The Ford Bronco is an SUV made for off-road driving, like dirt roads and trails. People talk about it a lot because it’s popular with drivers who want to add upgrades. The podcast is mentioning that some new parts or products look promising for the Bronco.
The C8 Corvette is a Corvette with the engine in the middle of the car, not the front. That change makes it handle more like a sports car you’d see on a track.
Upper control arms are parts in the suspension that help hold the wheel in the right position. Better or newer arms can make the truck handle more predictably.
Nitto is a tire brand, and the host is referencing a set of tires being shipped in for the truck build. Tire choice strongly affects grip, ride feel, and how the vehicle performs.
Brand
Canberra
Canberra is mentioned as the company making the upper control arms. Those arms are suspension parts that affect how the truck drives.
Ram is the truck brand within the Dodge family, and it makes full-size pickup trucks. The podcast is saying Ram has something new coming and that details are being teased. The point is that a new truck update or model may be on the way.
The Ford F-150 is a large pickup truck that many people use for work and driving needs. The podcast is talking about how off-road trucks are getting more competitive, with more powerful and capable versions. The F-150 is included because it’s one of the trucks people compare in that category.
The Toyota Tundra is a large pickup truck that can handle towing and rough roads. The podcast is talking about how off-road versions of trucks are getting more competitive. It also mentions Toyota working on a new off-road-focused model called “Hammer.”
The Chevrolet Silverado is a large pickup truck that comes in different versions for work and driving needs. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because it has been a major player in the truck competition, especially for off-road capability. The discussion is using Silverado as a reference point for what others are trying to do.
The Ford Lobo is a large four-door pickup truck. The podcast describes it as having a V8 engine and being one of the bigger truck options. It’s mentioned because it’s part of Ford’s lineup of big, powerful trucks.
The Ford F-150 is a large pickup truck with lots of different versions. The podcast is saying that if you want the V8 engine, you may be able to choose a cheaper trim level instead of only the top ones. It’s about how the truck’s features and engine options are arranged.
A V8 is a type of engine with eight cylinders. The host is saying they want the V8 because it sounds the way they expect, and they want to be able to build the truck.
A hybrid truck uses a gas engine plus an electric motor. The host is saying that when you move to the higher trims, you may be forced into the hybrid instead of getting the V8.
A supercharger is an add-on that forces more air into the engine. More air usually means more power, and the host is saying they want the truck set up so they can add one.
The Proton Persona is a small-to-midsize sedan meant for regular daily driving. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because the speaker is talking about how it sounds and feels—like the personality of the car. The focus is on the driving experience, not off-road ability.
A hood scoop is an intake feature on the hood that can channel air toward the engine or cooling system. The host lists it alongside other styling cues to suggest the teased truck is meant to look and act more like a performance street build.
Heat extractors are vents that help let hot air out from under the hood. The host is saying these details make the truck seem more like a real performance setup.
A graphics package is the set of decals and stripes that give a car its look. The host is saying the maker insists it’s not only a sticker-and-paint makeover.
R&D means research and development, basically the engineering work to create something new. They’re saying Ram might keep costs down by not redesigning everything from scratch.
A suspension package is basically the truck’s ride-and-handling setup. It includes parts like springs and sway bars, and it’s what you change when you want the truck to feel better on the street.
Ride height is how high the truck sits off the ground. Lowering it can help the truck feel more stable on the road, while keeping it near stock can make it easier to live with day to day.
Sway bars help keep the truck from leaning too much when you turn. They’re one of the suspension parts that can make a vehicle feel more stable on the road.
Spring rates are how stiff the springs are in the suspension. Stiffer springs can make the truck feel more controlled, but they can also make the ride a bit harsher.
They keep coming back to price—how much the truck will cost. They’re basically asking whether it’ll be priced so people actually want it.
Car
Raptor
The Raptor is a Ford pickup built from the factory to go off-road really well. The hosts are saying it was one of the first trucks that could do that at a high level without needing aftermarket changes.
“Turnkey” means you can buy the truck and it’s already set up for what you want. The hosts are saying Ram might be the only factory option that gives you the full package without you having to modify it yourself.
