This info is right off the Charger web site. I am hearing is is total BS?? I may not be a lawyer but isnt that false advertising or fraud?


http://www.dodge.com/charger/power.html


The famed 5.7-liter HEMI V8 engine with Multiple Displacement System (MDS) on Charger R/T and Daytona R/T delivers the goods, featuring a deep-skirt cast-iron block with cross-bolted main bearing caps and aluminum alloy heads with legendary hemispherical combustion chambers.

Power: 350 horsepower at 5,000 rpm (340 on R/T)
Torque: 390 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm
Fuel economy: 17 mpg city/25 mpg highwayâ€*

 

Unfortunatly it's a general statement, it would be nice to know the test conditions. Numbers can be skewed bent to show what the person paying for them wants.

Wonder if the pulled fuse 17... LOL

 

Teeheeehehe Ole fuse #17 and dont forget the bumper flip that adds 70hp. Where did that dude go when we need him most!

 

I can get or beat their mpg figures, but I think the hp numbers are taken at the crank? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, it is NOT a true hemispherical chamber - as in the "original" hemi. From what I've heard, its actually closer to the old "poly" heads.

dave

 

Hmmm, Using the performance calculator:

Check my other post about the horsepower calculator


previous run - Car Weight=4550, ET=14.433. Trap Speed = 95.84

Estimated rear wheel horsepower = 305.9 RWHP

Approx Engine Horsepower 382.4 HP


LOOKs good no matter how many times I look at it....

 

My brother has seen a stock SRT-8 on a chassie dyno and it was pushing 475 at the rear wheels, the dyno didn't go any higher. It sounds to me like the old trick of under rating for insurence from the 60's hemi is alive a well here in '06.

As far as the 5.7 i think its crank hp they are advertising. Either way i like my Daytona.

Later

 

Whether it's true or not all I know is when I punch it my Daytona moves like a bat out of hell and that's good enough for me. I am perfectly satisfied with the performance I'm getting.

-G-

 

I don't know why all the sudden these guys who loved the Chargers last month now are complaining. Who cares what the numbers are, it gives you the seat of the pants feel. Loosing 20% HP at the rear wheels is normal and thats about what the 70HP i've seen on here figures out to. Plus dyno to dyno will make a difference. If the dyno doesn't have a good cooling fan the numbers are useless.


i agree with Lat-G

 

No kidding. What happened?

-G-

 

nothing happened im happier then a pig in DOO DOO .but sometimes a little criticizm can open the door to improvments.its kinda like kids,to a parent there kids are perfect,it sometimes takes an outside person to say hey take a closer look,its then you realize some imperfections and fix them same principle.again im happier then i can say but in the quest for more power anything that prevents power increase is annoying.which in this case seems to be the computers or dodge but again im happy just being a little objective.and i have a little question as a little side bar with this particular thread ,what where the time a 440 or 427 charger could do.i mean its only fair if we are comparing cars its only fair to compare times and if my memory serves me right the numbers ive seen posted around from the older chargers they arent very different at all .