Dodge Charger Can’t Do Burnout, Pisses Off Neighbor Instead
SXT owner fails to start a Mopar cookout with Hellcat wheels and nearly ends up with a tripod through his skull.
You can get into a lot of trouble in a Hellcat-powered Dodge. By now, cops know exactly which badges and other exterior details to look for. Even if they can’t see a Hellcat car, they can definitely hear it coming. With 707 horsepower on tap, it’s probably going to be coming fast. A Dodge with SRT power is such a badass that one of them got the man behind the Mopar-focused channel Marspeed (aka Andrew) in trouble…and he wasn’t even in it. He was in his 2009 Charger SXT.
Last summer, Andrew wanted to find out if his V6 Charger SXT had enough power to pull a burnout with a set of Hellcat replica wheels on it. His stock setup was 17″X7″ wheels wrapped in 215/65 Michelin Defender tires. If Andrew deactivated his car’s traction control as much as possible and applied the right amounts of throttle and brake, he could light up the back tires and pull off a “greasy burnout.”
Could he do the same with much larger wheels, but no additional engine power?
“When I replaced the stock wheels, I got 20-by-9.5-inch Hellcat replica wheels up front and 20-by-11-inch in the back. And the tires were Hankook Ventus S1 Evo2s in size 275/40/20 in all four corners,” Andrew said.
Although the new wheels definitely made Andrew’s Charger look cool, they also added a lot more weight for its 3.5-liter six-banger to rotate. Despite his skillful footwork, he wasn’t able to get the back tires to spin. The V6 just couldn’t get them to break loose on pavement. Andrew didn’t have much better luck on gravel. He got a little bit of backend action that stopped almost as soon as it started.
Earlier in the day, before they had even started filming, Andrew and one of his friends played tennis on a public court. They heard what sounded like a Dodge with a Hellcat engine going nuts, more than likely doing donuts or burnouts.
Later on, Andrew and his pal started shooting his burnout attempts. Although his car was vocal, he clearly couldn’t lay down rubber or churn up smoke with those massive new wheels on it. It’s possible that a local resident thought Andrew and his buddy were the same people who were making a lot of noise earlier in the day. Whatever was in his head, it’s clear what came out of his mouth.
After the man threatened to put Andrew’s tripod through his head, Andrew remained calm and polite. That only seemed to enrage the man even more. In his anger, he suggested something other than burnouts to occupy Andrew’s time. “Chase some f@$*%n’ women!”
Andrew didn’t tell his new enemy that pursuing ladies would’ve been easier to do on his stock wheels and tires. We’re going to go out on a limb here and say that that was a good call.
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