It will be interesting to see the road tests of the 2009 SRT and R/T. Dodge is saying that the SRT will do 0-60 mph under 5 seconds and the R/T will do it in under 6 seconds.
Just for fun, I put in the horsepower and weights of these two models (the R/T weighs 130 lbs. less) in an on-line 1/4 calculator and came up with these approximations: 12.4 sec. for the SRT and 12.8 sec. for the R/T.
Since I will not be racing it, I think that the R/T makes more sense for me. If I was serious about having one of the baddest engines on the street, I would wait for the 6.4 in 2010.