Took the challenger to the track
Jeez, I haven't been to the track since June 2008 so it felt like AGES!
I wanted to take my 96 Trans Am but this was the first time wearing a helmet since the spinal surgery - as I later found out, it caused neck pain so no more racing for a while.... or if I race a car it will be slow ;) It was extremely hot and humid out - temp's in the mid 80's and humidity.... well, I don't know the % but it has been raining here for the past 2 or 3 weeks. So 2009 Dodge Challenger V6 rental car I didn't change tire pressure, I usually kept the hood closed between runs, I left a bunch of stuff in the trunk, and had about 1/8 of a tank of gas. So, no burn out, just went to the line and a 1500 rpm launch 60......2.398 330.....6.769 1/8.....10.353 mph....68.45 1000...13.425 1/4.....16.001 mp......87.78 So, no burn outagain , just went to the line and a 1500 rpm launch 60......2.362 330.....6.701 1/8.....10.265 mph....69.13 1000...13.319 1/4.....15.883 mp......88.2578 So, no burn out again , just went to the line and a close to 2000 rpm launch 60......2.362 330.....6.669 1/8.....10.211 mph....69.22 1000...13.250 1/4.....15.799 mp......88.64 So, a little squeal of the tires for a burn out, just went to the line and a close to 2000 rpm launch 60......2.368 330.....6.674 1/8.....10.217 mph....69.49 1000...13.254 1/4.....15.800 mp......88.71 Englishtown only let me make 4 passes. My last pass was made at 8:32 PM. The sun was going down and the cool weather was approaching. I figure, if I was motivated and played with tire pressure, had the car empty, had a cool and dry night mid 15's are a definate - low 15's are a stretch. Now, here is the kicker! I put the car on the scale. With me in it, (race weight) 3860 lbs Without me, 3630 lbs I had read that challenger's were tank's with their weight. At first, I thought the scale was wrong so I spoke with one of the tech's, we zero'ed out the scale and redid it and same weight?!?!? I know that the R/T will be heavier due to V8, bigger suspension bits etc but I was shocked. This car weighs similar to my v6 f body when it was stock. This car runs as quick as my slightly modified v6 f body. Now I just gotta get my wife to buy me an R/T ;) I had two buddies there with me: 2009 BMW 335XI (twin turbo AWD) - he went a best of 14.3 2009 G8 GT (intake, azle back, tuning) - he went a best of 13.5 I got video's so I'll probably post them |
I definitly felt e towns scale was off that night... My Z28 weighed 3287 without me in it...
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That things a beast! Im sure the rental car company would be happy :rofl:
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That thing 60 foots the same as my Explorer.....That's kinda sad. Spin at all?
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This is why you DONT buy rental cars
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about .5 mph faster than my vue but still, not bad!
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Ever think about what you would do if you slammed that thing into the track wall and totaled it?
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thats about where a v6 was runnin at island a couple weeks ago....seems light for that car, guess the hemi is one heavy sob
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That's pretty cool racing a rental
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