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Old 05-05-2009, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Riptide
Feelings can be deceptive. Not to mention the fact that the driver can make all the difference. You and your neighbor probably aren't real used to driving that thing. Takes experience to get the most out of a car.
ya riptide i gotta agree with u completely lol in most cases it ends up being driver error for the loser. btw i know my 09gt can beat up on stock srt8 chargers. and my car is pretty much stock. off topic and different vehicle just throwing it out there..
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Old 05-05-2009, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Riptide
Magazine drivers. Try some mopar forums instead.
i know wat ur saying check their forums but they are biased the magazine drivers arent, also how many ppl are great drivers and run 12s with little to no mods (you)
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Old 05-05-2009, 11:58 AM
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Magazine drivers don't drive the car as often and don't track the car nearly as often as an owner does. Take that and couple it with experience driving cars on a track for years and you'll get better times than they do. A timeslip doesn't lie. An owner certainly can but proving that is a tough one.

Ofcourse their forums might be biased but so is this one. If we want to play that game then everyone here who reports better than magazine times on their stock cars must be a liar then right? See where that leads to?
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Old 05-05-2009, 12:02 PM
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It wouldn't take much to beat the Challenger. They are so much heavier. An intake and tune would probably do it, but a Vortech V3 H/O a Saleen would also do the trick. You would actually destroy it.
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Old 05-05-2009, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cobrakiller347
btw i know my 09gt can beat up on stock srt8 chargers. and my car is pretty much stock.
Errr... a stock SRT8 Charger runs low 13s / high 12s.

A 'pretty much stock' Mustang GT certainly isn't going to beat up on those sort of times!
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Old 05-05-2009, 12:20 PM
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Exactly. And the s197 isn't exactly a light car either. It weighs upwards of 3400 pounds and has only 300hp @ the crank. The R/T for instance weighs around 300 more but has another 75hp.
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I've seen completely stock Challengers run 13.2 at the track. That is all I'm saying.
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Old 05-05-2009, 12:39 PM
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Its an auto. I just have borlas on my car. I was thinking just inake, tune ,and gears would be good but idk.... thats why i asked you guys
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see sig for mods and times.

90% of my runs at the track are 12.95x's with this setup.
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Old 05-05-2009, 12:45 PM
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not even close. At Atco the RT';s are barely in the 13's. Most mid 14's


Originally Posted by Riptide
If a 5.7L R/T with the auto can do 1/4 mile in the low 13s then I see no reason why the SRT8 can't at least hit upper 12s and possibly better. To be honest I pulled the mid 12s out of my ***. But upper 12s - certainly within the realm of possiblity.
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