Posts Tagged ‘performance booster’

SEMA Preview: Hurst/HEMI Challenger packed with 500+hp for Vegas trip

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Hurst is no stranger to offering up special edition Mopars. The 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst packed a 440ci "TNT" V8 with 375 horsepower, as well as a fiberglass hood and trunk, Satin Tan leather interior, and a Spinnaker-White paint scheme with gold trim. Ok, that was nearly 40 years ago, but Hurst is s......

Glue-on Brembos: Your AMG Sentra wants an upgrade

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Poseurs, take note: you can finally corral all that imaginary power your Hyundai Elantra SRT8 isn't making underhood. Eric Hsu at JDM Insider's Beyond the Dyno blog came across what'll doubtless be the latest trend to show up on M-badged Plymouth Breezes everywhere: bogus, glue-on brake caliper cove......

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8s still available

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8.For those of you desperately waiting for the next batch of Dodge Challenger SRT8s to be built after the announcement that the first 6,400 2008 models were already spoken for, fret not, supply is on your side. The Detroit News is re......

SEMA Preview: Mopar supercharger for Dodge Challenger

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Challenger SRT-8.Mopar can't let Speedfactory have all the fun supercharging the Dodge Challenger SRT-8, so when the SEMA show rolls around this November, the in-house tuners of all things pentastar will unveil a blown Challenger of their own.The Mopar......

Meet the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 R/T

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Dodge Ram R/TWhile our guys were out autocrossing the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 and Viper ACR last week, Mike Levine (Yes, the same Mike Levine who tried to stuff himself into a RamBox) was doing his pickup thing over in another area of Chrysler's provin......

‘09 Challenger brochure hits the web, retro overload ensues

Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Click above image for the 2009 Dodge Challenger brochureIn the gallery below, you'll find the full brochure for the 2009 Dodge Challenger, and yeah, there's some good stuff to be found in there. We're particularly fond of the R/T Classic package (above), which gets a coat of B5 Blue, 20" torq-thrust......

That didn’t take long - supercharged Challenger SRT8 hits the dyno

Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Click above to enlarge this shot and see the dyno graphWhenever a new performance vehicle makes it into the hands of eager customers, a run to the dyno never seems to be far behind. This has again proven to be the case with the new Dodge Challenger, as a company known as Speedfactory has just done t......

2009 Dodge Challenger will start at $21,995

Monday, June 9th, 2008
click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Dodge Challenger SE and R/TBack in April we reported a top Chrysler executive had leaked to The Detroit Free Press that the 2009 Dodge Challenger SE would start at $23,995. Apparently this executive is not very much in the loop, as Dodge officially announ......

Challenger #0001 delivered to AZ dealership

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Click above for gallery of Challenger SRT8 #0001 in its new home The very first production 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 has already been built and shipped to an AZ dealership, but it's not for sale. The first Challenger was won at auction by none other than Barrett-Jackson CEO Craig Jackson, and the w......

Dodge Challenger SRT8 added to Leno’s Garage

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Click above image for gallery of high-res shots courtesy Delbert ShoopmanLooks like late night television's most famous car nut is the latest person to fall under the spell of the new Dodge Challenger SRT-8. Autoblog friend Delbert Shoopman says he was walking around the NBC lot in Burbank and happe......