Broken crank. Holes in the block. Busted main bolts, main caps, and even main journals in the block. Rods turned into modern art. Engine mayonnaise. I think you outdid yourself, this level of carnage is legendary.
HE IS CORRECT BUT CHRYSLER USED GM TILT ALSO. FORD HAD SIMILAR TILT PROBLEMS TOO. IT WAS CAUSED BY PEOPPLE USING THE TILT COLUMN TO PULL THEMSELVES OUT OF THE CAR. IF YOU TIGHTENED THE 3 LOOSE TORX SCREWS AT THE JOINT BEFORE IT GOT BAD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, NO BIGGIE. I RAN AGREEABLE AUTO SALVAGE UNTIL 2007 BUT STARTED INTHE EARLY 80S. YOU LEARN WHAT'S GOOD AND BAD. THE COLUMNS WERE FINE BUT ABUSE GAVE THEM A BAD NAME. FROM A FORD GUY THAT LIKES STEVE MORRIS.
Even after 50 or so times, I still get a massive grin when you proclaim a chain guide “good” and fling it across the room, and a component like the water pump today “bad” and compassionately wrap it up in a towel like it just needed some much needed rest. It will never get old.
I did not know an engine could make this much damage and how quickly it may have happened. How long did it run after the crank was ground? Did they forget to tighten the main bearing caps? Why was it turned and did they miss a crack in the first place? What is the value of the block and heads in terms of cast iron only? Just WOW!😮
Bought a '95 Dodge V10 4x4 Truck with 125k miles back in 2017 for $1,200. The guy I bought it from inherited it from his Father's estate. It was only used to tow a camper to a vacation cabin from 1995-2016. It's the best truck I've ever owned! Still running great today!
I only got halfway through this video before I was so impressed with the carnage that I emailed your sales team for a trophy. Now my dad has a (very) early Father's day gift as he's the one that got me watching (and looking forward to) your videos each week!
Two things I always want to know about these Krakatau-scale explosions: 1) What the hell did it sound like? 2) How did the engine run long enough to cause that much damage?
I feel like a good goal in life is "experience this kind of engine destruction in person, even if from a distance." Makes me wanna buy an old two stroke diesel and make it runaway on purpose _just to watch it die._
As a kid I heard it first hand. 2000 miles from home and 17 years old. As I remember it sounded a lot like a crying kid suffering severe depression over what a dumb ass he was just moments before.
My friend Mike had that engine in his Ram and it had plenty of torque. It was also a massive gas gluzzer but it ran great. That engine never failed him and he sold the truck with no issues. You don't see to many Rams with the 8 litre V10 in them.
The V10s are unicorns anymore. 99 out of 100 times I see a Ram from that era, it's a Cummins. Very randomly you'll find a V10 dually still being used by a lawn crew or asizable plumbing chain, but otherwise it's as rare as a 30-pointer.
That's an incredibly strong block right there. And let's consider, just for a moment, the impossibly strong oil pan, which somehow avoided puncture while being assaulted with the entirety of the rotating assembly being thrown its way.
Yeah man they overbuilt the SHIT out of these blocks, it's really cool actually. It's in a Y shape with the bottom of the block extending basically all the way down to where a normal oil pan stops at the front, which is why the front of the pan is basically just a plate.
I think it was intentional, someone floored it to over ten k rpm until it blew up, Maybe an angry mopar hater or bet? Or for kicks if it had over two hundred k miles on it. If I was gonna junk the truck, I might do it for kicks.
@@nathanrykers7588 the reason I say money shift is I’ve burnt down tired engines just letting run wot till they die and normally they just get super hot and then lock up, this looks like wot with an over rev with a load on it judging by how it snapped the crank in two
I had a 1996 truck with this engine, and it was amazing. By far the best gas truck engine ever made, and tougher than hell. Truck went 200,000 before I traded it for a lame hemi.
I traded my last V10 for a Hemi because I wanted those 2 extra doors and I hoped to get better fuel mileage. I sure like the extra doors, but I sure miss that torque. That V10 was smooth as silk, too
This had to have been one of the loudest explosions ever made from any vehicle that's blown up. I'll have to cast a vote for the most carnage on the channel yet with this one. Top 5 most destroyed engines on the channel (that I can think of): 5. Ford 3-Valve V10 Nothing survived.. maybe valve covers but that was it. 4. Kia V6 It may have had more carnage than the next entry, but it actually had a couple of usable parts (HPFP, maybe the cams but not sure how much value they have on their own) 3. Ford Focus 2 Liter Single cheek repairs led to everything from that engine ending up in the scrap bin 2. Honda J35 V6 Customer stated the vehicle shut off.. I'm sure it didn't just "shut off" it imploded! A damaged wrist pin, 10-piece piston mcnugget, and 5 rods that emptied out. 1. This takes the cake. I really want to know how hot it got to get those rods that mangled. It also has the most damaged wrist pin ever seen on the channel. Honorable mention: Mercury Marauder engine had the worst crankshaft I've seen on the channel, but the cylinder heads were relatively unscathed so it barely missed the list. Great video!
I had a 95 ram with a v10 less than 10 years ago. They are tough engines! I bought mine for cheap, super neglected with over 200k miles on it. I drove it around for a bit, fixing things as i went. Then one day i went to replace a leaking valve cover gasket. After opening it up i found two push rods were pushed through the rockers. The lifters were gone, only pieces of them left. So i bought 2 lifters, 2 push rods, and 2 rockers and put it all back together. It ran great! Lots more power than before. I never did find the missing lifter parts... It ran great for me for years. Never had any major issues, it always started. The fuel mileage was terrible though. It got 10mpg all the time, city or highway, towing or not, always 10. I ended up trading it for a different car years later. They also made more torque than a stock Cummings of that year.
The lifters probably collapsed from neglect, floated in the bore at high revs, and the cam put enough of a whack on them that they shattered and bits of them landed in the oil pan and windage tray. Pretty harmless once they get there. It's on the way down that bad things happen. By the time you noticed, whatever was done was done a long time ago. I'm glad you got a long life out of it and someone else might still be using it.
I never thought I could sit and watch postmortems done on different engines for hours and be fascinated by them as I do. Keep up the great work and has anyone ever mentioned you kinda remind them of Adam Sandler?
@@djmartin4776 At any rate, I hear from the locals if you go back into the woods where the pineys live, you can still here the ghostly echoes of its rev limiter's past, silently brapping away on a cold, dark night.
