One Challenger to rule them all

**LSCyaL8R** · 04-23-2010, 09:07 AM

So ummm... this is interesting.

We all like to make fun of the Dodge Challenger. Calling it fat, slow etc.

It's like that chubby chick with the great body. You know there is potential there so you don't mind being seen with it and all that but deep down inside you know it's just fat....

Well friends. Just like when that chubby chick goes on that hardcore diet and sheds the pounds or when the weakling begins shooting roids and gets totally jacked and starts pounding on his tormentors..... the challenger has had enough.

There is.... in the real world.... driving among us.... a factory built.....

Challenger SRT-10

You read that right. a 600hp 8.4 liter Dodge Challenger...

Discuss

**wheeliE-maxx** · 04-23-2010, 09:11 AM

now it will weigh even more..

**whitelightnin99** · 04-23-2010, 09:13 AM

**67CamaroRSSS** · 04-23-2010, 09:53 AM

I'll believe it when I see it being offered for sale at the stealership.

**raynor139** · 04-23-2010, 11:01 AM

Didnt they build that about a year back just to prove it could be done, never to actually be put in production?

**LSCyaL8R** · 04-23-2010, 11:05 AM

indeed.. but there is a good case for it.... with viper production wrapping up and those engines just sitting there..... could be the "GT500" of the challenger line

**raynor139** · 04-23-2010, 11:09 AM

They already sell the Viper engines as crate engines. So its not like there just sitting around.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 04-23-2010, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by LSCyaL8R

indeed.. but there is a good case for it.... with viper production wrapping up and those engines just sitting there..... could be the "GT500" of the challenger line

I thought they were starting viper production again

**raynor139** · 04-23-2010, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx

I thought they were starting viper production again

They are Motortrend had a interview with one of the guys that runs the program last week.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 04-23-2010, 11:19 AM

Does Satan's 3 headed dog still own Chrysler?

**raynor139** · 04-23-2010, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by 67CamaroRSSS

Does Satan's 3 headed dog still own Chrysler?

Cerberus sold the majority of it to Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat owns the other 20% with the option to buy up to 51% if all pans out. But from everything I have read Cerberus is in control of Chrysler Group. Theres also other small companies that own some of it also.

**Transamws6** · 04-23-2010, 11:38 AM

That actually sounds really sweet. I want one.

The Challenger is actually starting to grow on me some, they really aren't all that bad, IMO. I would never buy one, but I do indeed like them.

***SMWS6TA*** · 04-23-2010, 11:45 AM

I would get one for a daily beater. But not as a trade in of my T/A.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 04-23-2010, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by raynor139

Cerberus sold the majority of it to Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat owns the other 20% with the option to buy up to 51% if all pans out. But from everything I have read Cerberus is in control of Chrysler Group. Theres also other small companies that own some of it also.

Nice to know that someone knew what I was talking about

**snaggeltooth** · 04-23-2010, 12:47 PM

considering a SRT8 Challenger cost in the $40k+ range ... Might as well buy a real HEMI CUDA for what they would be asking for that thing

**wheeliE-maxx** · 04-23-2010, 01:29 PM

You might get a 383 or 440 4-barrel for 40k, but sure as shit no originally and still hemi equipped car.

Edit: I see you meant what they would charge for an srt-10. The viper is around 80, so the v10 challenger might be around 60. My statement above still stands

**pecha** · 04-23-2010, 04:30 PM

I don't like V10 at all
give me V8 in a carbon fiber diet shell over V10 any day

**snaggeltooth** · 04-23-2010, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx

You might get a 383 or 440 4-barrel for 40k, but sure as shit no originally and still hemi equipped car.

Edit: I see you meant what they would charge for an srt-10. The viper is around 80, so the v10 challenger might be around 60. My statement above still stands

what ever they ask for it DOUBLE that to actually buy it ..

**wheeliE-maxx** · 04-23-2010, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by pecha

I don't like V10 at all
give me V8 in a carbon fiber diet shell over V10 any day

An aluminum la with fancy heads and two cylinders tacked on is far cheaper than a carbon shell. But I don't like v10's either, nothing beats a soulful v8 wail. The 6.1 has an iron block and modern hemi blocks are supposed to be tanks. The v10 shouldn't really add weight then afaik

**pecha** · 04-23-2010, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx

An aluminum la with fancy heads and two cylinders tacked on is far cheaper than a carbon shell. But I don't like v10's either, nothing beats a soulful v8 wail. The 6.1 has an iron block and modern hemi blocks are supposed to be tanks. The v10 shouldn't really add weight then afaik

I followed a couple of vipers and hated their exhaust note