^^^
Thanks.
Yes, I saw that at this link Mopar - Performance - Dodge Challenger Drag Race Package Car
It's what prompted my question.
The third bullet says :
Weight reduced by 1,000 pounds by removing major components and systems
That's a lot of weight.
I assume that does not mean the engine was removed
And the pictures at that link seem to show
1) a carb'd hi-rise (probably not street legal) so not sure how much weight saving is there
2) and 3) what appears to be a faily "full interior".
While a 3140 pound SRT-8 drag car would awesome, a 3600lb or 3700lb daily driver could be fun!
I don't listen to the radio much...
Last edited by Simon.Starkie : 10-13-2008 at 03:02 PM.
^^^
Thanks.
Yes, I saw that at this link Mopar - Performance - Dodge Challenger Drag Race Package Car
It's what prompted my question.
The third bullet says :
Weight reduced by 1,000 pounds by removing major components and systems
That's a lot of weight.
I assume that does not mean the engine was removed
And the pictures at that link seem to show
1) a carb'd hi-rise (probably not street legal) so not sure how much weight saving is there
2) and 3) what appears to be a faily "full interior".
While a 3140 pound SRT-8 drag car would awesome, a 3600lb or 3700lb daily driver could be fun!
I don't listen to the radio much...
Yeah, I know the ammenities such as AC and radio are gone, I would suspect that the sound deadening and spare tire are gone as well. On the site they did say the windows were lexan too... I wonder if any CF or fiberglass is involved too..
The weight loss comes from component removal, a modified BIW and several lightweight components. The BIW is based off the production Challenger - no door beams, no body sealer, etc. Components removed include the power steering system and HVAC. No component weights are available off-hand. Lightweight components are polycarbonate door glass, carbon fiber liftoff hood, performance front brakes, Viper-style front seats.
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Body in White or BIW refers to the stage in automotive design or automobile manufacturing in which the car body sheet metal (including doors, hoods, and deck lids) has been assembled or designed but before the components (chassis, motor) and trim (windshields, seats, upholstery, electronics, etc.) have been added.
The name is derived from manufacturing practice before steel monocoque bodies, sometimes trademarked unibody. When most cars were made by firms as just a frame, with an engine, suspension, and fenders attached, the manufacturers built or purchased wooden bodies (with thin, non-structural metal sheets on the outside) to bolt onto the frame. The bodies really were painted white as a preliminary to being painted the customer's chosen color. During the Great Depression, firms had a large inventory of these bodies and took a long time to sell them off. Now that car bodies are made of steel, the phrase remains and has a folk etymology that it comes from the appearance of the car body after it is dipped into a white bath of primer (undercoat paint)—when actually the color is usually light gray.
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Recently had the chance to buy a 2005 SRT-4, what is already equipped with a stage 3 kit, including computer, a big front air-to-air intercooler, supposedly good to 550 HP, an AEM a/f ratio and an Apexi fuel conrtroller which is connected but not operating.
So, I live in a very high altitude place named Mexico city. Here we are located at 7460 feet altitude; airplane cruising altitudes.
Now the thing is that when running the car wide open throttle I have ten to one a/f readings. I´ve been said this is the stage 3 computer calibration.
But daring to use the Apexi, I suppose I can run much leaner to obtain a better torque curve. How much leaner would be reasonable to run this combo, yet safely for street and road racing usage?
One more comment in favor of Chrysler engineering. It happens that these cars are the fastest of all other brands of full body, front wheel drive cars on our racetracks.
A thousand thanks.
Last edited by lordvader : 10-25-2008 at 01:12 PM.
My question would be, I just bought an 05' Srt-4 ACR St 2 and have an oil leak. From what I read there notorious for this which from how it looks is this. Car will leak oil.from the manifold into the intercooler pipe connected through the throttle body. What do you do??? Also, oil catch can would help I imagine??
My question would be, I just bought an 05' Srt-4 ACR St 2 and have an oil leak. From what I read there notorious for this which from how it looks is this. Car will leak oil.from the manifold into the intercooler pipe connected through the throttle body. What do you do??? Also, oil catch can would help I imagine??
LoL, uhhh yea....that's what the catch can does, bud.
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