Ken Block Fully Sends a Brand New 702hp ‘22 Ram TRX Sandblast Edition in Johnson Valley! It RIPS!
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- @RamTrucks gave me a new and unreleased version of their 2022 TRX: the Sandblast Edition! It’s like a supercar built for dirt, so let’s just call it a supertruck. Ridiculously comfortable luxury interior stacked with a 702 horsepower 6.2L supercharged Hemi engine, what more could you ask for? Maybe some suspension travel and frosty air conditioning? It has both of those things and plenty more. Naturally I wanted to test the limits of this new unreleased TRX so I decided to take it to Johnson Valley where they hold the annual King of the Hammers race to put it through the paces. And by paces I mean whoops, donuts, jumps, dune slides and a little Gymkhana too.
Learn more about the 2022 Ram TRX Sandblast Edition: www.ramtrucks.com/trx-sandblast-edition.html
And thanks to @LarryChenPhoto for the sweet footage from King of the Hammers!
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00:00 Hi from the Invisible House
02:03 Zac Spits Facts
04:04 Help me choose some wheels!
06:20 Test 1: Launch Control
08:21 Test 2: Dune Hoon
09:28 Test 3: High Speed Handling
10:38 Test 4: Can it Khana?
13:34 Recreational Rock Crawling - Авто та транспорт
Rest in Peace Ken… It was a pleasure watching you enrich your craft sir. 🙏🏻
so this is the car racer that died?
@@eliejahgwapo8422 yes
@@eliejahgwapo8422 google is hard for you I see
@@allanthomas6097 ur an angry individual
@@gamertimefriend1286 prove it
Passed with flying colors 💪
Very nice truck!! My old 2001 Ram 4x4 is still kicking ass today! Hey if you're feeling charitable I'd like a truck like this to test for a year or so 😂
Kudos on a beautiful trick!! 👏👏👏👏👍
@@828_Nate bro literally simping for a brand 🗿
Yep
A Ken approval
Take that to the bank
Ram thinks it passed lol give it 3 weeks and and snow storm and it will rust out!
@@jonathanA6969 😄
A Critic in Every Crowd
Thanks for the great endorsement, Ken. I'm a RAM engineer at Sterling Heights Assembly, where the TRX is made. We're proud of this supercar!
My first hooning car was an '89 Dakota 4x4. I loved that thing. Is there a reason nobody seems to do torsion bar suspension anymore? That thing cornered so flat, it was ridiculous. Well it did until I snapped the anti-sway bar around a corner, but that was fixed eventually. :D
I have a TRX and I'm absolutely obsessed and thrilled with it. You all have done and are doing a great job. Keep up the solid All American Work! Your market loves it!
@@TangoTangoAlpha Glad to hear it, A T. We'll keep building 'em!
Appreciate all the details on this truck!!
I am happy to be able to tell that I'm really thankfull for your job.
You guys who are involved in the construction of this Pickup need to keep pushing because you're making a beautiful masterpiece.
It is my dream car and one day i'll have mine.
Greetings from Mozambique.
Ps: I'm not too good in English, sorry if the're some gramatical errors.
I’m gonna miss ken so damn much man Rest In Peace legend 😔
@PUBGM FATÌH Your point? He can still miss him. gtfo man
It still sucks, i loved him. He always seemed to be a good dude
I didn’t know he died R.I.P
I love the fact that on several occasions, both of them got scared shitless, then were suitably impressed when the truck actually pulled it off!
oh Option 2
At the beginning when they both sucked air taking that off balance transition over the dune. You could tell Ken thought it might roll.
Ken's life is honestly just like a video game. Insane
Right, I strive reach that level someday
Ken Beat the game of life years ago!
How much fun can you have in 1 life?
Ken...I hold my own beer thanks!
At least he lived it to the fullest
until he killed himself on a snowmobile
@@sukiontopyeah....like in video games. I think that's what he meant.
i just cannot accept the fact that we'll never again get a new video notification from ken, my childhood hero forever. RIP king, i'll always be thankful for the way you inspired and encouraged everyone of us to seek beyond the limits, rest easy king 🕊️
Man I can’t believe he is gone … my childhood hero
hes gonna be missed ,rip sir
@@larrygreene957 don’t be annoying pal , if you have nothing good to say so just keep it yourself
@PUBGM FATÌH idc bro, did you?
@@alexanderi7332 how about both of you shut up and mourn the loss of a legend.
