Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!


Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!

The capability of today’s engines can’t be denied. The base models are running twelves and thirteens bone-stock with the hotter versions running elevens. The computer tuning might turn people off, but done right you will end up with a screamer…if you need any proof, take a look at our LS Fest coverage. The Ford guys have it pretty good too, but the late-model Mopar crowd hasn’t been as involved, and a lot of that has to do with the bank vault of a computer that doesn’t like to be toyed with, coupled with the perception of late-model Mopars being heavy pigs. Well, here’s your rebuttal: a ProCharged Challenger that launches straight and true with no drama, capable of six-second times at over 200 miles an hour. The power isn’t too surprising, but the launch is: watch the rear suspension and notice that the only thing that the rear tire does is plant. There is very little suspension movement, and if there’s wheelspin, we can’t see it. That’s some solid suspension and chassis tuning!


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6 thoughts on “Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!

  1. russell

    The computer tuning you mention does more than just turn a few people off. It sucks. period. I priced a “modern” engine swap into my 1978 Camaro similar to the Hot Rod Magazine E-Rod project, I give up. the costs for such a swap are off the charts for me. the electronics to run the things, the hard parts to put it in, its ridiculous. I have another project I looked at putting a GM Ecotec motor in, for get that, I was quoted $700 just to “flash” I think was the term, the electrical stuff to make that motor run $700 to cobb a wiring harness. No thanks. If this is the future or direction I’m done, no one will care, but I am not alone.

    1. jerry z

      There are people out there who do it for a lot less, you need to shop around more. Get a service manual and learn to wire it yourself, it take time and you will need patience!

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