New Dodge Challenger
02-11-2008, 09:07 PM
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4 piston Brimbo brakes with 14.2 '' rotors in the front,13.8 in the rear,, 20"wheels, 245/45 front, 255/55 rear, 13 speaker system with 500 watts total , 200 watt sub,push button start,touch screen system 30 gig hard drive ,voice recognition,bluetooth, onboard performance electronics for 0-60 time, 60-0 time, g force, and quarter mile times.rear 5 link independent suspension, ESC, ABS, tire pressure monitors,all speed traction control, 5 passenger seating,425 hp, 420 ft lb torque,13.8 1/4 mi.time, .9 G skidpad, 170 mph top speed, 0-60 ,4.9 secs, 0-100-0 in 16.5 seconds, $37,320 plus $675 destination charge and $2,100 guzzler tax=$40,095. Sounds pretty damn good to me. Imagine what a few mods would turn it into!
And how does 425 horsepower only get a 13.8 quarter? That's pretty sad. Sorry, but if that's all 425 horsepower gets you I don't think you're going to do much better with mods.
Where are all these performance numbers coming from, anyway? I don't think anyone's actually driven it yet.
02-11-2008, 09:14 PM
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Pretty sad, considering my Camaro ran a 12.9 with just exhaust. I'm sure with some mods the car will be quick, but it's always nice to be fast when you first buy it, too.
Also, just wanted to point out that the SRT-8 Challenger will not be offered in manual the first production year, but it WILL be offered after that.
Also, just wanted to point out that the SRT-8 Challenger will not be offered in manual the first production year, but it WILL be offered after that.
02-11-2008, 09:20 PM
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[QUOTE=SlayerRX8;2293001]Pretty sad, considering my Camaro ran a 12.9 with just exhaust. I'm sure with some mods the car will be quick, but it's always nice to be fast when you first buy it, too...QUOTE]
Maybe I got ripped off but did your 8 run a 12.9 when you first bought it?
Ha, I'm just kidding, I know what you're saying and I completely agree.
Maybe I got ripped off but did your 8 run a 12.9 when you first bought it?
Ha, I'm just kidding, I know what you're saying and I completely agree.
02-12-2008, 01:12 PM
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I think Dodge nailed it with this car. It looks just like the concept and i think it looks great. It will sell on its good looks alone. HOWEVER it is WAY too heavy. I thought that Ford had messed up when their SVT stang weighed in at about 38##lbs but this car is stupid heavy (a least it has IRS). And not offering it in a stick?!?! 
Whats the point of all that power if you can't use it?
Performance wise i see GM cleaning up with the Camaro. It will be about the same weight as a stang GT and have an LS X motor which IMO is the best V8 out their right now.
Whats the point of all that power if you can't use it? Performance wise i see GM cleaning up with the Camaro. It will be about the same weight as a stang GT and have an LS X motor which IMO is the best V8 out their right now.
02-12-2008, 03:58 PM
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whats with all this retro design plaging the american auto industry. First, thecamaro then now the charger. at least the GTO looks a bit modern. But cant they come up with a desing that will redefine the badge for the new era. i dont see mercedez or bmw doing any retro designs. Why does the US keep trying to bring back the olden days when the US ruled the automotive market? Those days are long gone. just my opinion.
04-26-2008, 08:23 AM
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I own a 2008 Dodge Charger SRT-8 with a Mopar CAI, Mopar Corsa Cat-Back and a Diablosport 93 performance tune with raised shift points and redline...
She is making about 450hp and 450 Torque
0-60: 4.69 Seconds
60-0: 110 Feet (That is world class performance, very big Brembos with factory slotted rotors)
1/4 Mile: 12.7 @ 112 (The trick is the launch with so much torque)
Top speed with the raised redline is 175mph
With a few more mods she will run low 12s high 11s in the 1/4 and with a supercharger 4-6K she will run the mid to low 11s...
One of the guys running a 75 Zex kit is running...
1/4 Mile ET: 11.880
1/4 Mile MPH: 116.780
1/8 Mile ET: 7.660
1/8 Mile MPH: 92.150
0-60 Foot ET: 1.800
Temperature F: 85.0
I have attached a pic of the timesheet...
The car is very well built, drives great, handles great, sounds great, is very comfortable and is a blast... For what it is, it can't be beat...
I will also be taking delivery of a 2009 Challanger with the 6 speed sometime in Nov-Dec... That car is getting a supercharger and will be making 600+ hp...
