No, I think you have the wrong idea. I wanted a 3rd gen Quad cab, and I needed more power. I don't ever mean to resale this truck. I just think it's kinda cool for it to be what it is, and I like it. It's not a collectors item, it will never be glamorous. It's just unique! Why ruin that?

BTW, I just ordered the remanufactured crankshaft. It should be here in about a week.

 

What do you think happened to my piston? Some say that it was run too hot. Some say detonation. Detonation seems more plausible to me. The detonation group says the truck was knocking for a while, blew a hole in the piston, and siphoned the oil out of the crankcase, running it dry, hence the seized bearings. They then threw oil in it and sold it hotter than a $2 pistol. BTW, the head gaskets seemed normal to me....

 

It's your money man, we're not going to hold you down and force you to change your mind, we're just laying out that things are much harder to find, and harder to find means more expensive... There's a reason that V10 was only put in 1% of Ram's.... It's a horrible engine, and with 2 extra cylinders it barely made more HP & TQ than the V8-Hemi....

Personally I would have parted the truck out and bought myself a diesel with the OEM Plow option...

Either way, I'm sure you damn near "stole" the truck as far as price is concerned, so whatever you do will leave you with a truck that you might be able to sell for a small profit... but any informed buyer will likely stay far away from a V10....

 

LOL, but if you don't see the coolness of owning one of the last dinosaur, pure Cubic-Displacement powered engines, I can't explain it to you. I'm not gonna sell this truck. I don't care. I've looked for this thing forever, finally found one, and I don't care if I have to buy ANOTHER engine because this one's so devastated, it's gonna see asphalt again.

BTW, currently it's going out of state to the best shop in the region to get line bored to fix the spun bearings. It should be back to the local machine shop by the end of the week......

 

V10's are sweet!

3rd gen v10's are rare, rare, rare...I saw one...once...

Auto or manual?

I really hope this works out for you.

 

Auto, but thinking of a 6-speed when this transmission croaks...

 

Clipper, do you have audio of your exhaust? I could use some inspiration.....

 

Not at the moment.

I'll try to take a vid next time I take it out.

Really wish mine was a manual, but the auto does ok as long as it's taken out of O/D.

Just curious, why bother rebuilding the blown motor? I can find used take outs on craigslist for a couple hundred bucks all day.

 

Ummm, where are you?!? I can't find any except on eBay, and those are at least $1,000 plus shipping. I will be using this thing for a while, and I want the longevity.

Plus, I'm a weird little man who finds joy in rebuilding engines...

 

I just heard yesterday that my block was salvageable. It's on it's way back to get the cylinders bored.