Somebody better call the feds, we got our hands on a Challenger SRT8.  In the coming week we’ll be bringing you news on our plans for this car.  Nothing too drastic, but power should be bumped up by about 150 or more.

This last Friday we took the car to Orlando Speed World for some baseline runs and the car performed admirably.  My best run was a 13.550 @ 104.12.  Over the course of the evening track conditions were deteriorating quickly and could never quite muster the same time.  Although they were consistent, I kept losing a couple hundredths per run.   So, we decided some wieght loss, and a drop in tire pressure was in order.  I got out of the car and sent in the owners son, Josh, to handle the strip.  Although it was his first time down the 1320, you wouldn’t have been able to tell.  With 50lbs less wieght and 22psi in the tires he managed to pull out a 13.511 @ 104.33. Hopefully the next time we take the car to the track we’ll be able to track down a set of drag radials.

R/T	0.648	0.649	0.585	0.658
60′	2.412	2.133	2.217	2.137
330	6.154	5.842	5.925	5.869
1/8	9.114	8.800	8.869	8.831
MPH	82.59	82.66	82.98	82.53
1000	11.682	11.363	11.422	11.399
1/4	13.835	13.511	13.563	13.550
MPH	104.08	104.33	104.73	104.12

All in all the evening at the track wasn’t a disappointment (except for the track condition itself).  The car did exactly what was advertised.  Although we missed the claimed 13.3 second 1/4 mile, we couldn’t blame the car.  It did have some unwanted weight in the back (7/8th a tank of gas) and my heavy ass in the driver’s seat.

Monday began with some baseline dyno pulls to see what the Challenger is capable of at the wheels.  We did two pulls, the first one being the best.  I think the engine fell victim to heat soak on the second pull and lost a few HP and lbft.  Tomorrow we should be doing a couple more pulls after the 3″ header back exhaust from Exhaust Depot is installed.

You can see from the pull just how quiet the factory exhaust system is.  I’m sure there is quite a bit of restriction that we’ll be getting rid of once the 3″ exhaust system is installed and this beast can breath a little better.