Coolest American car

[johnnynumfiv]

Idiocy.

[f6fhellcat13]

Idiocy.

I am a fanboy of idiocy?

[johnnynumfiv]

I am a fanboy of idiocy?

I'm Ron Burgundy?

[f6fhellcat13]

i'm ron burgandy?

o i c

[fisetdavid26]

Or the ability to do a huge smokey burnout. But seeing as they're all auto.. its doomed to fail.

The SRT8 is getting a 6-speed manual in 2009.

Idiocy.

Relax. He was only saying that since the Challenger's engine is a Hemi its displacement should be 426 in³ instead of 345 and 370 in³. AFAIK they never made a 241 Hemi.

[f6fhellcat13]

Ignorant, yes.
Fanboy, no.
I was only aware of two diffeerent hemis, and correct me if I'm wrong, only one displacement of Hemi on the original challenger

[cmcpokey]

The SRT8 is getting a 6-speed manual in 2009.


Relax. He was only saying that since the Challenger's engine is a Hemi its displacement should be 426 in³ instead of 345 and 370 in³. AFAIK they never made a 241 Hemi.

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[Kitdy]

What about a 241? 270? 276? 291? 301? 315? 325? 330? 331? 345? 354? 392?

Do I catch a whiff of a ignorant fanboy?

Why do you assume that?

And are any of those anywhere near as famed as the 426?

Then you call idiocy and jump down his throat? Amazing. Fiset has it right:

Relax. He was only saying that since the Challenger's engine is a Hemi its displacement should be 426 in³ instead of 345 and 370 in³. AFAIK they never made a 241 Hemi.

Note the first word: relax.

While I kinda think it is cool to revive old cars and engines, I also think it's kinda lame, so I'm not bothered by the use of a 5.7 and 6.1. Fact of the matter is that the Hemi may not even be ideal anymore but it is used for sheerly marketing purposes and I see it as a bit of a gimmick - I do not approve. Brining old names back is also kinda disgraceful in some instances - mind you, this Challenger looks the part and seems to be pretty decent at what the old one was good at so it ain't so bad. Calling that sedan a Charger though... That is reprehensible.

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[clutch-monkey]

Don't knock those truck motors, mate. Don't forget what's sitting in the rump of the Ford GT, albeit in highly modified form. Not too many people I know would call that car crass because of the truck motor.

Come to think of it, the Ford Falcon V8 range is derived from the same truck motor...

not the same as the viper's V10, developed by lamborghini as it may be, which still sounds like a garbage truck.

AFAIK they never made a 241 Hemi.

what did the E49 charger have? not sure on this cubic inches bollocks

[Zytek_Fan]

Though it does have a certain degree of French influence.

[f6fhellcat13]

what did the E49 charger have? not sure on this cubic inches bollocks

It had a 245cid Hemi six, says wiki.

[clutch-monkey]

It had a 245cid Hemi six, says wiki.

such a nice engine..
probably the only charger built to handle too

[Ferrer]

Chaps there's a solution. Get the SRT10 Challenger produced.

That has plenty of cubes.

[fisetdavid26]

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what did the E49 charger have? not sure on this cubic inches bollocks

It had a 245cid Hemi six, says wiki.

I didn't even know Chrysler Australia made Hemi engines over there, the Australian muscle car scene is a bit obscure to me. I knew about the LA and FirePower Hemi's, but not about the Hemi 6's. Interesting.

Though it does have a certain degree of French influence.

Oreca?

Chaps there's a solution. Get the SRT10 Challenger produced.

That has plenty of cubes.

Sure, but that's even worse than a smaller V8 Hemi, it's a V10

[Ferrer]

Sure, but that's even worse than a smaller V8 Hemi, it's a V10

Then drop a 392 Hemi crate motor in it.