2015 Challenger Hellcat 707 HP

[SEVEN-OH JOE]

Originally Posted by BobDigi5060

Can't wait until the Hellcat is in the hands of the asses.

Did I read that right?

Don't be so hard on yourselves.

[Runin11z]

Originally Posted by hotlapZL1

The 2015 CTS-V makes 556 HP, the ZL1 is 580 HP. They also designed a special rear end and transmission for the ZL1 that is absolutely bullet proof at the drag strip even with high HP mods. The ZL1 is far more than CTS-V tech transferred to the Camaro.

Its an old car, times have changed, the best is yet to come.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtF35ZN-sw

I've dynoed both cars on a superflow autodyn30 on the same day and they were within spitting difference of each other... Also the redesign of the rear was only due to the SS having short comings in that department...

As for the Nürburgring it's a great place to validate chassis and suspension and proves if the car has a well-sorted chassis, but it shouldn't be bragging rights to the majority here that have never even seen the track in person let alone run a Camaro on nordschleife...

[Number 3]

Originally Posted by Runin11z

I've dynoed both cars on a superflow autodyn30 on the same day and they were within spitting difference of each other... Also the redesign of the rear was only due to SS having short comings in that department...

As for the Nürburgring it's a great place to validate chassis and suspension and proves if the car has a well-sorted chassis, but it shouldn't be bragging rights to the majority here that have never even seen the track in person let alone run a Camaro on nordschleife...

Sorry bragging rites for everyone here. Just have to accept WHY the ring is chosen as the comparator. Do some research. It determines overall performance and balance for a car.

[Runin11z]

Originally Posted by Number 3

Sorry bragging rites for everyone here. Just have to accept WHY the ring is chosen as the comparator. Do some research. It determines overall performance and balance for a car.

I agree to an extent but there are more performance metrics than what a vehicle laps the Nürburgring.. Some of the key elements that all manufacturers use in performance data e.g. 0-60, 60-0, 1/4 mile times and a few others are not the primary function of the Ring...

It's used to mainly validate chassis and suspension which is why the German auto segment has been light years ahead in that department for so many years, once American companies caught on it changed the way the domestic cars handle..

And I'll choose to keep my bragging rights domestic as to what the car does here under my control...

[Number 3]

Originally Posted by Runin11z

I agree to an extent but there are more performance metrics than what a vehicle laps the Nürburgring.. Some of the key elements that all manufacturers use in performance data e.g. 0-60, 60-0, 1/4 mile times and a few others are not a the primary function of the Ring...

It's used to mainly validate chassis and suspension which is why the German auto segment has been light years ahead in that department for so many years, once American companies caught on it changed the way the domestic cars handle..

And I'll choose to keep my bragging rights domestic as to what the car does here under my control...

If handling, braking and chassis dynamics are less important than a HP number or only the 1/4 Mike time, good on ya mate. I want the whole package. Just MO.

[Runin11z]

Originally Posted by Number 3

If handling, braking and chassis dynamics are less important than a HP number or only the 1/4 Mike time, good on ya mate. I want the whole package. Just MO.

On the contrary I believe that all of the things mentioned by you are fundamental in making a car nowadays... But when making a domestic bruiser like the ZL1 1/4 mile and HP numbers should have been a huge consideration after all GM is an American grass roots company with a lineage of great performance dominance...

[LOWDOWN]

Originally Posted by Number 3

If handling, braking and chassis dynamics are less important than a HP number or only the 1/4 Mike time, good on ya mate. I want the whole package. Just MO.

...something Mopar is hamstrung to produce, Viper excepted...and we see how the market is reacting to that one...

Originally Posted by Runin11z

On the contrary I believe that all of the things mentioned by you are fundamental in making a car nowadays... But when making a domestic bruiser like the ZL1 1/4 mile and HP numbers should have been a huge consideration after all GM is an American grass roots company with a lineage of great performance dominance...

That is NOT the "business case" for the ZL1...is it? Or the ZL1 wouldn't have it's development dollars spent on attributes like MRC, a not-so-inexpensive feature the other domestics cannot match.

The ZL1 was developed as a full-usage GT-style coupe, NOT as a store-bought Pro Street freak. And, when targeting a sub-$60K price point, only so much can be included. NO LS9. NO "unique LSA+++". When the engineering was locked down, in '10, 580 hp was about 100 more than anything Mopar had on the horizon, and almost 10% more than Ford was then offering.

And GM was working with a specific platform that, at that moment, had been in production for about 18 months. 'Ring development, for the ZL1, was VERY important. It came within a very few seconds of Ford's THREE TIMES THE PRICE GT.

And that was a fail? In 2010-11? Not hardly.