The Land Rover Range Rover is a large luxury SUV that can also drive off-road. The podcast is talking about using its off-road capability in a broader way. In other words, they’re aiming to bring that “can go anywhere” ability to more than just one vehicle.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is an SUV that’s meant to be comfortable for daily driving but still capable on rough roads. The podcast mentions that it may share parts or the underlying design with another Jeep model. That kind of sharing can influence how the vehicle is built and what features it can have.
Air suspension is a suspension system that uses air bags instead of metal springs. It can raise or lower the truck to stay level when you’re hauling, and it can drop lower at higher speeds to help it cut through the air.
Fully active suspension means the truck can actively manage how it rides using electronics. Instead of just bouncing over bumps, it can adjust to keep the ride stable and the truck at the right height.
Air ride technology is a brand-agnostic way of describing air-suspension systems designed for ride-height control and comfort. When paired with active control, it can also optimize stance for aerodynamics and stability under different driving conditions.
The Dodge Charger is a performance sedan, meaning it’s built to feel fast and exciting to drive. The podcast is discussing that Dodge is updating the Charger and changing its direction from an electric setup to something that sounds more like a traditional performance car. The key point is the Charger’s power and driving feel may be shifting.
The Dodge Challenger is a performance car that’s built to be fast and exciting. The podcast is talking about the Hellcat, which is a supercharged high-power version, and a special SRT 6.2 variant. These are the kinds of trims people mention when they want to highlight the Challenger’s strongest performance.
The Dodge Viper is a sports car that was built for very high performance. The podcast is talking about the SRT 10 version with the Viper engine, which is known for being especially powerful. It’s mentioned because people remember it as a standout performance car.
Coil suspension uses springs to help the truck ride smoothly and keep the wheels in contact with the road. It’s part of how the truck’s suspension is built.
A five-link rear suspension is a more complex suspension design that helps control how the rear wheels move. That can make the truck handle better over bumps and during cornering.
Brand
Pilstein shocks and dampers
They’re talking about the shocks and dampers from a suspension brand (Bilstein). These parts help control how the truck moves over bumps and during cornering.
Track mode is a special driving setting meant for faster, more aggressive driving. Here it lowers the truck to help it handle better.
Car
Rumblebee
The RAM Rumblebee is a performance version of a RAM pickup. It’s meant to feel more like a sports truck, with upgrades for stopping, handling, and acceleration.
Bilstein dampers are the shocks that help control the truck’s bounce and body movement. If they’re adjustable, you can change how firm or controlled the ride feels.
Brembo brakes are upgraded brakes from a performance-focused supplier. The “six-piston” part means the brake can squeeze the pads more firmly for stronger stopping.
The e-spool button is a switch that changes how power is sent to the wheels. In this case, it helps send more power to the rear so you can do burnouts more easily.
Launch control is a feature that helps the truck accelerate as hard as possible from a stop. It manages the power so the wheels spin less and the launch is more consistent.
Alpine is a car-audio brand. When they mention the Alpine stereo system and speaker count, they’re talking about the upgraded sound system in the truck.
Harman Kardon is a premium car audio brand. The speaker count they mention is a clue that this version of the truck has a better sound system.
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problem, call 1-800-Gambler. We had a really nice, I don't know if I can characterize this,
nice, but we had one hell of a freaking storm last night. And as Gage is shooting videos for
Patriot Crew out in the garage, I am stuck in my office that leaked. We had a big water issue.
So my floor is wet. Okay. Computers fortunately were saved. That's good. We had a little issue
with the crows pecking away at all of the caulking for the windows. And so it created a pocket.
So the water sat in that pocket and then came inside. Man, we had three hours of
torrential rains last night and it was crazy. So yeah, I'm kind of on the move. I've been up
since seven, cleaning the garage out, getting ready for his photo shoot and my, just existence.
Yeah. I wonder, I wonder how. I love a nice little video of Presley because she prohibited us
from getting back to the house last night because I felt bad because I'd left the garage door open
to the wash bay and she was sitting in the wash bay while it was just blowing outside.