I'd have to cast a vote for there being a new "King" of mass destruction/carnage in the house. And, going out on a limb (could be wrong), I doubt any of this one will "buff" out. Great vid Eric, another Saturday night goodie!!
I know I'm almost 2 weeks late on this, but I had an idea, use that engine "gravel" to fill a glass jar, as a display piece, or put it into a vase for filler material. It'd be beautiful home decor!
Friendly PSA to check the bolt on the underside of your engine stand that's like a set screw to hold the forward arm/caster thing on to keep it all upright! Dropped my engine today, only casualties were a bolt or two, a welder ground cable, maybe the oil pump I was trying to get off, and my pride. Don't let it happen to you!!
I am amazed at the carnage of that 8 liter V-10. That had to be one of the loudest explosions ever heard in on that road. The modern art that it made out of the rods alone was amazing. From the looks of it the cause was more than likely he was complaining of coolant usage and the engine rebuild company was like we are not going to replace it till it blew up. So the owner of it was like you want it blown up you got it. Then blew it up so spectacularly that they could not deny the replacement. Trust me I have dealt with extended warranty companies that try to weasel their way out of making repairs. One tried to say we will not replace the engine on an old minivan I had until it blew up it was eating coolant like candy into the oil it was the old Chrysler 3.8. So I flushed the cooling system out and dumped Dexcool into it. Then changed the oil to Mobil 1 synthentic right afterwards. The Dexcool mixed with that and became freaking JELLO in the engine oiling system and proceeded to cause piston 1 and 5 to leave the block out the side while my wife was driving down the road at 65. We demanded and got a factory REMAN engine from Chrysler and they were not happy as they also had to replace the entire cooling system due to contamination. Then less than 6 months later wife hit a freaking deer with it and totaled the van.
I would think purposely putting the wrong coolant and synthetic oil in would've voided any warranty you had with anyone. Must be a pretty lazy company to have missed that easy out of providing any warranty.
The dealership that was doing all the work on the minivan was the local GM dealership and they were also beyond upset with the warranty company. They were the one's that refilled it with dexcool and the Mobil 1 oil knowing that when they mixed it was going to be carnage. Or after all was said and done the service manager called it the FU to extended warranty companies that won't authorize the proper repair the first time.
Love the videos! I live locally and bought an LC9 short block from you guys today. I’m very happy and can’t wait to get my truck back on the road. Many thanks!
Outstanding! A gasoline powered trash compactor. I laughed so hard and loud at your comments that I woke my wife up. Stunning video and best running commentary. Starting at the user installed inspection ports to the modern art deco rods. I think that the oil pump seized causing the crank to grenade and that became the trash compactor. Your fans all have great ideas of what let go first. Thanks again for making my weekend. Best ever teardown!
I am not a mechanic and have no clue about engines. However, I love watching your videos, *the tips you provide are helpful information* for maintaining my car.
I’m going on a limb here and saying this motor had a manual transmission behind it. The motor let go at the top of the Eisenhower Tunnel, and the driver left it in gear for the 8 mile ride to the bottom of the mountain!
At the least there was a major failure, followed by an extended period of operation or forced rotation. The crank break would have been towards the end.
My only blown motor so far let go heading east on interstate 70. It let go a 1/2 mile from Eisenhower tunnel at 11pm while towing a motorcycle last April. Got a tow arranged, and hopped on the bike for 2 hours in the freezing cold to get to my parents house. Still have that motor in my garage, waiting for the time to tear it apart and see what happened. Funny thing is, it would start, run with an incredible racket for about 3 seconds, then die (after it was towed to my parents house, not immediately after the initial destruction)
Been missing the really busted up stuff but this tear-down rivals the most epic carnage on the channel to date. Definitely topped the "Pan Full Of Parts" index. Love it! Nice one, Eric! 👍
At the Ram plant my dad worked at, there was a lot truck with a V10. Employees used it to get around the facility and do maintenance on the building. He said it was never serviced, never had the oil changed since new, and sounded absolutely horrible.
"I didn't know that Chrysler had cylinder deactivation in the 90's!" That was the best one for me, but I really do think this is now the pinnacle of destruction on this channel. It's clear to me that some of those parts got so hot they distorted under the stress, probably running near red-line.
I didn’t read all the comments so I may have missed this observation by someone else. Noticed that the oil hole in the crank aft of the shear, the hole once round is distorted to an oval, indicating that the crank went through torsion or twisting before failing suggesting that perhaps that either the number or two failed first resulting locking the crank forward of number three and in the twisting of the crankshaft before the failure of the shaft,etc. Great site and entertaining commentary. Thanks!
Truly mesmerizing, thank you…like watching a TV mystery series, you can’t wait for the next episode. That engine “blowed-up good,” one of John Candy’s favourite expressions.
Holy cow... That thing was burnt to a crisp..... I'm not saying it's the worst you've done... But it has to be in the conversation..... I don't say this often enough, but great job Sir. I really do enjoy these teardowns.... Maybe I need to get a life, but these are a real highlight of my weekend....
You got a like from me, not because of the fine quality of the video, the interesting commentary and humor, or the in-depth teardown, but the Osha approved kick. Well done, sir.
Just imagine how much effort it would take to bash it all to pieces like that with a heavy sledge or axe. Turning rods into pretzels is hard work even when they are hot. This thing looks like a money shift. It accumulated energy from the car into the rotating assembly and then let go. For every doubling of the RPMs the energy stored goes up by a factor of 4. It was probably turning close to 10kRPM for a very very short moment. It must have sounded like a couple grenades going off.
It's such an understressed engine, why bother? It only makes like 50hp and 60lb.ft per liter. The four pot in a Camry is more stressed than that. Which is why it's impressive they managed to blow it up in the first place.
@@BigUrielorsepower is a very very small part of the equation. This engine is within heavy duty trucks, built to pull and carry a lot of load. The stresses and load on this engine are tremendous. It's under built for it's intended purpose.
@@AK_Ray You're right horsepower is a smal part of the equation. The internal stresses an engine is subjected to are usualy measured in brake mean effective pressure, which is effectively another way of measuring specific torque. Which like I said is 60lb.ft per liter, which is nothing for a modern engine. A tiny 1 liter 3 cylinder Ford Ecoboost engine that they fit into small hatchbacks works under 3x the mean effective pressure of this V10. Compared to any modern engine this engine is like never working at more than half throttle.
