[70barcuda]

I've heard it asked and in fact wondered about it myself more than a few times, should you supercharge your R/T or trade in for a 392 Hemi. Well I'm not sure this answers any of that but does make for an interesting drag race.

Dodgeboy (Alan) and I met up back in the spring for a bit of drag racing fun at Beaver Springs Dragway in central PA. It was a nice day with a DA of 1,425. Alan and I each were running drag radials, the only other mod on my 392 Challenger was a diablo canned 93 octane tune. Alan's R/T is an automatic, running 3.73 gears, 2,800 stall converter and a Magnacharger.

Here's the run, ignore Alan's red light as it doesn't effect the actual quarter mile times run by the cars. The interesting thing to me was how close the run was with only .006 of a second separating the cars and .34 mph. Final times were SRT 12.429 @ 111.56 mph vs the R/T's 12.435 @ 111.12 mph. It sure made for a great race and I'm looking forward to doing it all again in the spring. :smileup:

http://youtu.be/4RDc_PTwylw

 

[dodge boy]

That did make for an interesting race Jon, ironically that was the only red light that i pulled during the whole year and it was a real screw up on my part to ruin what would have been a photo finish, I think both of our cars were a bit tired from all the racing we did as we were both off our PB's of the day, anyway when you look at a race when two cars are only 6 thousandths apart in ET when it comes to winning it all boils down to who cuts the better light (Reaction Time). Thanks for sharing the video, I hope it helps some of the members here answer the question that has been asked a number of times on whether to Supercharge an R/T or go with an SRT Core.

 

[MommaBetty]

That is about as close to a tie as you can get. Enjoyed watching you two go head to head!

 

[70barcuda]

I think both of our cars were a bit tired from all the racing we did as we were both off our PB's of the day

Yep that was our last run of the day and I'm sure we were running a bit hotter than would be ideal at that time. The car's were running real close that day and if you crank up the boost in the spring I'm going to have to do something to find some more power so I can keep up with you LOL.

That is about as close to a tie as you can get. Enjoyed watching you two go head to head!

Thanks, it's nice to run a few Mopars head to head once and a while, in fact the guys in the tower requested that Alan and I run that race and well hey you have to keep the fans happy LOL.

 

[dodge boy]

I'm going to have to do something to find some more power so I can keep up with you LOL.



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Oh I'm sure you will Jon!! The sky is the limit with that 6.4, I'm sure there will be some 11's coming in the spring!! LOL. :smileup:

 

[ctchallenger]

ok guys here is my pb 11.9 @ 116.9 mph street tires 1.900 60 ft time
2010 rt classic Auto running a maggie stock 308 gears no stall
Bruce

 

[dodge boy]

ok guys here is my pb 11.9 @ 116.9 mph street tires 1.900 60 ft time
2010 rt classic Auto running a maggie stock 308 gears no stall
Bruce

Those are some great numbers!! :smileup:

 

[ctchallenger]

thanks
Car was tuned by AJ i have only made 10 or 12 passes with it so i am sure i could get it down there alittle quicker. just have to launch it better .

 

[70barcuda]

ok guys here is my pb 11.9 @ 116.9 mph street tires 1.900 60 ft time
2010 rt classic Auto running a maggie stock 308 gears no stall
Bruce

Nice numbers for sure, do you know what the DA was? Track prep must have been pretty good also to cut a 1.9 with street tires, congrats. :smileup:

Did you run that time at New England dragway? It is know for being a fast track.

Also how much boost are you running?

Nice job. :smileup:

 

[TikiMan]

I missed this thread but glad I just noticed it. Very interesting indeed. I'm debating ordering a Magnuson but this has just gained some weight to my thought.

 

[cdahl383]

I always thought an R/T with a supercharger would have a slight edge over a stock 6.4L provided both cars had traction and ran optimally, etc. Cool stuff! Getting these big cars into the low 12's is pretty sweet!

