STRAIGHT-LINE SCREAMER; Viper-powered Ram tops the pickup field. For now.(Auto File)

In the land of big bad trucks, the 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10 is the biggest and baddest of all. No, it won't climb rocks with the Hummers, or ford streams with the F-150s, or tow like a Silverado. But pick a straight line-anywhere, anytime-and it will beat most everything through the first quarter-mile like no factory-built truck ever.

SRT-10's forte is the hard-charging power from its ballyhooed trio of 500s: 500 hp, 525 lb-ft of torque, 505 cubic inches (that is 8.3 liters for you metric types). The monster V10 engine, borrowed from the Dodge Viper SRT-10, sends its prodigious power ...

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