Talk:Dodge Ram SRT-10

HSV Maloo a truck?
Isn't the maloo a Coupé_utility which would make it a unibody frame instead of a Body-on-frame pickup truck? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.72.25.130 (talk) 18:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Previously unsectioned comments
"Scorpion P305/40R22 performance tires gives the SRT-10 the grip that helps it achieve record breaking speed." What is this a tv ad? Dlarrivee 00:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Images
wanted to add this image (http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/Projects/c2c/channel/images/27591_43374_381_248_dodge_ram_srt10_streetrecord.jpg) next to "Popular Culture", but I'm not familiar with uploading images and the rules on images.Garciaegs 19:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Done in this edit. I used Image use policy to help determine if it was ok to upload this probably copyrighted image and then WP:IMAGE for the proper wikisyntax to insert the pic. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 21:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Tips on improving this article
This article really needs references, preferably using the citation templates. The overview section really needs some wikilinks and perhaps another image (the engine maybe?) if possible. The sections are well structured and they have substance which is good. It's a decent article at the moment and with the alterations I suggested (and perhaps a peer review?) I think it could become a good article soon. James086 Talk 06:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

El camino inspired?
The reference to the HSV Maloo ute as being El Camino inspired should be deleted. Or at the very least a reference be provided.

Australian ute culture has a long history of cooking model utes, both factory and factory special.

In fact according to a reference elsewhere in wiki "Holden coach works of Australia was the first to integrate a cargo area with the bodywork of a passenger vehicle. Starting in 1924 Holden produced these bodies for Chevrolet and Dodge cars (Holden later became a subsidiary of General Motors). These "roadster pickups" were essentially an extension of the open top roadster design, but with a 'well' type cargo area between the wheels. Barsby and other coach builders also built roadster pickups[1]. Later, in 1934[2], as the result of a request from a Victorian farmer's wife, Ford Australia combined the cab of its newly released Ford Coupe body with a well-type load area fully integrated into the coupe body, producing the first 'Coupe Utilities'[3]. Holden built a chevrolet ute in 1935 but utes werent sold in America until the 1957 ford ranchero. Both types of vehicles were called "utilities" or "utes" for short"

If anything the El Camino was inspired by Australian utes.

Whatdoescurvethink 06:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)Whatdoescurvethink

Fuel consumption
What kind of fuel consumption does one get out of one of these beasts? (Might be worth adding this to the article)  Socrates2008 (  Talk  )   09:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Lower ride height than regular RAM?
The article says "The Ram SRT-10 also had a lower ride height than regular Ram trucks."

I can't find any source to back up this claim. Lowering the SRT-10 truck is a popular modification that many owners have done. However, for all I know these trucks came from the factory with the same ride height as regular RAM 1500 trucks, or practically the same.

Guinness World Record
The comment about an illegal exhaust system truck is false. I was the vehicle dynamics guy from PVO/SRT who developed the vehicle and witnessed the record attempt at Chelsea PG. Only one truck was used, the one making the 154 mph run with Mr. Gaughn. Posted by Steve Lyman 24.241.144.98 (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I deleted the sentence in question. There was no source to back it up and it seemed suspicious anyway. Thanks for pointing it out. --Sable232 (talk) 22:28, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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