You know you’ve made a good product or car when ken block approves 😂
The fact that the cab wasn’t full of dust was impressive as well! Another great video guys thanks !
Great to mention that! Great cabin airflow
Finally someone used it for it's purpose. Highspeed off-roading dessert duning 💪... Ram is like: we sold these TRXs two years ago nobody is using them for what we built them for....
TRX owners: the gas. Lightly driven.
Ken block: I'm here gimmie the keys..
Success
If Dodge handed me the keys to one and told me to go have fun, I'd have no problem beating on it either. It's a little different if I spent $100k of my own money though. Ken even said he hasn't done much in his own truck.
@@angryginger791 of course but it may be possible he'll do some more later. For now he did do what it's suppose to do. It's very different because what I've seen with his personal raptor he's built that thing fully for Baja it's different when you modify a stock truck to a full blown Baja. Plus he's a Ford guy lol he has pure ford's all over. It's cool to see him for the first time drive something that isn't Ford. Plus the TRX is capable of what a factory raptor can do. Imagine a full blown Baja trx that would be very different. And tbh 100k I think a lot of trucks are ridiculous in that price range. When you compare a lot of trucks like an f150 platinum edition that thing ranges close to 90k -100k. So not worth it. A Trx in the other hand is different it's not your normal daily truck. It's a special truck in a different class. Just waiting to see how much a raptor r would cost I have a feeling it may be around the same 100k or even 120k who knows. But I can say this truck needs another video and this time some high jumps. There is a video like a year or two that someone purchased a TRX and did some high jumps. TFL is also one of the first that did reviews with the trx through many things and even towing. ua-cam.com/video/b-fNMXp99Uk/v-deo.html
These trucks aren’t “really” meant for high speed off-roading. They’re meant to look like they are and hold up to it occasionally. If you look at a 750hp trophy truck from a few years ago (when they were just 750hp), they’re on another planet. True desert trucks have nothing in common with road legal trucks, they purpose built tube chassis. Dodge and ford are great at convincing people they sell street legal trophy trucks, but they just aren’t. If they were, they’d cost at least half a million dollars.
@@The11901 well let's rephrase that. These trucks especially the TRX is capable going high speeds better than any stock truck. Your comparison is Baja built purpose trucks that generate double or triple the horsepower that can be very very fast. There is a difference in what your saying. But in comparison for the public use this truck is fast for what it is up against any stock truck.
@@mopardude707 the horsepower is the problem though. 700 is absolutely absurd for something weighing 6000 lbs with only 13.5 inches of travel. A top tier trophy truck is the same weight with 1000 hp and 28-32 inches of travel. The TRX has so much more engine than it does chassis or safety measures. Someone is going to watch this shit, and then go send it down a fire road at 110+ hit an 18 inch deep ditch and demolish the front suspension, roll, and die. Just look at the literal thousands of raptors in junk yards with frame cracks behind their cabs because people jumped them more than 2ft off the ground. These trucks wouldn’t exist if they weren’t used 98% on the road because they’d be law suited out of existence. If you like the truck, which I do, be glad no one uses them like dodge wants you to believe you can.
That high speed blast across the desert!! The truck looked like one of those old movies with the film speed turned up to make it look like it was going faster only, in this case it was real time! Damn, that was fast and awesome to see! Watching Ken Block drive, you just know everything is going to be ok. Just when you think the jump and the high speed was the pinnacle, he puts it up on two wheels. Holy smokes! Awesome.
well that was proper driving of this vehicle, what it actually was made for!
Ram definitely knocked it out of the park with the TRX. Has speed,power go offroading unlike hellcat and trackhawk which just go fast. Perfect package
Ram doesn’t own Jeep or Dodge you douche
Yeah it’s a little too heavy 6300 pounds. the new Raptor R is gonna have 750 hp . and be 1200 pounds lighter than the ram!!
Who buys a hellcat or trackhawk to off road 💀
@@Herrera419 LOL
@@Herrera419 Raptor R is 400 pounds lighter and has 700 hp. I predict it will be much more exclusive than the TRX but that is not good if it turns out to be a great performing truck.
I dig both of the bronze Black Rhino wheels! I think I’d pick the Rapid over the Raid. They look simpler and less “busy”. That’s a sick truck, Ken! I bet Zac wishes the seats were brown, too haha! Much love from Texas!