She is making about 450hp and 450 Torque
0-60: 4.69 Seconds
60-0: 110 Feet (That is world class performance, very big Brembos with factory slotted rotors)
1/4 Mile: 12.7 @ 112 (The trick is the launch with so much torque)
Top speed with the raised redline is 175mph
With a few more mods she will run low 12s high 11s in the 1/4 and with a supercharger 4-6K she will run the mid to low 11s...
One of the guys running a 75 Zex kit is running...
1/4 Mile ET: 11.880
1/4 Mile MPH: 116.780
1/8 Mile ET: 7.660
1/8 Mile MPH: 92.150
0-60 Foot ET: 1.800
Temperature F: 85.0
I have attached a pic of the timesheet...
The car is very well built, drives great, handles great, sounds great, is very comfortable and is a blast... For what it is, it can't be beat...
I will also be taking delivery of a 2009 Challanger with the 6 speed sometime in Nov-Dec... That car is getting a supercharger and will be making 600+ hp...
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04-26-2008, 02:19 PM
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I own a 2008 Dodge Charger SRT-8 with a Mopar CAI, Mopar Corsa Cat-Back and a Diablosport 93 performance tune with raised shift points and redline...
She is making about 450hp and 450 Torque
0-60: 4.69 Seconds
60-0: 110 Feet (That is world class performance, very big Brembos with factory slotted rotors)
1/4 Mile: 12.7 @ 112 (The trick is the launch with so much torque)
Top speed with the raised redline is 175mph
With a few more mods she will run low 12s high 11s in the 1/4 and with a supercharger 4-6K she will run the mid to low 11s...
One of the guys running a 75 Zex kit is running...
1/4 Mile ET: 11.880
1/4 Mile MPH: 116.780
1/8 Mile ET: 7.660
1/8 Mile MPH: 92.150
0-60 Foot ET: 1.800
Temperature F: 85.0
I have attached a pic of the timesheet...
The car is very well built, drives great, handles great, sounds great, is very comfortable and is a blast... For what it is, it can't be beat...
I will also be taking delivery of a 2009 Challanger with the 6 speed sometime in Nov-Dec... That car is getting a supercharger and will be making 600+ hp...
She is making about 450hp and 450 Torque
0-60: 4.69 Seconds
60-0: 110 Feet (That is world class performance, very big Brembos with factory slotted rotors)
1/4 Mile: 12.7 @ 112 (The trick is the launch with so much torque)
Top speed with the raised redline is 175mph
With a few more mods she will run low 12s high 11s in the 1/4 and with a supercharger 4-6K she will run the mid to low 11s...
One of the guys running a 75 Zex kit is running...
1/4 Mile ET: 11.880
1/4 Mile MPH: 116.780
1/8 Mile ET: 7.660
1/8 Mile MPH: 92.150
0-60 Foot ET: 1.800
Temperature F: 85.0
I have attached a pic of the timesheet...
The car is very well built, drives great, handles great, sounds great, is very comfortable and is a blast... For what it is, it can't be beat...
I will also be taking delivery of a 2009 Challanger with the 6 speed sometime in Nov-Dec... That car is getting a supercharger and will be making 600+ hp...
You went from a '06 Z06 and a Supercharged '06 Mustang GT w/ 620 whp no less AND a '06 Ford GT to a Charger SRT8?
My best friend in Orlando has a Charger SRT8 but yours must be one bad *** ride. Let's see some pics.
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04-26-2008, 03:12 PM
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The world is run by baby boomers right now.... These are the kinda cars that kids had posters of on there walls. I'm sure sales will be good for all of them...
Do I like em... yup
Is it my idea of a sports car? Nope its a muscle car
Do I like em... yup
Is it my idea of a sports car? Nope its a muscle car
04-26-2008, 04:31 PM
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I happened to take drivers training in a Dodge Charger with a pistol grip 4 speed. Yes, I had pictures of Mopar muscle cars hanging on my wall. I quickly learned better and have only owned 2 V8 powered cars in my life.
While the Challenger looks as good today as it did then, I'll pass. I like my cars smaller and lighter. I like to turn corners, instead off plowing of in terminal understeer.
While the Challenger looks as good today as it did then, I'll pass. I like my cars smaller and lighter. I like to turn corners, instead off plowing of in terminal understeer.