Ford, to their credit, upped the ante by spending it's development budget on prepping a locomotive engine as it's answer. A 1.2 lb/hp advantage covers up a LOT of shortcomings in the chassis, when subjected to road course workouts. Pro Street with a smattering of Pro Tour trinkets. On a platform that was, by the time production of the "revised" GT500 rolled around, FIVE TIMES LONGER! And if it wasn't for the ZL1, probably wouldn't have been "revised".

"Oh, and since we know the GT500 isn't generally as capable, as a chassis, to "handle" the ZL1, we don't care...we have the BOSS LS for that job"...oh wait!

Mopar: Enter the "Sergio is Savior" dungeon of the Challenger SRT, which is...um...something only a diehard DODGE fan would buy, as a "balanced ultra-performance car" vs. its domestic competition. 485 hp? 42-4300 lb., unblown? Tire-limited body work? Aftermarket suspension upgrades available, but they don't meet Mopar's NOISE mandates? No canyon-carver version CAN possibly ensue.

Oh, and it's been in production for almost 6 years (twiddling its thumbs)...or 70 months, while Dodge/RAM pickups and JEEPS have been lining Sergio's war chest with profit$...and Team SRT (what SRT?) sees opportunities wilting away...

"Heat up the cappuccino! Time to make some HEADLINES! We have to live with this turkey for another handful of years so let's get the Bunson Burner burning!", sez the mad scientist Sergio!

Can't make it turn with the Z/28...or even the BOSS...or even the 1LE...with mandate-meeting suspension...so NO Pro Tour...

"BWHA_HA_HA_HA_HA!" spake the mad one. POWER! SPEED! HEADLINES for the one-trick-Clydesdale seeking PRO STREET STOOGES!

...and ya got what ya got: A warmed over Shelby recipe once again (remember the '80s?), only without the chili salesman's signature attached...

And it only took the results of Ford and GM...and a 30-year old edition of the DODGE playbook, to make it happen...after Sergio, following an audience from the Pope, gave it his "blessing"...

Ford chose Po-Tay-Toes. Sergio selected Po-Taaaaah-Toes. (stolen from Number 3). GM chose Potatoes.

And the MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES?

Ford and GM have since chosen to spend their pony car development dollars creating BRAND NEW MASTERPIECES, their Gen-6 versions. Been there, done that, with the current versions! Time marches on...like the Allied armies re-taking Italy...

MOPAR is...well..."Please, Master Sergio, I needs me porridge!" "NO WAY! Ya got 707 hp, now use THAT (for another untold number of years) !! BWHA_HA_HA_HA_HA!!!!"

[1QwikZ28]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

...something Mopar is hamstrung to produce, Viper excepted...and we see how the market is reacting to that one...



That is NOT the "business case" for the ZL1...is it? Or the ZL1 wouldn't have it's development dollars spent on attributes like MRC, a not-so-inexpensive feature the other domestics cannot match.

The ZL1 was developed as a full-usage GT-style coupe, NOT as a store-bought Pro Street freak. And, when targeting a sub-$60K price point, only so much can be included. NO LS9. NO "unique LSA+++". When the engineering was locked down, in '10, 580 hp was about 100 more than anything Mopar had on the horizon, and almost 10% more than Ford was then offering.

And GM was working with a specific platform that, at that moment, had been in production for about 18 months. 'Ring development, for the ZL1, was VERY important. It came within a very few seconds of Ford's THREE TIMES THE PRICE GT.

And that was a fail? In 2010-11? Not hardly.

Ford, to their credit, upped the ante by spending it's development budget on prepping a locomotive engine as it's answer. A 1.2 lb/hp advantage covers up a LOT of shortcomings in the chassis, when subjected to road course workouts. Pro Street with a smattering of Pro Tour trinkets. On a platform that was, by the time production of the "revised" GT500 rolled around, FIVE TIMES LONGER! And if it wasn't for the ZL1, probably wouldn't have been "revised".

"Oh, and since we know the GT500 isn't generally as capable, as a chassis, to "handle" the ZL1, we don't care...we have the BOSS LS for that job"...oh wait!

Mopar: Enter the "Sergio is Savior" dungeon of the Challenger SRT, which is...um...something only a diehard DODGE fan would buy, as a "balanced ultra-performance car" vs. its domestic competition. 485 hp? 42-4300 lb., unblown? Tire-limited body work? Aftermarket suspension upgrades available, but they don't meet Mopar's NOISE mandates? No canyon-carver version CAN possibly ensue.

Oh, and it's been in production for almost 6 years (twiddling its thumbs)...or 70 months, while Dodge/RAM pickups and JEEPS have been lining Sergio's war chest with profit$...and Team SRT (what SRT?) sees opportunities wilting away...