@@AK_Ray stresses are reduced through the diff, trans, and especially if its a converter type auto trans . also... GMs 400 small block they made both 2 and 4 bolt mains the 2 bolt mains are simply stronger (as the extra two now take away your crack webbing) . what you do is get a 2 bolt main (factory) block then have aftermarket 4 bolt "splayed" caps installed... which angle the added 2 into the block, VS the crank web/support . or, just quality bolts on the 2 bolt..... unless you are adding boost or playing with stroke/bore a lot.... a good 2 bolt setup is probably enough . if you want a higher RPM motor... built a 377.... 350 crank in 400 block big fat piston, "short" stroke (4.185+ bores on a stock 350s 3.48 stroke pretty oversquare if ya ask me) . they are fun little motors.... much more "RPM happy" than a 400/383
All I can do is think about how this happened. I think the P/O was in a towing competition and upped the ante with a 200 shot. Everyone at the event is still recovering from hearing damage.
Cool! a 8.0l V10! SOO many times I hear "those engines are junk". They really aren't "junk". Taken care of, oil changes and all the PM stuff, they'll last... which brings the biggest issue. Getting parts for these CAN be a big deal. Most times, it was just easier to swap it with a diesel. In this case... This poor Engine was definitely neglected... Improper maintenance, failure to change oil... .
I have a 1998. I had to order a rocker arm bolt from Germany!!! They are reliable engines if maintained correctly. Most get beat up, tow all their life and are just neglected
I LOVE your tear downs.. EVER done a 84-88 Ford turbo charged 2.3L I owned 4 thunderbirds.. 83, 84, 86, 88 and loved them, just blew them up around 30K.. Lets face it.. to turbo charge a pinto engine will not last long, but when it did. Was SO MUCH FUN.. with the bigger turbo, the sounds from the engine bay just wanted me to push harder on the right foot. I'll work on getting you one to tear down! and thoughts.
Well, this has inspired me to actually do the postmortem on my own blown 488. It hauled ass over the top of the Catskills on NY State Thruway, then I noticed the smoking tailpipe and the plummeting oil level. Compression test showed 3/10 cylinders holding no pressure. But with a case of oil to keep it topped up, it brought me safely home from Herkimer NY to Hartford, CT. NO TOW. I think the real culprit had been arcing sparks from cracks in accidentally pinched plug wires during a few days, but fixed weeks before the trip. A bunch of badly timed firing that must have made enough detonations to weaken something bad enough to fail later when pulling hard and hot. I certainly hope nothing as brutal as what you show here. Your guided tour to the teardown order will be a big help when I eventually dig in. Has been 5 years, and my pre-owned second engine is still running well, as long as I keep backups of the crank sensor around. The most amazing think is the outside view of your catastrophe looks just like my happy running engine (minus some drill holes.)
I am truly impressed with the carnage, even more so that except for a couple small chunks of block, virtually all of it was confined to the oil pan, which with a little work looked useable! I have seen blocks sawed nearly in half that didn't have such a nice collection of small stuff in the pan.
Love my V10, she's running strong and never disappoints, usually a bit thirsty, but that's alright, cuz I drink a bit too. Plan on throwing more money into it this year (again!)
I saw worse once, my sister did it to a 440 Magnum in a Ram Charger, she managed to shatter 5 of the pistons, 6 holes in the block, oil pan punctured. Oil starved, she thought she could ignore the oil pressure light
@@ricardofierro7041 just thinking this V10 has 300 hp and 400 foot pounds of torque ? My 2017 Ram Hemi has 395 HP and 410 torque ! More power and better MPG then this 10 cyl monster!
Watching this channel for the past year, it never ceases to amaze me how people dont change their oil. Ive come to realize that regular oil changes could have prevented at least more than 50% of the engine failures/damage we witness on this channel. But lucky for us the ignorance of the masses brings us great entertainment 😂
I have zero doubt... That engine got the center block on the gas pedal send off. The people involved (there is usually a crowd for such events) are still talking about it to this day.
Now THAT was some serious malice in the combustion palace! And damn Eric, you're nearly at 200K subscribers? Seems like yesterday you posted the 100K celebration video!
I have to say I really am becoming a fan now of these engines with more than just the usual 4, 6, or 8 cylinders. With all those extra pistons, it can just keep running and running and running! Get that same level of damage as a flat-towed engine, but the thing actually did all the work all by itself since its got all those pistons and rods to spare. Eric is right, these are true overachievers!
All I can say is wow, what a hell of a journey that engine experienced. That’s worse than a little Corolla I picked up yrs ago with engine that had a hole in the block. But anyhow thanx for showing this this is a testament to the durability of those v10 engines. This has helped me solidify my decision because I’ve came across a 1997 regular cab 2wd v10 2500 I ve set my mind on getting. I already know the MPGs are going to be horrible but I don’t rip and run around nearly as much on commutes now. Just discovered your channel Great great video thanx!
From the heat marking on the rods and crank, I would say that that engine was low on oil or oil pressure for quite a while before it blew its guts. I've never seen heat damage that bad. I've broken two crankshafts in my time in my Galant and Starion. Both engines continued to run (after breaking the flange between front main and first conrod big end journal) with just a bit of a rattle and basically only needed the cranks bearings and seals replaced.
Everybody is saying that this is probably one of your most blown up engines ever, along with the Kia 3.3 from a few weeks ago. I’d like to give a friendly reminder about the marauder DOHC 4.6 from a while back, that I’m pretty sure demolished seven of the eight rods/pistons to the point where you said “how did it stay running long enough to do this?“
Nice!😱 These engines are like a "Box of Chocolates". Never know what you're going to get! Some even have a Creamy, Gooey center, and Nuggets of Destructive goodness! 😁 Fun!👍 The information you are learning from the tear downs and accompanying Failure Analysis could make quite the Spreadsheet of Failure Modes! People might pay for that knowlege gained from your labors! Something satisfying with a tear down when it's NOT the engine from your vehicle!😁 Thanks! Mike in San Diego.🌞🎸🚀🖖
Dodge makes good engines. When they disassemble themselves, at least this one kept most of the shrapnel inside the engine! This was very impressive! Thanks for the teardown!