04-26-2008, 07:03 PM
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You're just spouting Detroit ad copy rubbish. Ford and Chrysler are both going broke and that's the only reason they're "making them like they used to." That's all they know how to do- they have no idea how to design a decent product anymore so Chrysler is using the Mustang strategy: build a car like you did in the sixties, and sell it to old guys who remember them as better than they were and young guys who think they look cool and don't know what a live real axle is. Shame this car is gonna suck like a dimestore hooker, but feel free to shell out forty large for lead sled with a tractor engine in it. It'll be another American point-and-shoot city bus with a lunch tray interior. And everybody's gonna love it. Since I for one know that a several ton vehicle with a jillion horsepower is more commonly known as a garbage truck, I'll pass.
The damn car looks like some 70s retro sh*t that Starsky and Hutch or the "good old boys" from the Dukes Of Hazzard would jump out of. Like "what the f*ck" . This is 2008 and NOT 1978 or 1968.
Performance wise, the main impressive thing is the straight line numbers, which are OK for $40K and not earth shattering or anything. It looks about as much fun on turns, as turning a tank. This does not look like it will impress many kinds of chicks either.
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04-26-2008, 11:14 PM
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^ I agree with you 100%... But you know, these US car companies wouldn't be going retro if it didn't make them money. It's all targeting the baby boomers that are now in their 50's. They got money in their pockets, kids are away from home and they want to re-live their youth... what better way than this?
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
04-26-2008, 11:44 PM
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^ I agree with you 100%... But you know, these US car companies wouldn't be going retro if it didn't make them money. It's all targeting the baby boomers that are now in their 50's. They got money in their pockets, kids are away from home and they want to re-live their youth... what better way than this?
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
04-29-2008, 10:25 PM
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Still have the 2006 Ford GT, SRT-8 is the daily driver that will be passed on to the wife when her R350 goes back in a few months...
Next project car will be the Challanger... Never a dull moment...
I may actually do another rotary if Mazda comes out with a more powerful car in the future...
Rx8 was a fun project and a nice car. And for those that are knocking the Dodge, go drive one before you go off making negative comments on it... Sure it is 4100 Lbs, but it drives very nice and is a very comfortable fast car for what it is...
Next project car will be the Challanger... Never a dull moment...
I may actually do another rotary if Mazda comes out with a more powerful car in the future...
Rx8 was a fun project and a nice car. And for those that are knocking the Dodge, go drive one before you go off making negative comments on it... Sure it is 4100 Lbs, but it drives very nice and is a very comfortable fast car for what it is...
04-30-2008, 08:25 AM
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^ I agree with you 100%... But you know, these US car companies wouldn't be going retro if it didn't make them money. It's all targeting the baby boomers that are now in their 50's. They got money in their pockets, kids are away from home and they want to re-live their youth... what better way than this?
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
Hell, when the import tuner generation gets old, every one will be saying "I wish I still had my Type R!"
04-30-2008, 08:38 AM
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i have to admit the muscle cars look has really grown on me the same one tat charger, camero and mustang was retroing.. (shows u how little i know about the actual cars)
i used to hate muscle car with a passion, but now i like em for what they are, v8 american muscles.
tat said....i'd still drive import anyday =p
and propz to the dodge chargers, i would never dare to run from a highway patrol car now.
i used to hate muscle car with a passion, but now i like em for what they are, v8 american muscles.
tat said....i'd still drive import anyday =p
and propz to the dodge chargers, i would never dare to run from a highway patrol car now.
04-30-2008, 10:23 AM
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Which do i prefer. i guess i would go with the challengers, since Cuda is one of my favorite cars. I think its pretty cool that they are brining back the retro look. to me only ppl who buy them are ppl who are fans of that car. like us buying the rx8, because we are fans of the rotary.
I know ppl say its stupid to bring back these cars, because one its to heavy, 2 its a auto, 3 its retro. but these cars are not for me or you. its for ppl like our fathers who are in their 55's+ want to have something from their youth. I do not think they even care what the 0-60 is. they just want something they think that looks hot in their youth times.
but that is just my opinion.
I know ppl say its stupid to bring back these cars, because one its to heavy, 2 its a auto, 3 its retro. but these cars are not for me or you. its for ppl like our fathers who are in their 55's+ want to have something from their youth. I do not think they even care what the 0-60 is. they just want something they think that looks hot in their youth times.
but that is just my opinion.