I feel most for those who have not modified their engines. To lose a stock engine to something that seems to be endemic to an engine is really bad luck. Of course those that bought the truck new had a warranty and the option to purchase an extended warranty. I have seen a few that were covered by warranty over the past few years...but not many.
Those of us that modify these engines need to understand that failure of one sort or another is always just a few short revs away...we roll the dice and have to be ready to pay to play. The members here that have been doing this for 20, 30 or 40 years
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) all have experiences that have caused us to wonder why?....why?....why me?...yet we continue to push the envelope.
FSTJACK probably has the largest build ever for an SRT 10...he may well be pushing well over $200,000 and has not yet fired the engine...the day he does it is possible that he will have to pull it and rebuild...he knows that is a chance he will take every time he pushes the red button on that beast.
Going fast long term is very expensive, Chrysler used speed as a marketing tool, they did not intended for this truck to run forever, just move successfully off the showroom floor and create as few problems as possible until their warranty was expired. All of us would have done it exactly the same way, if we were mass marketing a Dodge truck.
Going fast, quickly is not for the faint of heart, or the underfunded. Plan your work, work your plan...if you cannot fund the bad outcomes, revamp your plans. There are lots here that just baby their trucks, and most of those will run for a long time. Every sprint, every burnout, takes its toll...be ready to pay or execute a plan that maximizes the safe approach to engine life.
Class dismissed...have a great day.