Edit: oh nice to see that Ken likes the Rapid wheels, too!
Yup the Rapids look the best. Black wheels start to lose detail and look generic when dirty and the Raids are quite busy. I’d want to know wheel weights though too, but my choice is the Rapid.
Same bro
Yep option 2 looks great
Yep 👍
Option four! Also huge shout out to Ken's camera crew, those guys put up with a lot to get amazing footage of the master doing amazing things!!
Ken's maniacal laugh @ 9:48 as he sends it off that little jump. Love this man
100% Best (Stock) Truck on the planet!!!
Ram, I’ll take that one since Mr. Block, Hooned it for you!!! Mr. Block & Crew, as always, keep up the Great Work!!! BTW, very nice touch on the wheels at the end! That’s the one I chose!
I love these videos. You guys go some cool places. I enjoy watching videos about vehicles that make me drool, knowing I will probably never get to own one. Thanks for ride along!
Rest easy Ken Block. I'm shocked. His videos on the tube were always so action packed ..
Option 2 looks amazing. Love your videos keep up the good work
The Black Rhino Raid Alloy option( final option) looks sick 🔥🔥🔥, That’s my pick of the variety Ken and Zac 👍🏾👍🏾
That thing looks like a mop bucket strainer
Raids are sexy af
@@eschrader I love the look of mop bucket strainers. How long have you been a janitor?
The fuel vectors look great. They remind me of the type of wheels you would actually see on a trophy truck or an ultra 4.
From the 10:00 minute mark that whine it makes as it comes towards the camera, hands down the best sound on the planet! 😱
I absolutely love this truck! But also very excited to see the Raptor R. When it comes out Ken needs to do the same thing to it.
The high speed handling was crazy to see 😮💨
This was a great video showing how awesome this truck is in the hands of one of the best professional drivers on the planet.
I like the color of the dirty paint after the test. That “matte sand blast” with the wheels they had on at the end looks perfect
The cut-scene pop-culture add-ons remind me of VH1 pop-up video nostalgia. Well done. Thank you.
Awesome video an awesome truck! Ken and Zac really enjoyed that! Also cool editing and choice when using music. 👍
Both Black Rhino’s in my opinion just complement the TRX extremely well, giving just enough black from the tire and wheel wells with a nice color flow that matches the rest of the truck. Plus side is that it makes it look as if the SandBlast Edition came stock with them.
1. Fuel Tech's are Fire!
2. I smiled at the pucker factor illustrated on their facial expressions
3. Love the truck.
Badass to see yall had fun in J Tree and JV! Love seeing yall out here
Oh man all the options are phenomenal BUT I have to say option #4 had me 😍 Rhino Raid wheels 🤘🏼those bronze colors really go well with the Ram paint job
I would go with option #2 or #3 for the wheels. The bronze does look awesome with the paint though.
I am a 75 year old retired Deputy Constable and a massage ADRENALINE JUNKIE and that truck sounds and runs like I still love to do once in a while. Thanks for the ride along. .
Your legacy lives within us now. We love you Ken. I hope all the hoonigan gang and the block family are doing ok we the fans support you all
Man, I liked the option 2 of wheel! The bronze wheel looks nice!
Awesome Ram truck, it should've come standard with a roll bar! I own a 2012 Ram 1500 Big Horn 4x4 5.7 hemi and I'm jealous guys, nice work on making this action filled video! 😎👍
Love the fact that you can hear the whine of the charger.
It looks like a full size version of an rc truck!
Guys, I gotta tell ya, the only wheel set IMHO that comes close to how nicely matched the factory wheels look is option 2. I do like the slightly darker shade of the seemingly matched color tone. But otherwise, I actually really like the factory wheels compared to the rest of the options. They really did a great job on the design of those. Love them actually. Wish I saw this video earlier!! 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Zac and Ken's chemistry is freaking awesome. Please dont stop filming things together.
Option 2 for the wheels, great video btw. This truck a beast!
Definitely another amazing video and definitely option #2 for the rim/tire use
I still can't believe it. I remember watching Gymkhana 7 and loving that VIOLENT MUSTANG!
Congratulations Ken and Alex for the win!!
Imagine being in the passenger while Ken Block does his thang in a Ram TRX….I would do anything 🫠
I would shit my 👖
Robby Gordon is the real deal.
Robby Gordon in a Raptor R vs Ken in the TRX
@@63Imp283 Unfortunately, the Raptor would probably break down lol
Damn 😞
Love watching Ken drive anything!
