MDS - Must have?
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RE: MDS - Must have?
I'm with ya on the pricing it comparable to the Mustang, but I think it's unfortunately going to go a little higher. Don't have anything to base that on, it's just a gut feeling. Hopefully though we're all pleasantly surprised.
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RE: MDS - Must have?
For the Gt500 killer why not put all the cards on the table ans use the 540 crate hemi in production. The muscle car train of thought was "there no replacement for displacement! Really says it will never happen in production but its nice to dream.
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RE: MDS - Must have?
There's simply no reason for DCX to try to treat the Challenger like a Corvette killer. First, they've already got the Viper so why try to recreate that? Second, no American production car can kill the Corvette. Unless Ford revives the Cobra (the real thing, not these dumbass Mustangs with "Cobra" badging) or Daimler Chrysler brings back the Plymouth line and the Barracuda & GTX with it... nothing can kill the 'Vette.
The Challenger needs to be treated the way all the trades are touting it: direct competition to Ford's Mustang and Chevy's soon-to-be Camaro. Keeping that in mind, the Challenger needs to be priced on par with or lower than the Chargnum.
Given the competition, unless Dodge can lose about 600 pounds from the Challenger, we need a 6.4 liter Hemi with MDS. Who wouldn't take 505 horsepower with 20 miles per gallon?
The Challenger needs to be treated the way all the trades are touting it: direct competition to Ford's Mustang and Chevy's soon-to-be Camaro. Keeping that in mind, the Challenger needs to be priced on par with or lower than the Chargnum.
Given the competition, unless Dodge can lose about 600 pounds from the Challenger, we need a 6.4 liter Hemi with MDS. Who wouldn't take 505 horsepower with 20 miles per gallon?
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RE: MDS - Must have?
Agree with everything you said except the 6.4 should not be an MDS engine. That engine should be reserved as the GT 500, Camaro Z28 killer. No gimmicks like supercharging, just a strong ass motor that'll stomp anything anyone else has to offer in the ground excluding the Vette.
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RE: MDS - Must have?
ORIGINAL: MacAnguish
Yesh, the 5.7 liter Hemi works out to roughly 346 C.I.D.
The 6.1 is about 372.
The 6.4 is about 392.
When they first made the 5.7 Hemi, I immediately shreiked "340!!!" but it's not. Not like the retired 5.2 truly was the updated (bulletproof) 318. Now there was a great engine... And I digress again. The 5.7 Hemi is a whole new engine, not based on any previous Mopar engine. But I wonder about the 6.4. That's a dead-on match for the venerable 392 Chrysler Hemi. Anyone know if its based on the old Hemi, or if it's all new like the 5.7? At 505 horsepower, I'll forgo gas milage!
Yea, I'd forgotten about that. I revise my previous statement and would like to replace the 6.1 in the SRT8 Challenger with the 6.4. That way we have Small, Hemi, and Gravity Defying. Just how it should be.
And all will be right with the world.
Yesh, the 5.7 liter Hemi works out to roughly 346 C.I.D.
The 6.1 is about 372.
The 6.4 is about 392.
When they first made the 5.7 Hemi, I immediately shreiked "340!!!" but it's not. Not like the retired 5.2 truly was the updated (bulletproof) 318. Now there was a great engine... And I digress again. The 5.7 Hemi is a whole new engine, not based on any previous Mopar engine. But I wonder about the 6.4. That's a dead-on match for the venerable 392 Chrysler Hemi. Anyone know if its based on the old Hemi, or if it's all new like the 5.7? At 505 horsepower, I'll forgo gas milage!
Yea, I'd forgotten about that. I revise my previous statement and would like to replace the 6.1 in the SRT8 Challenger with the 6.4. That way we have Small, Hemi, and Gravity Defying. Just how it should be.
And all will be right with the world.
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#29
RE: MDS - Must have?
ORIGINAL: MidnightBlueNeon
I don't think the 4.7 should have a 6-speed...
This is how I would do it...
SE - 3.5L V6 HO
SXT - 4.7L V8
Rallye - 5.7L HEMI V8 (Optional MDS)
R/T - 6.1L HEMI V8
SRT-8 - 6.4L HEMI V8
Wow, that's a lot of options, lol... maybe too many?
I don't think the 4.7 should have a 6-speed...
This is how I would do it...
SE - 3.5L V6 HO
SXT - 4.7L V8
Rallye - 5.7L HEMI V8 (Optional MDS)
R/T - 6.1L HEMI V8
SRT-8 - 6.4L HEMI V8
Wow, that's a lot of options, lol... maybe too many?
I believe that the HEMI engine line is more fuel efficient than what we think. Look at the tests that the magazines have done on the LX cars. Consumer Reports (a very anti-Chrysler source) just reciently compared the Impala SS to the Charger R/T, both of which have their own multi-displacement systems. The SS vs. R/T are rated at 18/28 & 17/25, but CR found them to get the same 17 mpg combo and the SS has a taller gearing advantage. In a Car and Driver test, they also got 17 with the Charger R/T, but they got a very lousy 14 mpg, the same as the SRT-8 had. In these tests, most of these cars are being run to where the MDS probably doesn't get a chance to run. The T-56 Tremec manual should increase the fuel economy as it has with the Corvette in comparison to their automatic. The overdrive improvement would be more significant between the A580 and the T-56 (.83 vs. .50), than it would be between the auto in the Vette (.7 vs. .50). To some up this massive amount of information, I believe that GM overrates their fuel economy and Dodge is underrating it, and the T-56 will probably make us happy with higher fuel economy. Another fact the 6.1L is shown to having a K&N air filter, and those typically help the fuel economy as well.
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