The look of a 10 cyl with valve cover off is AWESOME I'm amazed at the parts in the pan. Doesn't even look real. Can't believe the block wasn't busted up more. Like gone through a crusher
The problem with the Dodge V10 is the poir efficiency, which weirdly comes from the transmission it was bolted to. Dodge made them to deal with the Cummins of the time, so they were rated for 450lbs of torque. They would simply change the shift pounts and go. In making the V10, they assumed that wouldn't be a limitation and designed it with similar specs to the existing, VERY mild 5.9 Magnum V8 in terms of compression, cams, etc. In testing, this combination proved very potent and shredded those transmissions. Short on time before the release of the new Ram, it was quicker and cheaper to nerf the V10 than to create a new internals package for the transmission. So they reduced the already-low compression, reduced the already-tiny cam. This reduced the performance to a more durable level, but also greatly affected efficiency. The 5.9 Magnum is already quite a pig in need of more compression and cam lift; the V10 is practically strangled. It was stronger than the 460 and 454 though, so it was good enough. Of course later on, the Cummins gained significant performance and, without the time crunch, new upgraded transmission packages were rolled out to deal with them. The 12V Cummins was bith popular and very profitable, but the V10 presumably just didn't sell in great enough numbers to justify tuning it back up to glory. I suspect that by the time the Ford V10 and Chevy 8100 Frankenstein big-block hit the scene, Chrysler were already working on the Hemi and weren't interested in polishing the big pig. I always really wanted to see the iron V10 show it's potential. Fundamentally, it really is a superior design to the V8s it's based on. It has an even port layout, reducing pushrod restriction on the intake side and eliminating uneven heating on the exhaust side. The GOOFY lifter angle of the V8s (a vestigial reminder of the ancient poly-head roots of the LA) is finally corrected. It has distributorless ignition, which is great in a Ram where the distributor was located way back in a deep dark hole. Deep-skirt "Y" block bottom-end design. By rights it should make 500hp and DANK torque like falling off a log. But the aftermarket is basically zero because apparently gas is for girls and real men drive nasty clattering FedEx delivery diesels. Throw in the existence of Viper V10s and even hot rodders don't care about the iron ones.
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Broken crank. Holes in the block. Busted main bolts, main caps, and even main journals in the block. Rods turned into modern art. Engine mayonnaise. I think you outdid yourself, this level of carnage is legendary.
Sounds aboot right for a dodge product
Overachiever was an understatement
Don't forget the wrist pin
Duct tape will get ya to the shop.
Wishing there was audio of the moment of destruction!
As a lifelong GM fan, his GM steering column comment hit hard.
Bass boat paint.
HE IS CORRECT BUT CHRYSLER USED GM TILT ALSO. FORD HAD SIMILAR TILT PROBLEMS TOO. IT WAS CAUSED BY PEOPPLE USING THE TILT COLUMN TO PULL THEMSELVES OUT OF THE CAR. IF YOU TIGHTENED THE 3 LOOSE TORX SCREWS AT THE JOINT BEFORE IT GOT BAD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, NO BIGGIE. I RAN AGREEABLE AUTO SALVAGE UNTIL 2007 BUT STARTED INTHE EARLY 80S. YOU LEARN WHAT'S GOOD AND BAD. THE COLUMNS WERE FINE BUT ABUSE GAVE THEM A BAD NAME. FROM A FORD GUY THAT LIKES STEVE MORRIS.
Brands are not your friends, they are a concept centered around taking money from people
@@poprawa 100% RIGHT YOU ARE SIR.
@@poprawa ...And not feeling particularily obligated to give anything of value in return.
Even after 50 or so times, I still get a massive grin when you proclaim a chain guide “good” and fling it across the room, and a component like the water pump today “bad” and compassionately wrap it up in a towel like it just needed some much needed rest. It will never get old.
This channel wouldn't be half as much fun as it is without his sense of humor.
Well it didn't come from the factory that way.
I did not know an engine could make this much damage and how quickly it may have happened. How long did it run after the crank was ground? Did they forget to tighten the main bearing caps? Why was it turned and did they miss a crack in the first place? What is the value of the block and heads in terms of cast iron only? Just WOW!😮
Bought a '95 Dodge V10 4x4 Truck with 125k miles back in 2017 for $1,200. The guy I bought it from inherited it from his Father's estate. It was only used to tow a camper to a vacation cabin from 1995-2016. It's the best truck I've ever owned! Still running great today!
Rams have been the best trucks we’ve owned too 👍
I only got halfway through this video before I was so impressed with the carnage that I emailed your sales team for a trophy. Now my dad has a (very) early Father's day gift as he's the one that got me watching (and looking forward to) your videos each week!
Nice!
How did he react to the gift?
@@Angrynood He really liked it! It's such a unique gift that no one else will ever have :)
That twisted rod with broken wrist pin is a front desk masterpiece!
And the oil pump jigsaw puzzle
This has to take #1 spot of all time. Pieces of destruction that bad, need to be cleaned and memorialized in resin for a nice table top.
along with the skeleton rod
@@chuckycheese84dang rod the converted back into a liquid state lol
Two things I always want to know about these Krakatau-scale explosions: 1) What the hell did it sound like? 2) How did the engine run long enough to cause that much damage?
I feel like a good goal in life is "experience this kind of engine destruction in person, even if from a distance." Makes me wanna buy an old two stroke diesel and make it runaway on purpose _just to watch it die._
Heavy ass rotating assembly and likely happened sunder throttle
As a kid I heard it first hand. 2000 miles from home and 17 years old. As I remember it sounded a lot like a crying kid suffering severe depression over what a dumb ass he was just moments before.
@@archieharrison9433 as i remember that's pure gold and never tell that story any other way because that's just glorious
@@jasontexter1721 - Yea.....takes awhile for all that mass to wind down. It's gonna tear shit up until it does.
Gives a new meaning to the term " crank angle sensor ".
OK That had me laughing out loud!! Perfect!!
Nobody else could do this channel like you. I watch this channel because of your anecdotes and how you describe the carnage. Thank you,Eric.
My friend Mike had that engine in his Ram and it had plenty of torque. It was also a massive gas gluzzer but it ran great. That engine never failed him and he sold the truck with no issues. You don't see to many Rams with the 8 litre V10 in them.
The V10s are unicorns anymore. 99 out of 100 times I see a Ram from that era, it's a Cummins. Very randomly you'll find a V10 dually still being used by a lawn crew or asizable plumbing chain, but otherwise it's as rare as a 30-pointer.
That's an incredibly strong block right there. And let's consider, just for a moment, the impossibly strong oil pan, which somehow avoided puncture while being assaulted with the entirety of the rotating assembly being thrown its way.
I was thinking exactly the same
If im not mistaken V10 motors are overbuilt which is why you see them making crazy power when boost is added.
Yeah man they overbuilt the SHIT out of these blocks, it's really cool actually. It's in a Y shape with the bottom of the block extending basically all the way down to where a normal oil pan stops at the front, which is why the front of the pan is basically just a plate.
Um, it can’t be that strong. It exploded!
