a few things to keep in mind. the challenger is going to weight 4140, as stated by dodge. lets assume thats a track weight minus a driver, and when you tack on the weight of a 200lb driver, you have 4340. the 6.1L engine is stated to make 425 crank hp, but several tests have proven that to be low, and with the actual number to be around 450-460. i believe that motor trend got something like 458. so lets assume 450 at the crank and 4340lbs. assuming sound traction (which could definately be a problem) and assuming a drivetrain loss of 20%, that gives you 360 whp and 4340lbs, and that would yield roughly a 13.3 at 103mph. that comes from a track calculator that has showed accurate results for a few of my vehicles..and for this test, im using an hp number that i consider to be pretty conservative...it will likely make more than 360whp...but i would expect at least mid 13s with the 6.1, if the car can hook.

you can also look at is this way...an srt8 charger traps around 105mph, i believe...and using that, and the track weight of 4300lbs, that gives you around 388whp. 388whp in a 4340lb car gives you 13.0 at 105mph...i believe that chrysler quoted the car at 13 flat. i have seen srt8 cars run into the 1270s with good tires and a hard launch...with the only other mods, i believe were CAI and catback...very mild power adders.

then again, a slightly shorter wheelbase from the lx will technically yield more whp...

i figure that the average person who is going to pay a top dollar for the first run of auto challengers will be lucky to see the 12s, as they arent going to spend much time learning how to launch, or spend the money on tires that will only last a few months.

when people like me get their hands on them, we will spend some time cleaning up the reputation of car show queens that the first wave of challengers and most of the higher end chargers have laid upon others with high performance mopars. its disappointing how awful the rep of "mopar guys" has become on the non-mopar sites, and that is about 95% due to the attitude of srt4 and the lx owners.