I work at a dealership and it was really cool seeing one of these in action
Ken's face though...when he is hooning....the concentration! 😂 Great test for an American super truck!
During the highspeed whoops I had to think of what Jay Leno always says: "It's a road hugging weight." 😁
But mad props to Zack for still riding shotgun with Ken - even if he knows it always will be a rough loud shakey sketchy hoonage... 😂
A Hoon'r from
Way back
Thats why zach rides along wdym LMAO
I have had mine for over a year and a half and I love it. Just ceramic coated it and undercoated it for its second winter. I got the rock rails and the Ram bar on mine and threw on a ADD pre rubber bumper built for the TRX with a 40 inch light bar and two cube pod lights. Next comes the rear bumper and lights as well
lol cool bro
The sound of that supercharger. Yes!!!
Rest in peace mate 🕊🕊
The wheel options that I would choose would be either 3 or 4
R.I.P. Ken🙏🏼, I wish I were zoomin with you in this vid. Huge fan of the TRX
The best wheel man to ever live!!! Gone to soon but enjoyed watchig everything you did!!!
Rest easy my guy leaving us at 55 is still young but you accomplished and did more stuff than any normal person can wish to do in 5 lifetimes #ripgymkhana
What happened to Ken, and how did he die. So sad😔
Sup Amigos😃
That's a good lookin' Beast
Sounds amazing
The second rim/tire goes great with that paint for sure
#3 looks great too
The standard beadlocks look at home on it too
Good stuff Dudes
Great truck Dodge
Handle all the freeway traffic you might ever come across too😄
Looks like a 🏁 to me
R.I.P that cabin air filter! 🤣Awesome video!
The best possible truck commercial ever. ❤
Option 2! Great video! Would love to see more of you driving the TRX. I love that truck, it's definitely the best truck out there. Eat it ford with your v6! I actually like the raptor but I'm just a Ram guy and a V8 guy
Definitely my top choice of truck if I could afford it and perfect wheels
still can't believe he's gone... dude really impacted me on fatherhood... RIP
Favorite part was the high speed handling
I like 2 and 4 bronze with the paint job looks sick!
Ravens head coach driving the hell out of that truck
Rest In Peace ken I didn’t watch u much as a 10year old but now I know wat a legend u are rip
This video was the reason that I ordered my sandblast, should arrive in 3 weeks time
Not normally a RAM fan but this is pretty cool! 700HP and 14" of travel nice!
I honestly really dig the stock wheels with bead locks, but if i were to choose. I would say option 4
i wanna see more details of that house, the truck can wait
The last wheel option 🔥
I’m always impressed when companies make a sexy vehicle, with all the numbers to back up how good it is: but when it’s actually stress tested, it performs well. Huge props to Ram
I so thought they were going over on that first dune lol
This thing really humbled Zac 😂 looks like a lot of fun but I'd definitely react the same in those "oh shit" moments
Perfect guy to try this ram out for testing. Would be cool to have Ram call and say we would like you to test our brand new TRX.
Omg i going to miss him. Shit feels unreal. Made the whole pandemic with good content before and after. I just cant process this.
Great JOB!! awesome presentation, do you get to keep the truck after the brutal test drive? I am not a Dodge guy, but what you've done has proven to me that this is way better than the new 2022 Tundra 4x4. i would prefer to have this 22 RAM TRX 4x4 any day.
What proved to you that it's >30 thousand dollars better than a Tundra?? You can beat the shit out of just about any new truck and it'll handle it, until you're cruising to work a few days later and the rear diff starts making a noise or the trans misses a shift, who knows?? I can't believe people are willing to spend nearly 100K on a truck and many of them still have serious quality issues with extremely expensive repairs. I can always fix my Toyota's cheap and easily...
@@dc6233 I currently daily drive my 1985 4runner Sr5 5 speed with the 22re and it sits on 35's with 5:29 gearing. this winter i am going to install Marlin Crawler dual transfer case box. well worth it.
Love this truck wish i could afford one!!
Your never going to get one if your always wishing work for it
@@mariaperez5933 you know shit about me! So keep your opinion to yourself
shia lebouf.gif lol
Best sale pitch for the TRX ever! I want one
Truck looks amazing, but in my head I keep telling myself.. That looks just like a Ranger. Love the video
My question is how do you keep those mirror windows on your home so damn clean.
he def has (or..had🥺..RIP) people to clean them for him.
