Charger SRT8 6.1 vs 2011 5.0
07-24-2012, 12:12 AM
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Charger SRT8 6.1 vs 2011 5.0 Had a good run with a sky blue (I dont know if thats what its called so correct me) 5.0 out in the desert. Its crazy because I have never seen this much competition on the road at the same time. There was a Boss 302 about 4 cars ahead an LS2 C6 next to me and the 5.0 about 2 cars back. I had my fingers crossed we would all go the same way but we didnt the C6 and the Boss took the exit and me and the 5.0 paced each other for about a good 10 miles waiting to hit the open highway. The 5.0 was lowered, dark windows and from what I could hear when we exchanged ricer flybys he definitely had some kind of cat back.
The Race: We finally got nothing but open desert highway and he lowers his window and points forward lets go, I agree and say you honk it off. He downshifts and I can see his arm gesture letting me know its a 6-Speed. I dont know what gear he was in but I was in 2nd right in my powerband. He did the 3 and we were off. Right off the bat I had a slow pull on him tho he did hang in there pretty good up to 120 we finished with me a car ahead about how most of my races with stock or lightly modded 5.0's go. He was a younger guy around my age so Im hoping hes on the forums he was cool gave me a thumbs up and cruised the rest of the way. I would like to find out his mods I know it was a 6-Speed and exhaust
My mods are Intake, Catback, Tune
Car looked like this but lowered
The Race: We finally got nothing but open desert highway and he lowers his window and points forward lets go, I agree and say you honk it off. He downshifts and I can see his arm gesture letting me know its a 6-Speed. I dont know what gear he was in but I was in 2nd right in my powerband. He did the 3 and we were off. Right off the bat I had a slow pull on him tho he did hang in there pretty good up to 120 we finished with me a car ahead about how most of my races with stock or lightly modded 5.0's go. He was a younger guy around my age so Im hoping hes on the forums he was cool gave me a thumbs up and cruised the rest of the way. I would like to find out his mods I know it was a 6-Speed and exhaust
My mods are Intake, Catback, Tune
Car looked like this but lowered
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07-24-2012, 10:15 PM
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Nice run with the 5.0. No offense though, the SRT8 is no match for the C6. Ran my buddies 6.1 SRT8 Challenger 6-speed and it wasnt even close (i was a bit surprised at how bad i beat him). I miss shifts in the 1st and 3rd runs (with my top down) and I still put bus lengths on him. Mine is an 07 LS2 Z51 6-speed Convertible (intake and catback only in the vid). Too much weight for the SRT8 to lug round to beat a C6.
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Nice run with the 5.0. No offense though, the SRT8 is no match for the C6. Ran my buddies 6.1 SRT8 Challenger 6-speed and it wasnt even close (i was a bit surprised at how bad i beat him). I miss shifts in the 1st and 3rd runs (with my top down) and I still put bus lengths on him. Mine is an 07 LS2 Z51 6-speed Convertible (intake and catback only in the vid). Too much weight for the SRT8 to lug round to beat a C6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqS0l...mheSYQJr4r1kDu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqS0l...mheSYQJr4r1kDu
Here i am racing a C6 LS2 with MORE mods than me and he only beat me by a tenth. The video will make u think it was more than it was cause he red lighted and i cut a bad light...
Watching your video reminds me of how a LS3 would pull a stock 6.1. Idk what the issues were but that is def not the normal outcome with a LS2 vs 6.1 Im by no means saying the 6.1 is faster, its not. I just know for a fact that its a closer race than that.
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You sure about that??
Here i am racing a C6 LS2 with MORE mods than me and he only beat me by a tenth. The video will make u think it was more than it was cause he red lighted and i cut a bad light...
Watching your video reminds me of how a LS3 would pull a stock 6.1. Idk what the issues were but that is def not the normal outcome with a LS2 vs 6.1 Im by no means saying the 6.1 is faster, its not. I just know for a fact that its a closer race than that.
Here i am racing a C6 LS2 with MORE mods than me and he only beat me by a tenth. The video will make u think it was more than it was cause he red lighted and i cut a bad light...
Watching your video reminds me of how a LS3 would pull a stock 6.1. Idk what the issues were but that is def not the normal outcome with a LS2 vs 6.1 Im by no means saying the 6.1 is faster, its not. I just know for a fact that its a closer race than that.
There are 4 runs on that vid I posted, all the same outcome dig or roll. I'm even MISSING GEARS and still pulling lengths like that. I dont know what else to tell you. My friend is a really good driver (you can hear him rowing through the gears well). His SRT-8 runs well and he hasnt lost any races to other cars id expect him to beat. As far as I know, I dont have a factory freak (although that would be nice
).
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Nice run with the 5.0. No offense though, the SRT8 is no match for the C6. Ran my buddies 6.1 SRT8 Challenger 6-speed and it wasnt even close (i was a bit surprised at how bad i beat him). I miss shifts in the 1st and 3rd runs (with my top down) and I still put bus lengths on him. Mine is an 07 LS2 Z51 6-speed Convertible (intake and catback only in the vid). Too much weight for the SRT8 to lug round to beat a C6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqS0l...mheSYQJr4r1kDu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqS0l...mheSYQJr4r1kDu
6.1 - Headers, Catback, CAI, Tune
C6 LS2 - Headers, Catback, CAI, Tune
07-25-2012, 02:21 AM
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I think a lot of people underestimate the LS2 in the C6. Although the LS3 certainly dyno's better, the real world 1/4 mile difference is not that much. Put a Non-Z51 LS3 vs. a Z51 LS2 and the race is fairly close. The 6-speed gearing as part of the Z51 package is perfect for the LS2, particularly the 1st 3 gears. It is a KEY option to have on the LS2 6-speed C6's (only 30% of LS2 6-speeds out there have the Z51 package).
There are 4 runs on that vid I posted, all the same outcome dig or roll. I'm even MISSING GEARS and still pulling lengths like that. I dont know what else to tell you. My friend is a really good driver (you can hear him rowing through the gears well). His SRT-8 runs well and he hasnt lost any races to other cars id expect him to beat. As far as I know, I dont have a factory freak (although that would be nice).
There are 4 runs on that vid I posted, all the same outcome dig or roll. I'm even MISSING GEARS and still pulling lengths like that. I dont know what else to tell you. My friend is a really good driver (you can hear him rowing through the gears well). His SRT-8 runs well and he hasnt lost any races to other cars id expect him to beat. As far as I know, I dont have a factory freak (although that would be nice
).