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Old 01-01-2011, 07:17 PM   #1
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Default First Test: 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392
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Dodge has revived the iconic HEMI 392 (6.4L) from the 50's, with 350kW on tap and 637Nm at 2900rpm !!

Should Mustang GT owners be worried?....

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Old 01-01-2011, 07:22 PM   #2
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Dodge has revived the iconic HEMI 392 (6.4L) from the 50's, with 350kW on tap and 637Nm at 2900rpm !!

Should Mustang GT owners be worried?....
I would reckon so ....

4.6 to 60mph and a 13.0 @ 111mph is up there.
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:23 PM   #3
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:27 PM   #4
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4200lb's!!!! how do they make them so heavy?
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:31 PM   #5
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Huge Torque but then again it is 6.4L..
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:48 PM   #6
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4200lb's!!!! how do they make them so heavy?
Dodge really should have designed a new (smaller) platform but it was most likely cost-cutting that made them use the 300C platform instead.

4260 lbs equals 1936kg, that's around 290kg heavier than the Mustang GT's !!
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:54 PM   #7
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I like but it seems its one trick pony, straight line speed soon as there is a corner it arches its back in protest same with the mustang (i do like the stang aswell)
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Old 01-01-2011, 07:59 PM   #8
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I like but it seems its one trick pony, straight line speed soon as there is a corner it arches its back in protest same with the mustang (i do like the stang aswell)
You must of missed the comparison between the M3 and GT,there was literally nothing in it on the track.
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Old 01-01-2011, 11:53 PM   #9
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Why compare it to a GT? Too scared of the GT500?
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looks like a fun car, comeing back to the old formula, bigger and bigger engines for more horsepower, some bolt ons and tuned up should be a scrotem tearer in a straight line.
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:04 AM   #11
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Am I the only one that thinks Challenger, Mustang and Camaro all look the same?
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:26 AM   #12
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bigger the better? obviously not
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Old 02-01-2011, 02:12 AM   #13
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Why compare it to a GT? Too scared of the GT500?
Because a 2011 GT500 would walk all over it...

GT500 - 12.3 @191kph
SRT8 - 13.0 @179kph
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Old 02-01-2011, 02:39 AM   #14
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It's the Challenger that should be worried, a V6 Ecoboost Mustang would make it look silly.
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Old 02-01-2011, 07:38 AM   #15
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You must of missed the comparison between the M3 and GT,there was literally nothing in it on the track.
Yep i have and i will admit the new Mustang if a step in the right direction, but previous creations havnt been so flash.
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Dodge has revived the iconic HEMI 392 (6.4L) from the 50's, with 350kW on tap and 637Nm at 2900rpm !!

Should Mustang GT owners be worried?....
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:01 AM   #17
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MOPAR Move Over People Are Racing I dont think the mustang should be to worried put it agants the GT 500 and see how it goes it will
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I don't think they should be worried - but if I was in the US and given the choice between which car I'd own. It'd be the Hemi - hands down.
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Old 02-01-2011, 12:57 PM   #20
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maybe this was with the driver just after a mc donalds run ...doc
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Mustang GT is a standard configuration, an SRT-8 is not. Not really comparable. But if you did compare them, a Mustang would still kill it on the corners at least. They are really two completely different cars.
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The sound of that Hemi almost caused me a chemical reaction in a place usually reserved for the wife!
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Its great seeing people going wild about these new muscle cars, but its a shame that our own aussie muscle cars aren't more recognised globally. I mean, the F6 and now the super charged GT and GS series are absolute monsters, and all packaged into a 'family' car.

Just shows how well Australian muscle cars really are.
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Thats Awesome, Looks tough and sounds the goods too. When can I get one?
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This might be a fair fight.
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Better than the Challenger we get here in Australia......
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