were I was working a guy had another Viper wich had a whole lot of upgrades such as brembco brakes and stuff. This made a total of 3 vipers stored at two side by side addresses, pretty common cars I guess, but if you kept driving past my old work and took the second left heading towards Newcastle you would be on a road that had a house that stored more than double that of FE's and FC's.
unfortunately I never got to give any of the Dodges a proper try but the Rams were quite easy to drive for a big pick up with super lite steering and colum change auto even the LWB ones are a breeze to park.
I found that even with the super wide tyres on the vipers that it was pretty easy to break traction, The V10 runs pretty smooth but has a nice strong sound pumping out of the pipes, you kind of need the rpm up before you let the clutch go or it dies, I think if the tyres were any more narrow on the back that you wouldn't be able to take off without smoking it up.
As far as I know the V10 was originally designed to be used in dodge trucks before the viper was even a tadpole in its Dads pants.
This would be a good truck if you have a bunch of starving horses that are hangin for some hay as you could probably get to town and back quicker than the average 302 F 100.