@@davsaltegoeverything explodes, eventually
I'm honestly amazed the block itself didn't just split in half
It being cast iron maybe the only reason
That's because it's not a ford.
If viper block which was aluminum it would have!
Where be the 2.slows
These blocks are INCREDIBLY strong.
That 2 cylinder crank is a countertop treasure. BEST carnage ever.
Ya they ran out of 5.9s that year, so they took one of the 8.0s and just disconnected the front 2 cylinders. Ingenius!
That engine had to have been held at WOT for a period of time to purposely blow it up. That is massively impressive
I think it was intentional, someone floored it to over ten k rpm until it blew up, Maybe an angry mopar hater or bet? Or for kicks if it had over two hundred k miles on it. If I was gonna junk the truck, I might do it for kicks.
@@umajunkcollectorwhat sucks is you could wreck the trans pump along with it. Esp if they seemed to want to keep it. Oh well. Great for us viewers!!
I’m thinking money shift of some sort
I’d agree with WOT until it died.
@@nathanrykers7588 the reason I say money shift is I’ve burnt down tired engines just letting run wot till they die and normally they just get super hot and then lock up, this looks like wot with an over rev with a load on it judging by how it snapped the crank in two
I had a 1996 truck with this engine, and it was amazing. By far the best gas truck engine ever made, and tougher than hell. Truck went 200,000 before I traded it for a lame hemi.
I traded my last V10 for a Hemi because I wanted those 2 extra doors and I hoped to get better fuel mileage. I sure like the extra doors, but I sure miss that torque. That V10 was smooth as silk, too
This had to have been one of the loudest explosions ever made from any vehicle that's blown up. I'll have to cast a vote for the most carnage on the channel yet with this one.
Top 5 most destroyed engines on the channel (that I can think of):
5. Ford 3-Valve V10
Nothing survived.. maybe valve covers but that was it.
4. Kia V6
It may have had more carnage than the next entry, but it actually had a couple of usable parts (HPFP, maybe the cams but not sure how much value they have on their own)
3. Ford Focus 2 Liter
Single cheek repairs led to everything from that engine ending up in the scrap bin
2. Honda J35 V6
Customer stated the vehicle shut off.. I'm sure it didn't just "shut off" it imploded! A damaged wrist pin, 10-piece piston mcnugget, and 5 rods that emptied out.
1. This takes the cake. I really want to know how hot it got to get those rods that mangled. It also has the most damaged wrist pin ever seen on the channel.
Honorable mention: Mercury Marauder engine had the worst crankshaft I've seen on the channel, but the cylinder heads were relatively unscathed so it barely missed the list.
Great video!
On a factory engine, yes. You'd only expect this kind of carnage on a tractor pull truck or something like that.
Wait, what about the Subaru we were thinking might have been towed in 1st gear behind an RV or something. That was the video that got me hooked 😊
I had a 95 ram with a v10 less than 10 years ago. They are tough engines! I bought mine for cheap, super neglected with over 200k miles on it. I drove it around for a bit, fixing things as i went. Then one day i went to replace a leaking valve cover gasket. After opening it up i found two push rods were pushed through the rockers. The lifters were gone, only pieces of them left. So i bought 2 lifters, 2 push rods, and 2 rockers and put it all back together. It ran great! Lots more power than before. I never did find the missing lifter parts... It ran great for me for years. Never had any major issues, it always started. The fuel mileage was terrible though. It got 10mpg all the time, city or highway, towing or not, always 10. I ended up trading it for a different car years later. They also made more torque than a stock Cummings of that year.
The lifters probably collapsed from neglect, floated in the bore at high revs, and the cam put enough of a whack on them that they shattered and bits of them landed in the oil pan and windage tray. Pretty harmless once they get there. It's on the way down that bad things happen. By the time you noticed, whatever was done was done a long time ago. I'm glad you got a long life out of it and someone else might still be using it.
You know, the old ram V10s have a completely different sound from any other engine in the world. Yours was just a little different-er. xD
55 years of car/truck/bus/equipment repair, that is a marvelous oil pan collection; great channel, thanks.
Wow, you are skilled. I have never seen a mechanic fully disassemble a short block just by removing the oil pan!
ROFL
I never thought I could sit and watch postmortems done on different engines for hours and be fascinated by them as I do. Keep up the great work and has anyone ever mentioned you kinda remind them of Adam Sandler?
He does remind me of Adam Sandler....
Jefferson seaplane Mcdonough
Carefully wrapping and setting down the water pump 😂 I was not expecting that!!
It was a religious experience.
It was an unexpected variation on my favourite running gag. 😂😂😂
He did it on another teardown a month or two ago. It's great hahaha
Almost mournfully.
He needs to learn how easy it is to turn a broken crank with a pipe-wrench. 😂
With out a doubt they had there foot to the floor to the bitter end!!! LOVED THIS ONE!!!!!
Some say his foot is still floored to this day
@@djmartin4776 Or potentially more likely a brick. Or possibly a cinderblock. That would also give some insight into the slightly melty heat tab, too.
@@djmartin4776 At any rate, I hear from the locals if you go back into the woods where the pineys live, you can still here the ghostly echoes of its rev limiter's past, silently brapping away on a cold, dark night.
I'd have to cast a vote for there being a new "King" of mass destruction/carnage in the house. And, going out on a limb (could be wrong), I doubt any of this one will "buff" out. Great vid Eric, another Saturday night goodie!!
I agree. This is the worst I've ever seen, here or in real life. That rod bent like a pretzel is just amazing!
A little Seafoam and she’ll be ready to rip.
I know I'm almost 2 weeks late on this, but I had an idea, use that engine "gravel" to fill a glass jar, as a display piece, or put it into a vase for filler material. It'd be beautiful home decor!
Can’t imagine the violence and the magnitude of the forces that resulted in this kind of damage.
I really can't help but appreciate your editing wizardry in those key moment spots. You knew what we are all thinking when you pulled the camshaft.
Friendly PSA to check the bolt on the underside of your engine stand that's like a set screw to hold the forward arm/caster thing on to keep it all upright! Dropped my engine today, only casualties were a bolt or two, a welder ground cable, maybe the oil pump I was trying to get off, and my pride. Don't let it happen to you!!
Yikes! At least no feet were involved.
yes, before using it, just make sure there is no play there...
