ORIGINAL: lear4406
OK boys there it is, on paper. 370 ponies for the R/T autostick. 375 for the 6-speed.
All the whining and crying can stop... unless you found something new in the post
Patience my friends and now all the comparisons are just speculation. This puts a wrinkle in your shorts for those who have thought to use Charger data and compare it to other numbers known about other cars. Nows the time to refigure those numbers and compare them when we have hard numbers on the R/T. 375 ponies from the R/T now that will make you slap your mama. Well don't really slap your mama... thats just a colorful southern saying.
But its still really good numbers
Thank you Dodge I knew you would'nt dissapoint... so to all the naysayers if the R/T was your choice happy birthday and heres 20-25 more HP.
and some more torque to boot.
Waaahhh! I wanted more than 404ft-lbs, the Ram got that and more hp, why can't I have more.[sm=boohoo.gif][sm=morning.gif]
Just kidding, I'm quite please to hear these results, even if it wasn't as high as I was hoping, it is still very significant. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the 5.7L already had dual spark plugs per cylinder. I think that was a mistake the writer made. The compression is now at 10.5 to 1, that's higher than the 6.1L (10.3 to 1). I guess the reason for the different output and grade of fuel is most likely due to the way of thinking that a automatic buyer wants performance but doesn't expect the best performance, whereas a manual owner wants to peak performance and will pay for the price of premium.
Now that the manual has been confirmed I feel that I can happily say to the pessimistic people, See I told you.
Great news.