ORIGINAL: Albeeno
Congratulations! I'll be looking for ya in my rearview, Sweetie.
ORIGINAL: kevin2323
ORIGINAL: Albeeno
Hey Thor,
I respectfully disagree with your assessment about a Stock vs Stock match up of the R/T and a Mustang GT. You may have noticed in the article that it takes two shifts of that pistol grip to the get the R/T to 60mph. My little chick-car Mustang equipped with a wimpy 4.6 liter 3 valve V8 arrives at 60mph at the top end of 2nd gear. Even Kowalski himself wouldn't be able to beat a Mustang GT in a stock 6-speed R/T. Anybody claiming 5.0 - 5.3 seconds 0-60 in a STOCK R/T is absolutely full of it. The best I've ever seen is 5.5.
ORIGINAL: Thor77
I read that article too, and was quite surprised. Given that Dodge promised sub-6 sec 0-60, and we have examples here on the forums of 0-60 and 1/4 mile times better than Road & Track reports, I think they either got a car that wasn't quite running right, or just did not have a good test. Road and Track often seems to record competitive 0-60 times out there, but how to explain Motor Trend going 5.1 to 60, a Full Second faster????
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...lenger_rt.html
Albeeno, maybe we can find someone in your area with an R/T who would be willing to defend the honor of the Challenger at the strip. I really do not think the Mustang GT would pull on the Challenger R/T in a straight up, stock vs stock race. I would figure it as a winnable race for either driver that would be decided by launch and shifting.
On whether the R/T or the SRT is the enthusiast choice, I think any enthusiast with the bankroll would take the SRT. An enthusiast on a budget would do well with the R/T Track Pak and a couple of other options if needed. If you are going to buy an R/T with all the bells and whistles, and run the sticker up to 38-39K, there is no reason not to get the SRT, unless you really just don't want the extra power.
there are time slips for this........stop dreaming beeny ...it's over
by the way beeny I am ordering a RT on monday in your fave color....b5 blue
So beeny, you liking that 2010 stang or you still looking at the challenger?