And so I couldn't push her out, man. So I stayed up here for an extra two hours until it stopped raining.
Oh, she was just looking for shelter, just trying to get out of the rain and stuff.
If I didn't see it from my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. But she actually walked out of the
wash bay into the rain, took a shit and then came back in the wash bay. So I say that she's
probably potty trained by now. I would have been like, yeah, thanks. Thanks for not doing that in
the wash bay. I know what she domesticated, so it's pretty awesome. That's funny. How do you fix
the issue with the crows so they don't dig into them? I can shoot them, but no, you can't shoot them.
I'm going to have to put spike strips up there. Yeah, something to prevent them from
going through the caulking and making a leaky building. That's a weird thing. Not something
you'd think about ahead of time when you're building a garage. No, no. So coming in after the fact
and having to deal with it, yeah, it is what it is. But yeah, miserable day. Started off miserable,
but it's all good. Are you guys getting more rain tonight? Like what's...
Oh yeah. Yeah, okay. Yeah, it should be fine. Can't wait. I'll wear my medical glasses and
make sure everybody gets a little taste of what we deal with here in Texas. And it's
man, there were 60 mile an hour winds last night. Just driving through the garage doors.
I had water 20 feet in the garage. Fortunately, I have a big drain in the middle, but
under each garage door that was facing the storm, at least 10 feet of water underneath each of them.
Is what it is. Yeah, there's not much way around that. Even out here in the warehouse that I had,
even just a little bit of rain, like water finds a way in. It's pretty crazy. It's pretty crazy
that that works, but... It's not going to deter anything. We've got on the docket and
your boys Anderson composites reached out. Yeah. They're a great crew, by the way. Yeah, I've heard
nothing but great things about them. Never dealt with them. Always listened to you and your
experiences with them and we'll see what they can do for the Bronco. Yeah, they've got some
pretty nice stuff for it. I think I saw it at SEMA this past year and I talked to them a few times
about it, about the stuff that they've been developing for the Bronco. They first, I think,
got involved with it because when the Bronco came out, there was some delay on the hard tops,
because there was some manufacturing defect. They immediately started coming out with their own
hard top and it turned out to be kind of better than the factory version, with their glass and
stuff in it. It came out to be a pretty nice piece and then from there, they started developing a
lot more products and then C8 Corvette, so they started getting into that too. They had done
pretty nice stuff for that. Yeah, it's worth a check because they're a good group. They're one
of my favorite sponsors that I work with. They have great options, man. I mean, great options.
There's really not a panel you can't replace. Yeah. Well, you already sent the thing out to
PPF. You already sent it out to expels. If you do carbon fiber pieces, you're going to have to go
back because you're definitely going to want to protect the carbon fiber pieces. Yes, then there's
that. However, if you do carbon fiber pieces and you don't want to paint it, you leave it carbon
or do you wrap it? You can wrap it in the white because the truck's white and then that might
help. You won't need the PPF. You just have the vinyl wrap. You have a couple of options and stuff
there. We'll talk later if you want about who you're working with over there because
they're great. We did a bunch of events together. A lot of stuff in SoCal, C-Michel.
That's why I let them in. That's why I let them in because I know your relationship with them.
Yeah, they had a booth at the HRE Open House. I was like, I'll bring the car down and you guys
hang on to it there. We had a great time doing it. Good guys for sure. I'm glad to hear you're
working with them. I saw you got the Magnaflow exhaust in for that too. Yeah, I'm waiting for
the damn thing to get back from Expel. Magnaflow exhaust goes on. The tires from Nitto are on their
way. The upper control arms from Canberra are on the way. Yeah, cool. I got a couple things to
install once it gets back from Expel and then I'm going to get it on a trailer and ship it out to
Colorado. Expel needs another week or so. They said roughly two weeks. That's with you swapping
your car to cut the line. I had a misstep a little bit and took it in a couple of days too late,
but I wanted to be able to hang out with the truck a little bit before he left town.
