anyone familiar with challengers?
10-05-2018, 07:26 PM
#1
anyone familiar with challengers? little run in with a challenger, never fully raced but he kept trying to get away from me, tried 3 times and after about 7 seconds or so i was ready to let off. then slows down and i can tell he wants to get next to me. so i pass him casually far left lane, he comes from the far right line to the middle and has his window down looking at me. then 2 seconds later hits it but it was an awkward spot in traffic plus sweeping turns with multiple bumps so again didn't get a chance to really pass him, but i guess he just wanted to see what was keeping up with his fancy car since he clearly wasnt planning on an honest race after seeing my headlights only getting brighter in his rearview not dimmer.
anyway, i dont get many opportunities to mess around in my area so pretty happy with the turnout, but just trying to figure out what type of challenger it was? id be sad if it was a regular v8 and not a scat pack. i did look and couldn't see any hellcat looking fender badges. it was semi quiet honestly, but it did have a light up triangle on the rear bumper if that helps. unsure if thats aftermarket tho. i was in my HCI 4th gen
anyway, i dont get many opportunities to mess around in my area so pretty happy with the turnout, but just trying to figure out what type of challenger it was? id be sad if it was a regular v8 and not a scat pack. i did look and couldn't see any hellcat looking fender badges. it was semi quiet honestly, but it did have a light up triangle on the rear bumper if that helps. unsure if thats aftermarket tho. i was in my HCI 4th gen
10-05-2018, 07:55 PM
#3
The only thing I can think of is that if he was keeping up with you at all and you are at 420+ rwhp, then it was most likely a 392 version. I had a 5.7 Charger and those modded out similar to your car would be at 440rwhp but also weigh at least 600 pounds more, so even that wouldn't have kept up with you and it would have been loud most likely. The 6.1 SRT8s were quicker than the Eagle head 5.7s but not comparable to the 6.4l. Kind of a middle ground. I'm thinking it was a stock 6.4l. I wondered how our cars with 400+ to the wheels would compare to a stock Scat Pack or SRT. I'm also assuming you are driving a LS1 Camaro or Firebird.
10-05-2018, 08:02 PM
#6
yea i made 460 with an m6 though a 9 inch.....he was in front and i read his mind all 3 times based off of traffic and the straights. i wasnt ever riding his ***, id say each time he was about 100 feet in front of me, he would get the half a second head start cause i let him, and after 3 seconds or so i was gaining then by 8-9 seconds id have to let off, feather, etc......
10-06-2018, 05:33 PM
#14
Have quite a bit of experience running Scat packs. Stock and lightly modded they are very close to a 6gen. About .2 and 2 mph slower same track same day. Once you get deeper into heavy bolt ons and further the gap grows. Partially because of the limited aftermarket. Stock with a tire they can hit an 11.9 in very good air
10-13-2018, 09:18 PM
#16
Teching In
10-28-2018, 08:58 PM
#17
TECH Enthusiast
My buddy is a mopar guy. He has owned two 5.7 challengers (stick/auto) srt challenger, 392 Scat charger and now a hell cat. 392’s have a nice tone to them. There louder at start up and kinda quiet cruising. The hell cat is pretty damn loud at start and cruising. I work at a dodge dealer so I hear them all the time. I raced him at the track and seen him run several times. He averaged 12.6’s with a best of 12.5. Pretty sure his best 60ft was a 1.8 or 1.9 ? That’s messing with t/c on, part off, totally off and playing with launch control/tires pressure. He also tried the different suspension setting. If he had dr’s I’m sure he could’ve knocked of a couple tenths. We both were kinda expecting lower 12’s. I was averaging 12.2-12.3 that day. Only raced one time from a 65 to 95ish and I was surprised he didn’t leave me. It was pretty even. I’m sure the higher we went in mph he would pull away. Buddy got the hell cat shortly after that. Other buddy has a 6.1 srt 300c. Has exhaust/intake/tune. Hasn’t taking it to the track. Runs good for what it is. They would perform much better if they weren’t so heavy. H/c hauls *** even though it’s a tank lol
Last edited by ironmikektm525; 10-29-2018 at 07:42 AM.