'10 Challenger R/T - burned by a soccer mom

[randycat99]

...not in N Texas! Challenger numbers may be rivaling Toyota Camry's out here. I have no idea what that's about.

[04bluesrt4]

I was tempted to go to the dark side by the new 5.0. The thing that stopped me was the 100 to 1 ratio of mustangs to challengers around the Indy area. And, on street nights here, my 392 hasnt lost to a non-supercharged mustang yet, not even a couple 5.0s that were modded. I do like the new mustangs, but usually, me and my brother are the only challengers on street night vs 30 or more mustangs.

[corybeaird]

procharge it. walking all over those 5.0's lol

[Cuda]

A guy in 6-speed R/T that doesn't know how to drive it is going to get smoked by a mom in a 5.0 Automatic EVERYTIME.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Challenger Deep

Thanks Litos. I am pretty sure he has a stock exhaust but he has had the car tuned. I have my car tuned as well running a 93 CAI tune. I don't know if he is serious to race and wants me to slap down $1000 dollars on hood. that is a lot of cash

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based on the information you're giving us, i think the guy is full of sheet and just trying to scare you out of a race that he is going to lose.

there is no way that he can beat a Challenger from 0-100mph with just a tune, stock turbo and stock ehaust.

is this kid like 19 or 20 years old or something, because he's borderline retarded......

from a dead stop, you will launch out about 3 cars on him because of the simple fact that his FWD car is going to blow up the tires....

and even after he gets traction, i don't see him running you down by the time you hit 100mph - if he does, then he's highly modded, meaning big turbo, full 3" down pipe/exhaust, bigger intercoler.

if i were you, i'd take his money.....

[rscarawa]

Originally Posted by huggytree

if you want to compete with a 5.0 you need a 392 automatic

then a soccer mom with a 2013 gt500 will still kick your @ss

the Challenger cant compete with a car 800lbs+ less

Ford is a smart company right now....they have a similar car for 1/2 the price, better mileage, less HP and yet can beat/tie the 392 Challenger...yea the Challenger looks better, but for the masses the Mustang is good enough..thats why you see 100 Mustangs to 1 Challenger

Fyi. Gt500 is 3845lbs. Srt8 is 4170. Not 800 lbs difference by any means.

[rscarawa]

Originally Posted by corybeaird

procharge it. walking all over those 5.0's lol

I bet it would only take 2 to 3 lbs of boost on a 5.7 to do it by my estimation.

[corybeaird]

yeah im sure. i have 5lbs on my 5.7 and toast the doors off 5.0 and ss all day. now a 5.0 with mods and a good tune, and ill need more boost.

Originally Posted by rscarawa

I bet it would only take 2 to 3 lbs of boost on a 5.7 to do it by my estimation.

[rscarawa]

Originally Posted by corybeaird

yeah im sure. i have 5lbs on my 5.7 and toast the doors off 5.0 and ss all day. now a 5.0 with mods and a good tune, and ill need more boost.

Do any of the super chargers for the 5.7 have different pullies for adjusting boost? In the long term, I would like one that would allow 0-6 or so lbs of boost depending on pully size.

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by rscarawa

Fyi. Gt500 is 3845lbs. Srt8 is 4170. Not 800 lbs difference by any means.

The GT is 3603/3650. Not 800, but still a significant difference.

http://media.ford.com/images/10031/2...g_GT_Specs.pdf