My impressions so far of owning a 2001 RT/10.
I brought this thing home about a week ago. I was surprised at how tame it can be when I drive it normal. The color on this (Sapphire) is incredible. No performance mods on it yet. It is completely stock except for the wheels. It has incredible traction when I punched it, but if I shift hard enough from 1st to 2nd I can get it to go sideways.
No real problems yet. Except this. One time, ONLY ONCE, ther passenger side floor board was wet after driving it for about 20 minutes. I read many posts on here about wet passenger floor boards and I assumed it might have been a clogged line from the AC. I have a 90 day warrantee on it, so I've made an appointment at Dodge to get this checked out. But, since then I can not get this “problem” to occur again. I have run the AC, parked on an incline, and did everything I can think of to get it to repeat, but no luck. I looked under the car and could see the water from the AC dripping behind the passenger wheel area, slightly inward, where I assume it’s supposed to be.
The engine area is hot after a run (even a normal slow drive), and I lift the hood when I am done, and park outside of the garage, to prevent more heat from entering my house. I know after market headers, thermostat and exhaust should help this some. But, it is never hot inside the cabin, and these after market parts can be very expensive (to me anyway). And, I'm not sure if I want a louder exhaust
No chance for pictures yet, It’s been raining or overcast everyday since I got it.
I’m replacing the stock sub, door speakers, and head unit (with ipod interface through the glove compartment, behind the seats, below the sub) on Thursday. Other than that, I might wait a while before doing any other mods. The car is already faster than I want to go, and I am not interested in street racing, or tracking. To be honest, I used to hate to lose a street race (it’s been many years since I have done this) I don't want to get back in that mindset, and there is ALWAYS something faster. But there isn’t anything better looking than an RT/10.
I cannot decide if it looks better with or without the hardtop on it. It looks means (especially with my HRE rims) either way.
I tried to put the soft top together the other night. MAN WHAT A PAIN. I didn’t finish it. I was already tired from other things, and I was getting frustrated. So I packed it up and set it aside. I am not looking forward to finishing it.
My breaks squeal very slightly if I apply slight pressure to the breaks, and this is after I just start it up. If I apply medium pressure, no squeal. Also no squeal if the break pads are warmed up.
The Sewing machine cam took a little to get used to. When I calmed down enough to actually pay attention to the way it sounds (a few days after buying the Viper) I had flashblacks of an old Nissan truck I had with a cracked block and collapsed lifters (than ran that way for 50,000 miles after the cracked block, you can’t kill those old Nissan trucks). I prayed that I didn’t have a collapsed lifter, but then I figured this must be what they were talking about when they said “Sewing Machine” cam.
Other than that I love this RT. I will post some pictures when I get a chance to take some, in the bright sunshine.
I brought this thing home about a week ago. I was surprised at how tame it can be when I drive it normal. The color on this (Sapphire) is incredible. No performance mods on it yet. It is completely stock except for the wheels. It has incredible traction when I punched it, but if I shift hard enough from 1st to 2nd I can get it to go sideways.
No real problems yet. Except this. One time, ONLY ONCE, ther passenger side floor board was wet after driving it for about 20 minutes. I read many posts on here about wet passenger floor boards and I assumed it might have been a clogged line from the AC. I have a 90 day warrantee on it, so I've made an appointment at Dodge to get this checked out. But, since then I can not get this “problem” to occur again. I have run the AC, parked on an incline, and did everything I can think of to get it to repeat, but no luck. I looked under the car and could see the water from the AC dripping behind the passenger wheel area, slightly inward, where I assume it’s supposed to be.
The engine area is hot after a run (even a normal slow drive), and I lift the hood when I am done, and park outside of the garage, to prevent more heat from entering my house. I know after market headers, thermostat and exhaust should help this some. But, it is never hot inside the cabin, and these after market parts can be very expensive (to me anyway). And, I'm not sure if I want a louder exhaust
No chance for pictures yet, It’s been raining or overcast everyday since I got it.
I’m replacing the stock sub, door speakers, and head unit (with ipod interface through the glove compartment, behind the seats, below the sub) on Thursday. Other than that, I might wait a while before doing any other mods. The car is already faster than I want to go, and I am not interested in street racing, or tracking. To be honest, I used to hate to lose a street race (it’s been many years since I have done this) I don't want to get back in that mindset, and there is ALWAYS something faster. But there isn’t anything better looking than an RT/10.
I cannot decide if it looks better with or without the hardtop on it. It looks means (especially with my HRE rims) either way.
I tried to put the soft top together the other night. MAN WHAT A PAIN. I didn’t finish it. I was already tired from other things, and I was getting frustrated. So I packed it up and set it aside. I am not looking forward to finishing it.
My breaks squeal very slightly if I apply slight pressure to the breaks, and this is after I just start it up. If I apply medium pressure, no squeal. Also no squeal if the break pads are warmed up.
The Sewing machine cam took a little to get used to. When I calmed down enough to actually pay attention to the way it sounds (a few days after buying the Viper) I had flashblacks of an old Nissan truck I had with a cracked block and collapsed lifters (than ran that way for 50,000 miles after the cracked block, you can’t kill those old Nissan trucks). I prayed that I didn’t have a collapsed lifter, but then I figured this must be what they were talking about when they said “Sewing Machine” cam.
Other than that I love this RT. I will post some pictures when I get a chance to take some, in the bright sunshine.
Let the madness begin....
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