I am amazed at the carnage of that 8 liter V-10. That had to be one of the loudest explosions ever heard in on that road. The modern art that it made out of the rods alone was amazing. From the looks of it the cause was more than likely he was complaining of coolant usage and the engine rebuild company was like we are not going to replace it till it blew up. So the owner of it was like you want it blown up you got it. Then blew it up so spectacularly that they could not deny the replacement. Trust me I have dealt with extended warranty companies that try to weasel their way out of making repairs. One tried to say we will not replace the engine on an old minivan I had until it blew up it was eating coolant like candy into the oil it was the old Chrysler 3.8. So I flushed the cooling system out and dumped Dexcool into it. Then changed the oil to Mobil 1 synthentic right afterwards. The Dexcool mixed with that and became freaking JELLO in the engine oiling system and proceeded to cause piston 1 and 5 to leave the block out the side while my wife was driving down the road at 65. We demanded and got a factory REMAN engine from Chrysler and they were not happy as they also had to replace the entire cooling system due to contamination. Then less than 6 months later wife hit a freaking deer with it and totaled the van.
bruhhh, that's chrysler for you, but also bad luck with the deer timing
That dear was Karma
I would think purposely putting the wrong coolant and synthetic oil in would've voided any warranty you had with anyone. Must be a pretty lazy company to have missed that easy out of providing any warranty.
The dealership that was doing all the work on the minivan was the local GM dealership and they were also beyond upset with the warranty company. They were the one's that refilled it with dexcool and the Mobil 1 oil knowing that when they mixed it was going to be carnage. Or after all was said and done the service manager called it the FU to extended warranty companies that won't authorize the proper repair the first time.
Love the videos! I live locally and bought an LC9 short block from you guys today. I’m very happy and can’t wait to get my truck back on the road. Many thanks!
Absolutely one of the most entertaining tear downs I’ve seen. Your knowledge combined with your humor makes it worth watching! Thanks!
Love the fact that V-10 had a Space Balls cam in it. Fantastic edit on there that I hope wasn't missed by everyone else.
LOL Yep. Noticed that!
That made me LOL
A space balls cam?
37:30
Is that cam a huge profile one or what are you talking about?
Outstanding! A gasoline powered trash compactor. I laughed so hard and loud at your comments that I woke my wife up. Stunning video and best running commentary. Starting at the user installed inspection ports to the modern art deco rods. I think that the oil pump seized causing the crank to grenade and that became the trash compactor. Your fans all have great ideas of what let go first. Thanks again for making my weekend. Best ever teardown!
“It’s like a gm steering column!!”
Yea that one hurt ngl
Bass boat paint.
You should get some T-shirts made say “oh that’s not good” 😂
I am not a mechanic and have no clue about engines. However, I love watching your videos, *the tips you provide are helpful information* for maintaining my car.
Yay Saturday night engine teardown! Inspection windows and a broken crank...this is gonna be good!
That's beyond carnage; that's an automotive apocalypse.
I’m going on a limb here and saying this motor had a manual transmission behind it. The motor let go at the top of the Eisenhower Tunnel, and the driver left it in gear for the 8 mile ride to the bottom of the mountain!
ya.... that might be it dude.... hell ya
At the least there was a major failure, followed by an extended period of operation or forced rotation. The crank break would have been towards the end.
My only blown motor so far let go heading east on interstate 70. It let go a 1/2 mile from Eisenhower tunnel at 11pm while towing a motorcycle last April. Got a tow arranged, and hopped on the bike for 2 hours in the freezing cold to get to my parents house.
Still have that motor in my garage, waiting for the time to tear it apart and see what happened. Funny thing is, it would start, run with an incredible racket for about 3 seconds, then die (after it was towed to my parents house, not immediately after the initial destruction)
What would be amazing is to have a sound recording of when this happened. It must have been REALLY crazy loud!
i actually have a 96 Dodge Ram 3500 dually, with the V10, sitting at 347,650 miles on it, and it is a very durable and reliable motor
Been missing the really busted up stuff but this tear-down rivals the most epic carnage on the channel to date. Definitely topped the "Pan Full Of Parts" index. Love it! Nice one, Eric! 👍
At the Ram plant my dad worked at, there was a lot truck with a V10. Employees used it to get around the facility and do maintenance on the building. He said it was never serviced, never had the oil changed since new, and sounded absolutely horrible.
Eric's laughter and borderline speechless-ness alone shows the insane level of carnage this thing housed. I was floored!
Props to you for going through the effort to wash shrapnel
I could watch your vids non stop for days...
Your Like a crime scene detective ❤
Gotta love a Saturday night teardown, and oil tube came right out. That's called success. Peace everyone
You hit the jackpot! Unfortunately, tear downs are all downhill from here.
"I didn't know that Chrysler had cylinder deactivation in the 90's!" That was the best one for me, but I really do think this is now the pinnacle of destruction on this channel. It's clear to me that some of those parts got so hot they distorted under the stress, probably running near red-line.
I didn’t read all the comments so I may have missed this observation by someone else. Noticed that the oil hole in the crank aft of the shear, the hole once round is distorted to an oval, indicating that the crank went through torsion or twisting before failing suggesting that perhaps that either the number or two failed first resulting locking the crank forward of number three and in the twisting of the crankshaft before the failure of the shaft,etc. Great site and entertaining commentary. Thanks!
Truly mesmerizing, thank you…like watching a TV mystery series, you can’t wait for the next episode. That engine “blowed-up good,” one of John Candy’s favourite expressions.
Unreal damage!!! This was definitely one of the worst self-destructions that has ever taken place!!! Good job presenting this Eric!!!
I have a 1998 Ram 2500 8.0 V10. Has 120k miles. I love it! I was hoping there may be some parts I could use...... The carnage was brilliant
Holy cow... That thing was burnt to a crisp.....
I'm not saying it's the worst you've done... But it has to be in the conversation.....
I don't say this often enough, but great job Sir. I really do enjoy these teardowns.... Maybe I need to get a life, but these are a real highlight of my weekend....
You got a like from me, not because of the fine quality of the video, the interesting commentary and humor, or the in-depth teardown, but the Osha approved kick. Well done, sir.
The amount of force and/or inertia it took to do that level of damage is enormous. I didn't think it was possible.
Just imagine how much effort it would take to bash it all to pieces like that with a heavy sledge or axe. Turning rods into pretzels is hard work even when they are hot.
This thing looks like a money shift. It accumulated energy from the car into the rotating assembly and then let go. For every doubling of the RPMs the energy stored goes up by a factor of 4. It was probably turning close to 10kRPM for a very very short moment. It must have sounded like a couple grenades going off.
Howdy Eric, after watching you deal with the water pump..... you're a sick man, keep it up. Take care dude
I'm surprised the main caps are only 2-bolt. Thought for sure they'd be 4-bolt, maybe even cross-bolted.