With a 12.15 you're knocking on the door of the 11's. I'm sure with some good air and a great launch an 11.90 could become a reality. I think the 6.4L have 11's in them easily as well with the right mods and good traction. Unbelieveable how fast these cars are nowadays compared to just 10 years ago.

 

[dodge boy]

I always thought an R/T with a supercharger would have a slight edge over a stock 6.4L provided both cars had traction and ran optimally, etc. Cool stuff! Getting these big cars into the low 12's is pretty sweet!

With a 12.15 you're knocking on the door of the 11's. I'm sure with some good air and a great launch an 11.90 could become a reality. I think the 6.4L have 11's in them easily as well with the right mods and good traction. Unbelieveable how fast these cars are nowadays compared to just 10 years ago.

I definitely want to hit the 11's in the spring although I'm having a few issues with my car now that I have to resolve now but I think its a very doable thing.

 

[ctchallenger]

the DA was not listed on the time slip and i t was at Lebanon valley , 7lbs boost
october
reaction .085
60ft 1.900
660ft 7.756
mph 1 92.48
1000 10.050
1320 11.982
mph2 116.90

 

[dodge boy]

the DA was not listed on the time slip and i t was at Lebanon valley , 7lbs boost
october
reaction .085
60ft 1.900
660ft 7256
mph 1 92.48
1000 10.050
1320 11.982
mph2 116.90

Great time slip!! That's a real good MPH.

 

[70barcuda]

the DA was not listed on the time slip and i t was at Lebanon valley , 7lbs boost
october
reaction .085
60ft 1.900
660ft 7.756
mph 1 92.48
1000 10.050
1320 11.982
mph2 116.90

Good looking numbers :smileup:. A good DA calculator is available here http://www.dragtimes.com/da-density-altitude-calculator.php select your track, date of run, then click on get weather data and select the time closest to your run time. That will get your DA and you can then use to compare your time to a sea level run.

 

[dodge boy]

the DA was not listed on the time slip and i t was at Lebanon valley , 7lbs boost
october
reaction .085
60ft 1.900
660ft 7.756
mph 1 92.48
1000 10.050
1320 11.982
mph2 116.90

One other question, was that with the standard open ended rear?

 

[oilslick]

I've heard it asked and in fact wondered about it myself more than a few times, should you supercharge your R/T or trade in for a 392 Hemi. Well I'm not sure this answers any of that but does make for an interesting drag race.

Dodgeboy (Alan) and I met up back in the spring for a bit of drag racing fun at Beaver Springs Dragway in central PA. It was a nice day with a DA of 1,425. Alan and I each were running drag radials, the only other mod on my 392 Challenger was a diablo canned 93 octane tune. Alan's R/T is an automatic, running 3.73 gears, 2,800 stall converter and a Magnacharger.

Here's the run, ignore Alan's red light as it doesn't effect the actual quarter mile times run by the cars. The interesting thing to me was how close the run was with only .006 of a second separating the cars and .34 mph. Final times were SRT 12.429 @ 111.56 mph vs the R/T's 12.435 @ 111.12 mph. It sure made for a great race and I'm looking forward to doing it all again in the spring. :smileup:

http://youtu.be/4RDc_PTwylw

When I watched you guys run at Numidia, I also noticed how close you guys were running. Very consistant too. Even my last 6-speed 6.4L SRT ran around 111 mph too. The tire spinning on the street tires really did me in though.

Hopefully I'll have weekends off this spring and summer and get to join you guys again. I'd like to run the Ram and see what it'll do. Maybe 15's? :4-dontknow:

 

[cdahl383]

11.98 at 116 mph is good, but I bet with a better 60ft time you'd get into the mid 11's. 116mph is low/mid 11's territory if you can get your 60ft time down. My Nova does 1.80's and only runs 12.40's so you've got a lot more in it if you keep chipping away. But if it were me I'd be stoked about breaking into the 11's period haha!