Met a Challenger owner- Stock RT runs 9's

**20TEN_ss** · 03-28-2010, 01:38 PM

did you know stock RT's run 9's?
Im trading mt car in!!! lol

the story...

When i was driving home this evening saw a white RT so i thought id take a look... started chatting with the owner. Of course i have my Camaro hoody on, he asks so i tell him what i drive. we go on chit chatting... says he has a cold air box? lol guess its the new name for CAI...

he asks the hp on mine... well its stock so 426hp
i tell him not bad, its fast... 13.0 in the 1/4 or better..

"oh yea? that slow" the guy is dead serious.."mine runs 9's"
i ask him... are you sure? only upgrade is a CAI and it runs 9's
guy was dead serious.... "yea bro.. 9's"

lol i just went along with it...

just so happens that as soon as i leave my buddy with an RT calls and wants to meet up....//// race.
he is always boasting how his RT is faster... right.

soo he goes on and hes telling me he got a tune and a CAI and got +80hp...
kinda think thats bs.

but i think i need one of those tunes!

MAGICAL cold air box!

**01 SS Vert** · 03-28-2010, 02:42 PM

It's a damn shame when someone only knows of an 1/8th mile track!

**Glue Maker** · 03-28-2010, 03:40 PM

yea i was going to say it sounds like he ment 1/8 mile, will the new camaros run low 13's in the 1/4??? i saw two run at the local 1/8th mile track and the best they run was 8.9 and 8.8

**20TEN_ss** · 03-28-2010, 07:23 PM

no no he def ment 1/4... he had no clue....

**az gt eater** · 03-28-2010, 07:30 PM

people are ignorant aholes. present company excluded of course.

**Ramairgod84** · 03-30-2010, 07:29 AM

I met a guy with a challenger a while back, he said it ran i think 11's all day long and it was stock, with big ole 20's on it. He's from around here, but i havent gotten a chance to race him yet. He was serious too. I had a woman with a 300c try to convince me she could take anything on the highway..uhg...

**Knight** · 03-30-2010, 08:04 AM

He must have traded in his ricer to get that challenger...

**shady milkman** · 03-30-2010, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by 20TEN_ss

did you know stock RT's run 9's?
Im trading mt car in!!! lol

the story...

When i was driving home this evening saw a white RT so i thought id take a look... started chatting with the owner. Of course i have my Camaro hoody on, he asks so i tell him what i drive. we go on chit chatting... says he has a cold air box? lol guess its the new name for CAI...

he asks the hp on mine... well its stock so 426hp
i tell him not bad, its fast... 13.0 in the 1/4 or better..

"oh yea? that slow" the guy is dead serious.."mine runs 9's"
i ask him... are you sure? only upgrade is a CAI and it runs 9's
guy was dead serious.... "yea bro.. 9's"

lol i just went along with it...

just so happens that as soon as i leave my buddy with an RT calls and wants to meet up....//// race.
he is always boasting how his RT is faster... right.

soo he goes on and hes telling me he got a tune and a CAI and got +80hp...
kinda think thats bs.

but i think i need one of those tunes!

MAGICAL cold air box!

just to let you know ..a cold air intake and a tune depending on the application could get you 30+ ..especially those restrictive p.o.s intake tracts on the dodges ...mind you for our cars a lid replacement shows 10rwhp or close too..so imagine replacing the stock box and getting a aggressive tune...so i would cut out the teasing on cold air intakes and tunes..as 13.0 isnt all that fast ( i cant remember if you said how fast you ran in the 1/4 or not)

they run stock 13.5 according to motor trend ...so you can do the math...you could end up eating your words if he ever races you at the track..wont be 9 seconds tho

**blue02Z** · 03-30-2010, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

just to let you know ..a cold air intake and a tune depending on the application could get you 30+ ..especially those restrictive p.o.s intake tracts on the dodges ...mind you for our cars a lid replacement shows 10rwhp or close too..so imagine replacing the stock box and getting a aggressive tune...so i would cut out the teasing on cold air intakes and tunes..as 13.0 isnt all that fast ( i cant remember if you said how fast you ran in the 1/4 or not)

they run stock 13.5 according to motor trend ...so you can do the math...you could end up eating your words if he ever races you at the track..wont be 9 seconds tho

true, but... motor trend always turns slower numbers. caranddriver is about the most accurate imo and has turned 13.0-13.1 quarter numbers. but then again hell it could be testing conditions,blah,blah..... i agree on a good tune tho. didnt Frost get like 50whp outta a stock or near stock ls3?

**shady milkman** · 03-30-2010, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by blue02Z

true, but... motor trend always turns slower numbers. caranddriver is about the most accurate imo and has turned 13.0-13.1 quarter numbers. but then again hell it could be testing conditions,blah,blah..... i agree on a good tune tho. didnt Frost get like 50whp outta a stock or near stock ls3?

i think you are thinking of the srt-8s ...they tend to run 13.0-13.1

**blue02Z** · 03-30-2010, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

i think you are thinking of the srt-8s ...they tend to run 13.0-13.1

lol actually i was talking about the '10 camaro. we just backwards

**shady milkman** · 03-30-2010, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by blue02Z

lol actually i was talking about the '10 camaro. we just backwards

damn

**blue02Z** · 03-30-2010, 10:45 AM

i actually ran a brand new srt8 challenger 2 weeks ago

**shady milkman** · 03-30-2010, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by blue02Z

i actually ran a brand new srt8 challenger 2 weeks ago

they are decent for how big they are and how big their wheels are..and only 245s

**blue02Z** · 03-30-2010, 10:51 AM

yep, we did a hiway punch. dead even. i wanted to go from a slower roll. o well thread hijacked

**wooddaniel** · 03-30-2010, 12:58 PM

Challengers are mostly purchased by older guys/girls apparently. Every one I have seen has been a white haired guy, or middle aged woman driving it. They are pretty slow unless they are modded heavily. To the OP good story. I met an LS1 Trans Am driver at the track the other day with just a lid who said he ran 10's.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 03-30-2010, 02:11 PM

9's? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

I kill those and Chargers with the 02 all the time at the track...

Then again I'm not stock...

**00z28bubba** · 03-31-2010, 05:35 PM

unless it is the dodge track pack. which is supposed to be quicker but i dont remember seeing 9s anywhere on the ads. he probably thought the ford track pack and dodge track pack are the same thing.

**Zinergy** · 04-01-2010, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by 00z28bubba

unless it is the dodge track pack. which is supposed to be quicker but i dont remember seeing 9s anywhere on the ads. he probably thought the ford track pack and dodge track pack are the same thing.

Its a little hard to confuse a r/t 5.7 liter 14 second car with the dodge drag pack forged stroker.

**Firebirdjones** · 04-01-2010, 06:08 AM

Great looking cars. Back east they were being modified and dipping into the 11's.

Out here in AZ I haven't seen a fast one yet. Last track day I raced at there was a 6.1 version that couldn't get out of the 14's.