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Originally Posted by Stew
The suspension will not need to be upgraded. All of the 2012 SRT8 LX cars come with a new electronically controlled suspension, including the Challenger. They also already have stronger brakes than their Camaro and Mustang couterparts.
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Unless MOPAR's suspension is superior to that one finds on ZR1 and CTS-V, and does something about the weight, it will need that suspension to remain competitive, not necessarily be superior. Weighing a lot more than the GT500 is going to require the best active handling money can buy. Regarding the brakes, I haven't found 6-pot calipers yet...
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Originally Posted by truth411
Stronger brakes than the mustang perhaps ( 4 pot brembos in front, that's it). But not the camaro ( 14"/14.4 with four piston at all four corners.)
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^^^ This ^^^ Unless it has 4-pots on all four corners, and equally large rotors, I'm not completely certain about the earlier comments by the OP.
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Originally Posted by motorhead
To me this looks like another half ditch effort by dodge to suck in die heart mopar fan boys to spend even more money for an overall inferior product. The GT500 and the up and coming ZL1 are more cars than power alone. If they really want to complete with them, they need a factory car with less weight ,more power(550 to 570 isn't going to cut in the current challenger), and a much better suspension and steering packing. The bad thing is even if they build such a car it will cost upwards of 80grand or better knowing dodge.
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Maybe. I think it's cool, but unless they are going through the motor with pistons and such, it just sounds like a half-@$$ effort. We'll see though. I'll say again that I like the competition.
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Originally Posted by Stew
When Motor trend tested the 11 GT, 10 SS, and 10 SRT8, they actually tested the amt of force the brakes actually apply and the brakes themselves were quite a bit stronger on the Challenger than the other 2.
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If it doesn't stop any better I don't see the point. It's a heavier car so it's going to need stronger brakes, but the rest of the chassis has got to be able to make the friction to use the brakes.
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Originally Posted by Stew
If it is from the factory, I am sure the internals will be upgraded. the brakes, steering, and suspension are already up to the task, and BMW and Audi already use this very transmission in their high performance vehicles. So, no, there really isn't much that could go wrong.
motorhead, I would seriously doubt it being anywhere near that much, maybe 5 grand more, which would price it along with the GT500 and ZL1
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We'll see.