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Old May 11, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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Default SRT8 Challenger vs ISF?

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...llenger-review

vs ISF with headers, exhaust? Looks to be similar numbers for performance times... I had one egg me on today, just curious. Not bench racing... just curious... Man did it sound good when he was getting on it!
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Old May 11, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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I raced SRT8 300 and beat him with my bone stock F . I think challenger is even heavier than 300 .
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Old May 12, 2012 | 05:46 AM
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If you have headers and exhaust, as long as you can hook up, you could smoke a stock 392 Challenger at every measurable performance test. I imagine they have a much harder time hooking up with that much power and the thin tires they keep putting on em. I think I have seen reports though of those going as fast as 12.6 or maybe even faster in completely stock form, so it would definitely be no walk in the park. It is a heavy pig, but a pig with *****.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Even if you lost he's driving an American car so you won
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Old May 12, 2012 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by darbs242
Even if you lost he's driving an American car so you won
Haha he speaks the truth. I do like the challenger compared to other newer body muscle cars though
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Old May 12, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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you will walk a srt8 from a roll no problem in stock form. new or old, they are still a big boat.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by qsz06
I raced SRT8 300 and beat him with my bone stock F . I think challenger is even heavier than 300 .
The new 300 SRT8 has a listed curb weight of 4365 while the Challenger SRT8 is listed at 4160 with an automatic. Based purely on power to weight ratio the Challenger is carrying less pounds per hp than the IS-F.

It appears that the Challenger SRT8 comes with narrow 245/45 20s from the factory which won't help the car out of the hole. I imagine with better tires the stock Challenger would be pretty quick in a stop light drag race.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by darbs242
Even if you lost he's driving an American car so you won
lol what? There are some great American cars out there!

Challenger is a nice looking car with some grunt, however they are VERY heavy (based on Charger/300C platform)
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Old May 12, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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OP, the F has the better transmission and good gearing vs the old 5-speed in the SRT (albeit it can handle massive power), not to mention has a much lighter curb weight. The 6.1L Hemi put out 425hp and 425lbft

Originally Posted by darbs242
Even if you lost he's driving an American car so you won
Seriously? It's narrow minded and ignorant claims like this that are a root cause of social degradation
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Old May 12, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
OP, the F has the better transmission and good gearing vs the old 5-speed in the SRT (albeit it can handle massive power), not to mention has a much lighter curb weight. The 6.1L Hemi put out 425hp and 425lbft



Seriously? It's narrow minded and ignorant claims like this that are a root cause of social degradation
social degradation hahaha
id say its more the women that are out of control
the men that allow it
those damn rap videos
and the current state of popular music:thumb up:
religion
people owning land that they do not occupy
then its people who drive american cars
fix the above=world peace and prosperity
this is the word of hahaha
thanks be to hahaha
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Originally Posted by hahahaf
social degradation hahaha
id say its more the women that are out of control
the men that allow it
those damn rap videos
and the current state of popular music:thumb up:
religion
people owning land that they do not occupy
then its people who drive american cars
fix the above=world peace and prosperity
this is the word of hahaha
thanks be to hahaha
lol wtf.

I would rather blame Liberals/Democrats for the fall of Society.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by hahahaf
social degradation hahaha
id say its more the women that are out of control
the men that allow it
those damn rap videos
and the current state of popular music:thumb up:
religion
people owning land that they do not occupy
then its people who drive american cars
fix the above=world peace and prosperity
this is the word of hahaha
thanks be to hahaha
Bored are we?

But I gotta say this made me crack up " id say its more the women that are out of control"
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Old May 12, 2012 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by DCoolBeans
Bored are we?

But I gotta say this made me crack up " id say its more the women that are out of control"
hahaha i was bored
I joke i joke
most of the time I just think like that to many of the posts around here and keep it to myself lol
this time one got out
forgive me hahaha
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Old May 12, 2012 | 06:01 PM
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New ones are 470 hp/470 torque. It's a drivers race but with headers and exhaust, you should walk him.
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Old May 12, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Dude you will destroy those heavy fckers, i got on one with intake full exhaust and i never saw him next to me. Now with headers, in going for a 302 boss
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