I was shopping at vons today and like always i stopped by the magazine section to look at some stuff..i picked up a copy of "speed magazine" inside was 06 evo IX mr vs. charger srt-8. I read through it and everything was good untill i came across the performance comparison... 0-60 & 1/4 mile for the evo was 4.6/12.7 "that was fine," but the charger... 0-60 in 4.9 and 1/4 mile in 11.5 ...... i thought it was a typo but i kept reading and it was posted twice more.. i think this is sooo funny!! there is no way.... sure the car has 425 hp, but its weight is over 4000lbs. has anyone else seen this magazine??? does anyone have the real numbers on the srt-8?

 

There was another thread on this and I think they decided that the numbers for the Charger are off. Try searching...

 

Speed, put out by R&T, is a defunct magazine... in any case, here's what Edmunds says...

"The Charger SRT-8 sports a massaged 6.1-liter V8 that pumps out 425 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. A bored-out version of the regular Hemi, the 6.1L benefits from a higher compression ratio, a higher-flow cylinder head, and redesigned intake and exhaust systems. A five-speed automatic transmission with a specially calibrated AutoStick manual mode is standard. The Charger SRT-8 is capable of 0-to-60-mph times in the mid-5-second range and quarter-miles in the mid-13s."

 

Good topic but remember Ialready covered that topic almost a month ago.



https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=176973

There is another MR vs STI test already on the market as we speak, I think is a Road and Track magazine( I am not sure)

Carlos

 

i thought it was off by a little....

 

i raced a 300 c srt-8 a while back and off the line it got me but i didnt drop the clutch on him and it was a pretty close race to be honest i started pulling him and had half a car on him when he stopped

 

i have seen the exaggeration

 

the shop in town just got 3 SRT8s in and we got them to bring one out against my evo....it wasn't close. i have turboback and vishnu ecu and i raped the SRT8 from any speed we picked. dont be scared if u see them, make those old men cringe when they see you.

--Kendon