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Old 08-05-2011, 10:33 AM
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CTD Ram-tough tornado chaser





http://www.autoweek.com/article/2011...n=awdailydrive
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someone really needs to talk to this guy and tell him ditch the Edge Juice for something a little better.
Old 08-06-2011, 01:32 PM
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I am curious to see what year truck and motor is actually in it. I always thought it was a 12 valve....but never could confirm it.
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ATS helped him in building the truck, if I remember it is either an 05 or 06
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i remember reading about one of these trucks that usa 6x6 made for them and it said it was 2003 but looking at this photo the steering wheel is from something newer then an 03 id like to convert mine to have 2 rear axles
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Geez look at the wiring in this thing, looks like an old Winnebago, I would be too embarrassed to drive this on the street let alone show it to anybody.

News Flash!
They both survived the tornado only to have their heads bashed in by the dashboard.



Looks ridiculous
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News Flash!
They both survived the tornado only to have their heads bashed in by the dashboard.


Naw, that shabby work deserves full comic book gore: killed by a fire when an electrical short arc'd and lit off a 3,000-psi hydraulic hose fluid break in the passenger compartment after debris from high winds jammed an acuator and investigators speculate the attempt to control the rocking vehicle caused an over-pressure. A roadside memorial will be built around the 3' ground-penetrating spears left after the fused vehicle was cut apart and removed.

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only in hollyweird
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I need that for a commuter.
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It is a 6.7, with water and methanol injection. From what I read, about 750 hp.
Dana 60 in the front, two Dana 80's in the rear. It weighs somewhere around 17,500 pounds.
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