OK, so the Challenger needs to go on a diet. Jeremiah, you hit the nail on the head, the LX platform is very heavy. Its holding the proformance numbers back. I feel sorry for the street car owners, and the Challenger SS(race only) owners. The SS will suffer in competition trying to lay down a good ET. Mopar proformance does not offer a 6.1L aluminum block yet (maybe never). But, for the SS and the street guy that is loaded. An aluminum block should trim 100 lbs off the front end (more weight transfer to the rear wheels). Sure a lighter platform would be nicer, but we only have so much to work with at this time.

The down fall is we are the first ones in a long line. We will wait for roughly six months on an ordered car. We will own an SRT8 long before any proformance parts are available. And will be out performed on the street until these proformance parts get to us.

This has happened to me before. I could out run a stock mustang 5.0, but couldn't when they had a computer and an exhaust system. Something simple, but could produce big gains.