Yeah, they're so busy over there. It's crazy, but busy is good. They're going to get it done
within the week, I would imagine. Yeah, get my hands on it and start cranking.
Yeah, sounds good. It's going to be cool. It's going to be fun. Yeah, we are posting some videos
in the pictures and stuff on it. I like it. I think it looks good. I know you're on the fence
about the white, but it's sharp looking. No, I mean, I'm on the fence about the white for my
vehicle. Right. That's all. I mean, I think it looks great. It's just not a car that I, I mean,
I couldn't drive a white car. It's just not possible. I just feel too.
Right, too exposed, too bright to, to look at me. Yes, completely the opposite of my
operational, you know, yeah, mode of operandi for sure.
I was, I was looking at some of the, the, the news that's been coming out and one of the things
that popped up is Ram, your buddy Tim Kinesis has been teasing this, this new truck, Rumblebebe,
something. And I guess the idea is, is kind of a TRX street truck. Right. And I know, you know,
you've been out in the dirt out there and the TRX, but thinking a little bit like, all right, well,
the off-road stuff has really been hot recently, right? Like with, with TRX and with Raptor,
it's very competitive and Tundra's Toyota is working on theirs. I think it's called Hammer.
Silverado kind of did something with nothing really to compete directly with, with the,
with the big trucks out there. And then Ford did their Lobo, which is their, you know,
four-door V8, five-liter, slightly lowered truck, kind of street truck version. But what do you
think? Were the sales good on that truck? You know, I don't know what the
sales numbers are because Ford doesn't really break out those numbers as far as I know. Even,
even F-series. From your understanding, you think it was a success that they...
It's a good question. For me, I, I saw the truck. I thought it was a cool idea and they wanted to
get to a fairly affordable price. And that came at the sacrifice of some of the items you may want
in that truck. Like it, it has like a, like a nice Lobo like interior, but it's like a cloth
interior. And you don't get some of the features, you know, like on some of those bigger trucks,
you kind of want like the heated and cooled seats because of the weather or, or, you know,
things like that. So it, you can't get like a limited version, you know, like my, my, or platinum
version. You can't get those features in it. You can't get some of those things in that truck
because they wanted to make it kind of affordable. So in my head, Lobo should have been a little bit
different. Like you should be able to get some of those extra features because Ford's weird thing is,
is if you want the V8 in the F-150, you can do the lower trim models of the truck. But if you
wanted like a King Ranch or the limited, you know, you could only do like the hybrid version that the
six cylinder hybrid. Oh, that sucks. They don't do it with, with the V8, which is kind of weird.
So like when you get into the higher trims, you can't go, I want the five liter V8 with the limited
or a King Ranch. And I, I don't know what kind of feedback that they're getting. I mean, nothing
wrong with the hybrid, right? Like I get it. But if you wanted to do what maybe you and I would do
look at the truck and go, Hey, I want the five liter because I want the sound of the V8. I want
to maybe add a supercharger kit. I want to do some modifications to it. You can only do it on the
lower trim versions that come with the V8. So a hot selling item is kind of this stripped down
single cab, two door short bed, you know, with the five liter V8, those are being modified all the
time. Again, why it's why Anderson composites has so many cool, like carbon fiber pieces and body
pieces and stuff for that truck for the two door version because of that. But then you get in it
and you're like, it's kind of a basic interior. It doesn't have a lot of the features that I want.
So I would like to see a some trim versions like the fully loaded version. I think they would do.
