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Originally Posted by Rock36
I posted a couple of times were I saw in the new 2008 car buying guide from Motortrend that the new Challenger would only have a 5.7L hemi and the 6.1L hemi from the SRT-8s.
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I have spent a lot of time on the Challenger forums. From the hints the DCX people are dropping, the 6.1L (435 HP and 420 lb/ft)will be the starter V-8 and the 5.7L will not be offered at all.
There is also a lot of speculation of a 6.4L (392) the following year because of what "people in the know" have been saying and because they've been parading one around for the past year. There is also a blown 392 they've been letting reporters drag (when one reporter asked what would happen if he broke it, the DCX development guy laughed and said that they'd just build another one). The 6.4L would be the converted crate engine. In crate form it makes 525 HP and 510 lb/ft at 10.5:1 compression. Because of emissions and what not it is expected to make 505 HP in production form.
Some of them are already talking about an Indy stroker kit (for the 6.1L) that will take it up to a 7.0L (426) putting out 565 HP and 600 lb/ft.
I love the way they look, but I agree that they will most likely be too heavy (though they are aware of the issue and working to address it). Plus, because of the compression, the Hemi's don't seem to lend themselves to forced induction (of which I am a big fan).