"Heat up the cappuccino! Time to make some HEADLINES! We have to live with this turkey for another handful of years so let's get the Bunson Burner burning!", sez the mad scientist Sergio!

Can't make it turn with the Z/28...or even the BOSS...or even the 1LE...with mandate-meeting suspension...so NO Pro Tour...

"HA_HA_HA_HA_HA!" spake the mad one. POWER! SPEED! HEADLINES for the one-trick-Clydesdale seeking PRO STREET STOOGES!

...and ya got what ya got: A warmed over Shelby recipe once again (remember the '80s?), only without the chili salesman's signature attached...

And it only took the results of Ford and GM...and a 30-year old edition of the DODGE playbook, to make it happen...after Sergio, following an audience from the Pope, gave it his "blessing"...

Ford chose Po-Tay-Toes. Sergio selected Po-Taaaaah-Toes. (stolen from Number 3). GM chose Potatoes.

And the MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES?

Ford na GM have since spent their pony car development dollars creating BRAND NEW MASTERPIECES, their Gen-6 versions. Been there, done that, with the current versions! Time marches on...like the Allied armies re-taking Italy...

MOPAR is...well..."Please, Master Sergio, I needs me porridge!" "NO WAY! Ya got 707 hp, now use THAT (for another untold number of years) !! HA_HA_HA_HA_HA!!!!"

Simmer down grandpa and finish up your prune juice...let car enthusiasts enjoy what Dodge has created.

[MEDISIN]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

And the MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES?

Ford and GM have since chosen to spend their pony car development dollars creating BRAND NEW MASTERPIECES, their Gen-6 versions. Been there, done that, with the current versions! Time marches on...like the Allied armies re-taking Italy...

MOPAR is...well..."Please, Master Sergio, I needs me porridge!" "NO WAY! Ya got 707 hp, now use THAT (for another untold number of years) !! BWHA_HA_HA_HA_HA!!!!"

This is what disappoints me the most^ I was hoping FCA, with all their portfolio platforms, would introduce something to make the Challenger competitive in the evolving marketplace.

The outgoing Camaro and Mustang are chosen 4:1 over the Challenger, I can't imagine what the ratio will look like after the 2015 Mustang and 2016 Camaro are introduced. Dodge better have something planned to compete. Right now, the only driver-oriented car bearing the Dodge logo is the Viper starting at $102,000. Where is the 'Cuda!?

Surely there are some bits Dodge can borrow from the Alfa Romeo parts bin for a smaller, lighter chassis. Fit it with a V8 Dodge drivetrain and watch it fly!

[hotlap]

Originally Posted by newmoon

Listen when you run into a Hellcat (or GT500) on the street or strip you can boast about your car’s capability with the Ring. While you are bragging about your car’s turning ability your manual ZL1 will be getting raped in all the following: 0-60, 0-100, 1/8 mile, ¼ mile, stop light to stop light, roll race (any starting speed), 1-mile race, and top-end. The ultimate face palm would be the lack of respect by the local car enthusiast gathering for even bringing ring times or lightning lap times into the conversation.
Do yourself a favor and trade in your M6 for an automatic ZL1, treat it to full bolt-ons, and go hunting for this big-game cat.

So... Are you car-less as your signature suggests or the owner of a 2012 Mustang GT with "Brembo Track Pack" as your Avitar says?

The first would explain why you're so bitter. Mom took your car away?
The second shows how confused you really are.

[motorhead]

Originally Posted by hotlapZL1

So... Are you car-less as your signature suggests or the owner of a 2012 Mustang GT with "Brembo Track Pack" as your Avitar says?

The first would explain why you're so bitter. Mom took your car away?
The second shows how confused you really are.

I've been thinking all along that you may either confused or a closet Mopar guy with the Joe Dirt avatar.

[hotlap]

Originally Posted by motorhead

I've been thinking all along that you may either confused or a closet Mopar guy with the Joe Dirt avatar.

I've thought you were a closet Mopar guy with all your Z bashing but I now understand where you're coming from.

The Joe Dirt Avitar came from my Corvette elitist brother asking me if I was going to get a J-Dirt license plates when I chose the ZL1 over the C7. Joe Dirt drove a TA, no? I've been thinking it may be time for a change as it in no way represents me and was more a middle finger to the snobs

[URBAN LEGEND]

Lol! Prune juice...

[URBAN LEGEND]

Originally Posted by 1QwikZ28

Simmer down grandpa and finish up your prune juice...let car enthusiasts enjoy what Dodge has created.

Plus 1 on 2nd sentence.