So Ram is saying, Hey, we can do sort of a street truck. Now they've only teased it and there's a clip
they got like this Dana White commercial talking about loud. He's like, you know,
character being loud, persona being loud and then actual sound being loud. So you kind of see
in this picture, you know, a little bit of the fender flare hood scoop, you know,
his heat extractors on the hood, but not a lot of tire, you know, gap here. So implies more of a
street truck that's going on. But this is about the only glimpse you really see. The rest of it
is just doing donuts in the smoke. Now for me personally, I get what they're doing with this
kind of this bumblebee kind of look and the yellow yellow is not my favorite. And it's probably got
a big graphics package on it. But Tim Kaniscus did come out and say, this is not a graphics
package truck. This is the real deal truck. So, you know, I like you were saying before is
Ram has a little catching up to do. Right. So they have a little catching up to do. So for them to
go, we're going to do your off road TRX. But if it's not a lot of R&D difference, right, not a
massive budget to start from scratch and go, let's do a street truck version, right? Because all of,
if you think about it like the engine fits, the transmission fits, all the interior stuff,
you do the trim to do the graphics package. What are we really working on at this point? We're
working on a suspension package, right? We're working on maybe a slightly lower or stock ride
height suspension. Maybe they modify it for a little bit more performance, you know, increase
spring rates, sway bars, things like that without going super drastic on it. Yeah. It gives them a
street truck version. You know, I think it's a good call. I just I'm very curious to see what the
price point is going to be. I agree. But as a kind of a street truck fan, I'm kind of looking at it
going, it doesn't have competition. When the Raptor came out, there wasn't really anything out there
from the factory that was doing, was going off road in that capacity. And so Raptor kind of
quartered the market for like a decade before competitors started coming out. And I don't see
like the Lobo is interesting, but it's not it's not the super high performance,
you know, kind of look at me flared fender kind of, you know, supercharged version of the truck.
So Ram has an opportunity here to go after that market and be the only turnkey option.
Yeah. But again, I want to see the price point. Yeah, I want to see the price point.
What's a TRX 100 grand? To knock themselves right out of there, you know, by putting a price on
there that people are that's going to turn people off. Yeah. So TRX price is 100 grand. What were
those things? No, 100. Yeah, I mean, I guess they they said the starting price was like
almost 80,000, but I think it kind of went up from there. Anyway, I thought it was kind of
interesting that they're going in that direction. So we'll hear more about it, I think pretty soon
in the next couple of days. If I saw that correctly, there was an announcement saying it's going to
happen the next day or so. But it also an interesting partnership that came up is
is part of the news that they've been putting out there is Jeep is sitting down with Jaguar
Land Rover and they're just starting a conversation going, let's have a conversation,
let's see if it makes sense for us to collab on something. Would Land Rover benefit from
some shared technology with Jeep and vice versa? Now, I don't think Land Rover is going,
we're going to take our full size Range Rover luxury vehicle off-road capability
and start sharing it with Jeep and Jeep going, we need that. I think it's more about
on the more street version entry level like a Land Rover Valar. It's
look at that vehicle and go, well, now is there sort of a Jeep Grand Cherokee,
some shared platform there, some shared technology, something that makes sense.
Just sharing some costs on manufactured parts, maybe there's some EV technology
that Salantis has that would make sense to share with Jaguar Land Rover specifically
on kind of a small to mid-size SUV. I don't think Jeep is going to go,
we know how to do off-road better than you and Land Rover is not going to go, we know how to do
off-road better than you. They both do it and they just do it differently. Jeep's version is more raw,
Land Rover's is more luxury, but they both have long history in doing it. I don't think it's that.
I think it's things like infotainment systems and software and EV technology or hybrid technology.
Right? I got a conference call to go jump on, man. I'm sorry. I got to act as my son's agent
right now, so I got eight minutes to get there, but I love you. Thank you for understanding about
all the BS going on at Goldberg's Garage today and tune in next. By the way, behind you, the shop
looks good. Yeah, we got to do a walkthrough at some point. A good idea about the walkthrough
thing because yes, this place has changed exponentially since I did the first one. It
actually now is a fully functional garage. You pointed that out to me and I had to sit down
and think about it for a second, but you're right. I'm pretty freaking proud of where it's come
because I wanted it to be a showroom in the beginning and I've transformed it to a full
functioning garage. It looks every bit of that. I see the tire rack over there. I see the new
scissor lift. I see the blue piping up on the top roof there for the air compressor systems
and floor jacks. It's the giant big ass workbench, the air compressor you were talking about. It's
all there. There's a peak of the Cobra in the back, so if you guys are looking at it on YouTube,
you can see all that stuff. Yeah, it's not, but it's finally becoming what I envisioned it.