This is a rentable place, like an air bnb.
@@heykuckma well…ken doesn’t clean much anymore
5:55 LOVING the Raids. Whatever you pick make sure its a bronze wheel (would love to see shiny polished or reflective bronze on a black truck). The Rapids look a little 80s ish on the style (I hate to say that being an 80s child myself), but That look when its covered in dust is just awesome. I KNEW this truck would be perfect for you (and me) but everyone p*ssyfoots it on the street and treats it like an old ferrari and babys it and does small pulls to show off. Or they get upset with the gas mileage and get rid of it. I know you said its not a trophy truck but dang it almost is stock but performs like one. I've been wanting to see this truck in full send mode and you delivered. You were THRASHING a stock truck like it WAS a trophy truck and it took like a champ. I've been wanting one of these trucks since they first came out but im always gun shy of RAM/Chrysler/Dodge (yes I know they are separate but the brand damage is done). Too many times I have had to deal with their paper mache transmissions. Basically their interiors and trans fall apart too fast for my liking, especially for the price but man this truck performed liked I hoped it would. I wanted to build an overlander with one.
Any of the rams with the 8 speed are fine because the are zf transmission they are stupid strong
@@square348apple3 Thank you for the reply. I've been trying to research them to see if there have been any changes and you are correct. Just researching how well their electronics hold up now.
You showed the way my friend!!! RIP up there and be sure we will always be thinking of you!!
Ram is great for letting you test it the way it was meant to be drive.
Going with Ken on this one option 2
IMHO - The factory wheels looked the best out of the lot, 2nd place goes to option 2.
I had no idea how much I missed this dude until I heard his voice, and I definitely miss watching his videos at work
Me too squeaky, me too😢
last option looks awesome I love the wheels
I want this truck! Also, Black Rhino Rapid looked best!
Always wondered what a power wheel sounds like with an exhaust system 🤔 😁
Some ppl think the loud the radiator is power steering 😂
You guys are cooking hats off to @ramteucks
Was hoping to see it go through a mild to medium woop section. Option 2 on the wheels for sure. Other then that, pretty freakin sweet!
Badass, you cant say they havent tested it good haha
How was the engine and transmission temperature through all that? I'm just curious because that's a lot of power to be cooling in sand.
@Forrest Strong - Yeah; good question because I was thinking the same thing. Ken is right “it’s not a trophy truck” but it did really well
It's surprisingly good tbh
Ken and zack need to do a car and coffee like show in this truck with people and drive off-road like this. They are driving like mad and can still have a conversation in the truck
Race in paradise the legend 🙏🏽🙏🏽there will never be another like him
Thanks to Ken and the hole crew for the video, it was very nice. But if you would have ran that Dodge like a Raptor like you used to, you would have broke that Dodge like brittle candy.
Nobody takes a V6 with a trombone style exhaust seriously anymore.
Uh what? Keep the fanboy idiocy to yourself next time.
@@SillyDillysTunes
Hello there
I am definitely a Hoonigan fan I appreciate all of there content, I don’t really have enough time to get to enjoy all of it.
I appreciate your comment in the fact that I could really care less about what you have to say.
Ken is a legendary racer and who are you????
It’s like this I’ve been a mechanic and into racing since 1973, I’ve worked on and with several racing teams and for the last 17 and a quarter years I worked as an inspector for San Bernardino in SoCal and Dodges just do not hold up at all to where they won’t buy them anymore.
Ford’s hold up really good, along with Toyota’s and Honda’s.
So I don’t just talk the talk but have many years of racing and running experience behind my opinions.
I’m only replying because of my appreciation for the entire Hoonigan team and or crew.
Take there and have a good time in life.
@@storytimedavidcollins2897 first off you do care because you made a large paragraph to explain yourself. Secondly I've built tons of cars myself and have a deep understanding of the engineering involved. Not just a wrench turner. Hilarious you want to talk to me about Dodge reliability. Comical.
@@SillyDillysTunes
No worries
It’s all good
I just don’t have any time for all this.
The interior on rams killed every competitor easily, love everything about this truck
When I saw the Raptor R interior is when I made my decision to get TRX.
It falls apart fast though 😂
The Black Rhino Raid in bronze...looked awesome
They all look very nice, option 2 And 3 are the best in my opinion dope truck