Also: Longest. Camshaft. Ever. Loved it!
Chrysler never made a 4 bolt engine. The hemis are cross bolted on the 3 center mains but still 2 bolt caps. But very beefy.
It's such an understressed engine, why bother? It only makes like 50hp and 60lb.ft per liter. The four pot in a Camry is more stressed than that.
Which is why it's impressive they managed to blow it up in the first place.
@@BigUrielorsepower is a very very small part of the equation. This engine is within heavy duty trucks, built to pull and carry a lot of load. The stresses and load on this engine are tremendous. It's under built for it's intended purpose.
@@AK_Ray You're right horsepower is a smal part of the equation. The internal stresses an engine is subjected to are usualy measured in brake mean effective pressure, which is effectively another way of measuring specific torque. Which like I said is 60lb.ft per liter, which is nothing for a modern engine. A tiny 1 liter 3 cylinder Ford Ecoboost engine that they fit into small hatchbacks works under 3x the mean effective pressure of this V10.
Compared to any modern engine this engine is like never working at more than half throttle.
@@AK_Ray stresses are reduced through the diff, trans, and especially if its a converter type auto trans
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also... GMs 400 small block they made both 2 and 4 bolt mains
the 2 bolt mains are simply stronger (as the extra two now take away your crack webbing)
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what you do is get a 2 bolt main (factory) block
then have aftermarket 4 bolt "splayed" caps installed... which angle the added 2 into the block, VS the crank web/support
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or, just quality bolts on the 2 bolt.....
unless you are adding boost or playing with stroke/bore a lot.... a good 2 bolt setup is probably enough
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if you want a higher RPM motor... built a 377....
350 crank in 400 block
big fat piston, "short" stroke (4.185+ bores on a stock 350s 3.48 stroke pretty oversquare if ya ask me)
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they are fun little motors.... much more "RPM happy" than a 400/383
This is the king of destruction. I could never imagine finding a MAIN cap in the oil pan…
All I can do is think about how this happened. I think the P/O was in a towing competition and upped the ante with a 200 shot. Everyone at the event is still recovering from hearing damage.
fills me with pride for America to see a v10 run to complete failure 🦅 🇺🇸
“Normally I like to start at the front, but the front fell off.” Cant tell you WHY that is so absurdly funny to me.
YOU DID IT! You pulled off the Super long camshaft. trick I suggested a few videos back (The Ford 300 straight 6) thanks Eric!
Cool! a 8.0l V10! SOO many times I hear "those engines are junk". They really aren't "junk". Taken care of, oil changes and all the PM stuff, they'll last... which brings the biggest issue. Getting parts for these CAN be a big deal. Most times, it was just easier to swap it with a diesel. In this case... This poor Engine was definitely neglected... Improper maintenance, failure to change oil... .
I have a 1998. I had to order a rocker arm bolt from Germany!!! They are reliable engines if maintained correctly. Most get beat up, tow all their life and are just neglected
I LOVE your tear downs.. EVER done a 84-88 Ford turbo charged 2.3L I owned 4 thunderbirds.. 83, 84, 86, 88 and loved them, just blew them up around 30K.. Lets face it.. to turbo charge a pinto engine will not last long, but when it did. Was SO MUCH FUN.. with the bigger turbo, the sounds from the engine bay just wanted me to push harder on the right foot. I'll work on getting you one to tear down! and thoughts.
How did I miss this one. I've watched all of your and was searching for dodge v10 vs srt10. Glad I found this.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this was on the dyno, or a pulling contest when it blew up.
Nitrous may have been involved. I can't imagine, even running stupid amounts of boost, that this could've happened organically.
or a hold my beer while I rev limit pull this stuck Ferd out of this here mud hole, drag this Shoveorleaveit out of the middle of the intersection
Eric: “This is the worst crank damage ever!”
Cummins 5.0 V8 Diesel: “Am I a joke to you?!”
To be honest , the 8 cylinder diesel didn't punch any of the main caps out
I literally laughed out loud when you did the video loop of the cam being pulled out. Great video as always!
That engine turned its internals into modern art!
Well, this has inspired me to actually do the postmortem on my own blown 488. It hauled ass over the top of the Catskills on NY State Thruway, then I noticed the smoking tailpipe and the plummeting oil level. Compression test showed 3/10 cylinders holding no pressure. But with a case of oil to keep it topped up, it brought me safely home from Herkimer NY to Hartford, CT. NO TOW. I think the real culprit had been arcing sparks from cracks in accidentally pinched plug wires during a few days, but fixed weeks before the trip. A bunch of badly timed firing that must have made enough detonations to weaken something bad enough to fail later when pulling hard and hot. I certainly hope nothing as brutal as what you show here. Your guided tour to the teardown order will be a big help when I eventually dig in. Has been 5 years, and my pre-owned second engine is still running well, as long as I keep backups of the crank sensor around.
The most amazing think is the outside view of your catastrophe looks just like my happy running engine (minus some drill holes.)
I am truly impressed with the carnage, even more so that except for a couple small chunks of block, virtually all of it was confined to the oil pan, which with a little work looked useable! I have seen blocks sawed nearly in half that didn't have such a nice collection of small stuff in the pan.
yes, thinking the same thing! that much damage and it still remained inside the block... wow
Love my V10, she's running strong and never disappoints, usually a bit thirsty, but that's alright, cuz I drink a bit too. Plan on throwing more money into it this year (again!)
I like the way the crank snout moves when you pull the oil pan.
It finally relaxed
You never disappoint ! Wow
I saw worse once, my sister did it to a 440 Magnum in a Ram Charger, she managed to shatter 5 of the pistons, 6 holes in the block, oil pan punctured. Oil starved, she thought she could ignore the oil pressure light
Top notch, Eric! This will be tough to beat, but I have no doubt you'll find a way! Thanks for all you do.
It don't get much worse than two pieces of crankshaft.
As a current owner of a V10 Ram, I am now concerned enough to change the oil tomorrow!
Don't forget the filter.....
Will this be the FIRST oil change on your V10 Ram .?
@@ricardofierro7041 just thinking this V10 has 300 hp and 400 foot pounds of torque ? My 2017 Ram Hemi has 395 HP and 410 torque ! More power and better MPG then this 10 cyl monster!
@@markchodroff250 Well, uh...this first debuted in '94. Engine tech has come JUST a little further along in that time!
This carnage is by far the best🎉 the amount of force it took to brake the crank is unbelievable
I've seen a lot of destroyed engines, even on your channel. But I've never seen anything like that. Wow.
