Old Aug 25, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Sid3ways
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: NW Ohio
Default New Owner Check-in, 1 question about heatsoak?

Might as well start off that I'm extremely pleased with the purchase. I bought the car from vetofunk on the forums here. I've had many cars from 350-450 whp but I'm so impressed with the available power from these things. This thing feels like my buddies SRT-10 with its massive torque band.

Car has performed flawlessly except for right when I picked it up. I only drive turbocharged or supercharged vehicles pretty much so I'm very familiar with heatsoak. I'm just curios about what symptoms the SRT6 shows under it. When the new owner met me to drop off the car he was in a traffic jam for about 20 minutes just stop and go. When I got into the vehicle and drove for a minute it was fine but after that first minute when I'd hit the accelerator literally the car would not do ANYTHING for 2 full seconds. Then it would jerk ahead and about 70% power was available. This happened at every stop and while moving. Anytime I hit the pedal it took the 2 seconds for the car to register it. I know of the threads talking about sluggish accel. but after we parked it and got a bite to eat it hasn't done it again since I've owned it.

Just curious if that sounded like heatsoak or if it was the secondary pump, as the car already has had the intercooler pump replaced by the dealer. Thanks guys hope to help contribute a lot here.
 
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