opion was that the RT can produce more horse power cheaper than the SRT
Fact is the SRT is not topped out, but basical the only real improvements you can do to them add nitrouis, supercharger, and or programmer. unless you are planning on changing lifter, cam, heads, ect. but they come with headers, high flow cats, the basic up grades that MOST people do to their cars to produce that little extra power all I am saying i have the same amount of power that the SRT has with my upgrades for around 1000-1200 bucks and am running faster quarter miles times than stock SRT. FACT
as far as top end 200 mph is plenty fast enought Ive been in mine 178-180 still in 4th running around 5000 rpm.
Are you saying that people are getting 200 mph out of their R/T's, and that you have had your R/T to 180 mph? And you have an exhaust, cold air intake, and engine programmer. I take it the engine programmer does away with the electronically limited 149 mph.
My SRT has a Magnaflow competition series exhaust, but is stock otherwise, and it tops out at 168 mph. You could hold it there all day long if you wanted, and watch the speedometer needle move between 166, 167, 168, 167, 168, 167, etc., but it won't go over 168. So if my exhaust upgrades are similar in performance gains to yours, you are gaining the horsepower difference between the 5.7 and the 6.1, plus enough horsepower for another 12 mph top end speed, with a cold air intake and an engine programmer. The cold air intake is going to give you another horsepower or two over stock. How much HP do you think you gained with the engine programmer?
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It depends what the Challenger is going to be for you. When I get mine I'm going for a DD. So one thing that is a plus on the R/T is the Lifetime Powertrain. The other thing is that the SRT doesn't have the color I want. Now if Dodge offered lifetime powertrain and more SRT colors I would buy the SRT.