Yeah. A lot of it is attributed to you, so thank you. I appreciate it.
My pleasure. All you got to do now is fix the leaks.
Yes, sir. Come on. All right, buddy. I'll talk to you soon.
You're carrying your hand on the wheel. All right. I'll see you guys later. See you later.
Thank you, buddy. We're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back.
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Okay, we're back. Actually, this was actually recorded the next day during the break because
there was more information about the new Ram trucks that was coming out and I didn't want to kind of
more information about those trucks because the debut happened basically overnight and I wanted
to just hold on to this podcast for a few extra hours so we can really get the information and
not just be like a week later into it. Anyway, here we are. We've got three trucks now in the
Rumblebee lineup. These are street performance trucks from Ram. Those of you watching on YouTube
will throw up a few images on this as well. The top of the lineup, we'll just skip right to it,
is the SRT model. It's 777 horsepower. It's 3.4 seconds, 0 to 60. Top speed of 170 miles an hour.
It runs 1160s in the quarter mile. It actually looks pretty cool. You can see in the photos,
the stripes, and the yellow and stuff that not really my cup of tea, that color, but
widened body, lowered stance, air suspension that is adjustable depending on, it'll level out when
you tow or put load in the back, but also at increased speeds, I believe it lowers for aerodynamics,
so it's got a fully active suspension using air ride technology, which is really pretty cool.
But there are several trucks in the lineup which we'll get into, but as we're kind of just scrolling
through and looking through some of the images, it's cool. Ram is embracing this muscle truck
thing. They did their muscle car era. They need to get back into that as soon as they sort of
revamp their charger from an EV to, I don't know, I guess a more desirable performance vehicle.
They have a good platform with that car, but I think because it launches an EV, it kind of rub
people the wrong way, and then they did the Hurricane six cylinder engines, which nothing
wrong with those engines. They're good. Their good power just didn't quite have the sound and
the performance that people were looking for with the big V8. So this is their muscle truck era.
It's interesting for Ram. They definitely did well with the TRX. Ford, as we mentioned before,
with the Lobo. It's a good jumping off platform if you want to modify the truck and add the super
charger because you've got that coyote engine in it, but not really a fully featured truck like
Ram was able to do with these trucks in its lineup. And again, look at some of the photos here. You
can find it anywhere online if you're not looking at it on YouTube. Very aggressive stance,
you know, splitter in the front, fender flares, three V8 options in the truck as well. So it's
pretty cool. It's looking pretty good. Looking at some of the specs on the truck. So they're
going to be quad cab short bed body styles. Now what this means is a shorter overall length while
still being a four door truck. So that was kind of important for them. They were also able to,
I believe, stiffen the chassis up by about 10%. So it will have better handling overall.
Now the Rumblebee lineup will have, it starts with the 5.7 liter V8. It makes 395 horsepower,
410 pound feet of torque. That'll get you zero to 60 in 6.2 seconds, run about 1460
quarter miles. Now stepping up from there, the Rumblebee 392
gets jumps from 395 horsepower to 470 horsepower. And there's the 392 and the 392 track pack.
They're both the same horsepower, 470 horsepower. They both do zero to 60 in about 5.2 seconds.
The track pack though has a little bit better handling and some other performance features.
And this version runs 1320 quarter miles. And then at the top of the food chain here is the
Hellcat Supercharged version. It is the Rumblebee SRT 6.2 liter V8 Supercharged 777 horses,
680 pound feet of torque, ram claims zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds, 1160 quarter miles,
and a top speed of 170 miles an hour, which is pretty crazy. And by the way, the SRT 10 with
the Viper engine that they did years ago, I liked that truck. I think that was a cool truck,
especially the short cab with the manual transmission. But that one I think did just under
155 mile an hour top speed. I don't recall what the zero to 60 was, but that was a pretty cool
car. Obviously, a cool truck not is even then not as much power as this new SRT with the 777
horsepower. But also these trucks are all wheel drive with a two wheel drive mode. So if you
want to just do big smokey burnouts and drift this thing around, that is there for you.