Watching this channel for the past year, it never ceases to amaze me how people dont change their oil. Ive come to realize that regular oil changes could have prevented at least more than 50% of the engine failures/damage we witness on this channel. But lucky for us the ignorance of the masses brings us great entertainment 😂
Best carnage I've seen here so far and you've had the finest examples before. Love your work.
First broken crank on the channel I was wondering when it would happen.
Spectacularly done bravo 👏
The first broken crank was the 5.0L Cummins from a TRD pro truck. It was a couple of months ago
Actually not the first broken crank, but definitely the first broken main caps!
@@johnathanedwards90545.0 Cummins was from Nissan Titan
im most impressed by the wrist pins. those are rarely not perfect
I have zero doubt... That engine got the center block on the gas pedal send off. The people involved (there is usually a crowd for such events) are still talking about it to this day.
wonder if WhistlinDiesel got his hands on this one. or NeutralDrop had a hand in it
I agree with the send off. That engine was run wide open until it wouldn't any longer...
Just wow. Golden strip down. Truly a classic. Thank you 😊😊
Now THAT was some serious malice in the combustion palace!
And damn Eric, you're nearly at 200K subscribers? Seems like yesterday you posted the 100K celebration video!
More like malice in the combustion palace basement.
Unbelievable carnage. I'll bet when that let go, it registered on the Richter Scale someplace.
At least a 4.3
@@thomasfletcher760 more like an 8.0
@@rickc303 that's right 🤦
I have to say I really am becoming a fan now of these engines with more than just the usual 4, 6, or 8 cylinders. With all those extra pistons, it can just keep running and running and running! Get that same level of damage as a flat-towed engine, but the thing actually did all the work all by itself since its got all those pistons and rods to spare. Eric is right, these are true overachievers!
Haha great comment, read my mind.
There needs to be a tear down of a busted Pratt & Whitney R-4360. It might be a long video though.
All I can say is wow, what a hell of a journey that engine experienced. That’s worse than a little Corolla I picked up yrs ago with engine that had a hole in the block. But anyhow thanx for showing this this is a testament to the durability of those v10 engines. This has helped me solidify my decision because I’ve came across a 1997 regular cab 2wd v10 2500 I ve set my mind on getting. I already know the MPGs are going to be horrible but I don’t rip and run around nearly as much on commutes now. Just discovered your channel Great great video thanx!
From the heat marking on the rods and crank, I would say that that engine was low on oil or oil pressure for quite a while before it blew its guts. I've never seen heat damage that bad. I've broken two crankshafts in my time in my Galant and Starion. Both engines continued to run (after breaking the flange between front main and first conrod big end journal) with just a bit of a rattle and basically only needed the cranks bearings and seals replaced.
Congrats man, a new personal best in the carnage department !
Everybody is saying that this is probably one of your most blown up engines ever, along with the Kia 3.3 from a few weeks ago. I’d like to give a friendly reminder about the marauder DOHC 4.6 from a while back, that I’m pretty sure demolished seven of the eight rods/pistons to the point where you said “how did it stay running long enough to do this?“
That was epic! That is by far the most destroyed engine that you've ever had on the channel. Also, the camshaft sequence was well done!
Your right in 50 yrs of working on engines I've never seen one that destroyed
Nice!😱
These engines are like a "Box of Chocolates".
Never know what you're going to get!
Some even have a Creamy, Gooey center, and Nuggets of Destructive goodness! 😁
Fun!👍
The information you are learning from the tear downs and accompanying Failure Analysis could make quite the Spreadsheet of Failure Modes!
People might pay for that knowlege gained from your labors!
Something satisfying with a tear down when it's NOT the engine from your vehicle!😁
Thanks!
Mike in San Diego.🌞🎸🚀🖖
Watching that thing flex your engine stand, I breathed a sigh of relieve for every pound you took off.
Dodge makes good engines. When they disassemble themselves, at least this one kept most of the shrapnel inside the engine! This was very impressive! Thanks for the teardown!
Gotta be max RPM. The sound must have been incredible.
Money shift in a 5 speed ram
yeah to do that kinda damage I have to think manual and money shift while going at highway speed lol
Earth shattering kaboom ( Marvin the martian )
@@thomasfletcher760 they probobly heard it on Mars
"I don't know what happened boss, I was just driving and it shut off"
The look of a 10 cyl with valve cover off is AWESOME
I'm amazed at the parts in the pan. Doesn't even look real. Can't believe the block wasn't busted up more. Like gone through a crusher
The problem with the Dodge V10 is the poir efficiency, which weirdly comes from the transmission it was bolted to. Dodge made them to deal with the Cummins of the time, so they were rated for 450lbs of torque. They would simply change the shift pounts and go. In making the V10, they assumed that wouldn't be a limitation and designed it with similar specs to the existing, VERY mild 5.9 Magnum V8 in terms of compression, cams, etc. In testing, this combination proved very potent and shredded those transmissions. Short on time before the release of the new Ram, it was quicker and cheaper to nerf the V10 than to create a new internals package for the transmission. So they reduced the already-low compression, reduced the already-tiny cam. This reduced the performance to a more durable level, but also greatly affected efficiency. The 5.9 Magnum is already quite a pig in need of more compression and cam lift; the V10 is practically strangled. It was stronger than the 460 and 454 though, so it was good enough. Of course later on, the Cummins gained significant performance and, without the time crunch, new upgraded transmission packages were rolled out to deal with them. The 12V Cummins was bith popular and very profitable, but the V10 presumably just didn't sell in great enough numbers to justify tuning it back up to glory. I suspect that by the time the Ford V10 and Chevy 8100 Frankenstein big-block hit the scene, Chrysler were already working on the Hemi and weren't interested in polishing the big pig.
I always really wanted to see the iron V10 show it's potential. Fundamentally, it really is a superior design to the V8s it's based on. It has an even port layout, reducing pushrod restriction on the intake side and eliminating uneven heating on the exhaust side. The GOOFY lifter angle of the V8s (a vestigial reminder of the ancient poly-head roots of the LA) is finally corrected. It has distributorless ignition, which is great in a Ram where the distributor was located way back in a deep dark hole. Deep-skirt "Y" block bottom-end design. By rights it should make 500hp and DANK torque like falling off a log. But the aftermarket is basically zero because apparently gas is for girls and real men drive nasty clattering FedEx delivery diesels. Throw in the existence of Viper V10s and even hot rodders don't care about the iron ones.
Love the great editing on the never ending camshaft removal 😆