Players in the circle should know that Rowher Flats in Southern California is an ideal off-road resort. If you follow the route with obvious ruts, there is no difficulty, but if you want to “do not take the usual road”, then here you can give Off-road players bring enough exciting challenges, at least first of all, they need a car with excellent performance, such as the two Ram Prospector pickups built by AEV that we tested this time.
In the era when Ram pickups belonged to Dodge, the name “Prospector” already existed. As early as the 1970s and 1980s, the name Prospector was used as a model of Dodge models, and later used as an option. The name of the package, which even appeared in small pickups like the Mitsubishi D50, now appears again in a model built by AEV.
AEV is the abbreviation of American Expedition Vehicles (American Expedition Vehicles). This modification company has been active in this field for many years. Before that, the Jeep Wrangler they built successfully crossed Australia and experienced various severe postgraduate entrance examinations. In addition to the pursuit of off-road performance, the models they built are also loved by car fans for their domineering and powerful appearance. Now they have also launched a conversion kit for Ram pickups. In fact, as early as 2013, AEV had prepared a modified version of Ram to participate in the SEMA modified car show that year, but that car can be regarded as a concept at best. Car, what AEV brings this time is the mass-produced version that can really be owned by car fans.
The gray-painted Ram 2500 is replaced with 37-inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A off-road tires and 17-inch Salta HD wheels customized by AEV. The power has not changed, and it is still the original 410 horsepower 6.4 liter Hemi V8 engine. The other white Ram is more radical, using 40-inch Goodyear Wrangler MT/R tires and 17-inch AEV Katla wheels. In terms of power, it uses a 6.7-liter Cummins turbo with 325 horsepower and 1016N m The inline six-cylinder engine, what is more unique is that this car has been replaced with a custom cargo box, very Australian style, and uses a side lift design.
PS. Among the two sets of wheels customized by AEV, Salta is a city in Argentina; Katla is a volcano in Iceland.
These two cars use a lot of AEV custom accessories, the bumper made of 4mm forged steel plate looks very strong, and the winch device is integrated. Larger tires naturally require more chassis space, so AEV raised the chassis of these two cars, upgraded the shock absorbers and springs of the suspension system, and also upgraded the control arms, etc. The upgrade guarantees the precision of the steering. A gray model gets a 3.5-inch rise, and a white pickup gets a 4-inch rise.
The raised chassis makes passengers have to enter the cabin through the pedals, and AEV has prepared Amp Research pedals for customers to ensure that customers can easily get on and off the car. When entering the car, the first thing you feel is that the viewing angle is very different from that of ordinary Ram pickups. Although the actual height of the car is only increased by 3.5 and 4 inches, it feels 6 inches higher. The higher field of view can bring a wider field of view, but the close distance around the body also produces some blind spots, so AEV engineers installed a camera at the bottom of the front of the white pickup truck to provide the driver with enough field of vision .
Although the size of the tires has increased a lot compared with the standard model, it does not feel too much burden in actual driving. The excellent tuning of the steering and suspension system makes these two cars very easy to drive. The 6.4-liter and 6.7-liter engines provide With plenty of power, traversing the Rowher Flats should be no problem for either car.
As mentioned earlier, these two cars are the Ram pickups officially mass-produced by AEV. Even for existing Ram owners, as long as you have a 2500 or 3500 pickup, you can buy the package provided by AEV to upgrade yourself , priced from $13,925.