So the quad cab, it's a quad cab with a five foot bed. So it's shorter overall. It's 219 inches,
which is about 13 inches shorter than the crew cab short bed models.
Both are lower. They sit lower than like your normal four by two ram 1500. There's a coil
suspension with a five link in the rear. It's a little bit wider. And then like we said, there's
different versions of the suspension. They have larger front and rear sway bars, the
Pilstein shocks and dampers on it. The trucks use the entry level truck is a 14.9 inch vented
disc rotor with two piston calibers and 14.8 in the back with single piston. And then it starts
getting a little bit bigger from there. The SRT comes standard with the air suspension,
which allows the truck, as we said, to sit 1.5 inches lower in track mode. And then it also
makes it easier to get in and out of. And there's different aero ride height. So depending on
what you're doing with the truck, and I guess maybe it's a speed sensitive thing or
or a different mode, like a track mode or something for it. Now the Rumblebee offers 8,890
pounds of towing capacity and 1160 pounds of payload capacity. The top two trucks,
like the SRT, it has an adjustable dual valve Bilstein dampers. So you can tune it for a
setup if you want. They're saying, you know, at least a 0.89 lateral G on the skid pad, 20%
better handling than the base Rumblebee with the top two tier models for it. The SRT also
gets the bigger brake package. You get the 16.1 inch front rotors, six piston Brembo brakes.
The rears are smaller, but 14.6 inches there. Like we said, the full-time four-wheel drive
comes standard on all the models, but does have an electric e-spool button that allows you to
shift more of that to the rear. So it gives you a little bit more of kind of a burnout feature.
So you can do big burnouts and stuff in it. And it has launch control, so you can hit those zero
to 60 times out there claiming with it as well. Some other really cool features, you know, it's
wide body fenders. It's 88 inches wide with that setup. Different scoops and LED packages
and different graphics packages that I think are kind of optional. So if you want to get
sort of the clean version, you can do that. Or if you want to get the Rumblebee graphics package
that's available as well. Of course, that's going to need, with that much power, you're going to need
quite a bit of cooling. So increased cooling and stuff like that are available or should come in
the track pack versions and stuff like that as well. Now the interior looks good. The base model
does get cloth seats, flat bottom steering wheel, aluminum paddle shifters, a console
mounted shifter. Then when you move up to the 392 version, you get there's a 12 inch touch screen to
10 speaker Alpine stereo system, 12 way adjustable seats, leather and suede upholstery. And then
the SRT model gets you the natural leather looks suede upholstery. Once it's got some
desert orange accents stitching, some carbon fiber trim, kind of a suede headliner
as well. And the 14.5 inch touch screen 19 speaker Harman Kardon audio system
as well. So it's pretty cool. It's going to be interesting to see where the pricing comes in
on these. We're not quite sure yet, but if you look at some of the features and stuff that are
available on this, I would imagine this lineup is going to range from about 60,000 to 100,000.
That's just me kind of guessing at it. And again, go through, look at some of the photos,
see what you think. Love to get some feedback on it. And yeah, so when you look at the quad cap,
it's not the full size four door. It's got four functional doors, not like a half door or anything,
but it's a little bit smaller in the back. So they make it a little bit a shorter truck overall,
but yeah, it's pretty cool. So let me know what you guys think about that.
And then I think that's going to be it for this week. We're going to wrap things up. So just
scrolling through a few more of these images. If you guys want to see those on the YouTube
version of this show. But yeah, okay, we're going to wrap things up until next time.
Keep the air in the spare and the bag in the wheel.
About this episode
After a Texas storm flooded their garage, the conversation shifts to Ram’s teased Rumble Bee street-performance trucks and what “real deal” means beyond graphics. Hosts walk through the lineup’s power steps—from a 5.7L V8 to a 392/Track Pack—then zoom in on the SRT with 777 horsepower, 3.4-second 0–60, and 170 mph top speed. They also highlight fully active air suspension, bigger Brembo brakes, and all-wheel drive with a two-wheel mode.
