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I have a 2016 Z06 A8 (10.80 QTR mile) and 2017 Charger R/T 5.7 Hemi. The exhaust on the Hemi is loud and sport mode is even louder. 8 speed trans is great. Z06 with Borla XPipe screams at WOT and really moves out!
Lucky to have both cars.
The 5.7 is a stout motor. I also have a 17’ Ram Sport Night edition regular cab 4x4. Has 3.92 rear gears and the 8 speed. Has headers, exhaust, Vararam CAI, ported TB, thermostat, electric fan conversion and tune. Jumps up pretty good for a big truck.
I think the 4 door Charger, whatever version you get, would be better stable mate for a c7 z06.
For a all around car for sure. Challenger is basically a two seater even though it actually has the room for four. I think one person on one occasion has rode in the back of my Challenger. I don’t have kids so out of 5 vehicles they are all two seaters lol.
My Z06 is an A8 and my HC is a Charger. Both cars pull hard from a stop but the Z hooks up better. Wider tires on the HC might help. I wish the Z's A8 was as tight as the HC's. Both cars are 2017's.
My Z06 is an A8 and my HC is a Charger. Both cars pull hard from a stop but the Z hooks up better. Wider tires on the HC might help. I wish the Z's A8 was as tight as the HC's. Both cars are 2017's.
Damn so jealous. I love a HC charger.
How I wish gm put the zf in our z's. It would perform a lot better. And I would currently own an auto z. But they didnt, so I went with the manual lol
My Z06 is an A8 and my HC is a Charger. Both cars pull hard from a stop but the Z hooks up better. Wider tires on the HC might help. I wish the Z's A8 was as tight as the HC's. Both cars are 2017's.[/QUOTE]
Winner-winner. Chicken dinner! Love your choices of colors but especially partial to that F-16 silhouette on back wall!
Really want one of these 392 Challenger's...nice pics guys...need to go drive one. I gotta have a manual, so that's put the focus on the Challenger, doesn't seem like the Charger has a manual available, correct? I get my 8-speed automatic fun in my wife's Stinger GT2 AWD, but I have more fun with a manual.
IMO, My ZO6 2019 Vert is more fun to drive than my Hellcat Challenger A8. Paddle shifting the Hellcat with the supercharger kicked in is a hoot. I wish they gave the LT4 more induction noise. Once the Z gets going I'd have to say that hands down the Z is faster. Almost 1000 lbs lighter and those 345's in the back don't hurt either.
I have a 2018 Z06 with a 7 speed manual. I always wanted a Challenger Hellcat automatic and now have one on order--about 4 more weeks. Anyone else have both? I suspect my Vette will be a little quicker: 717HP vs 650HP but the Challenger is 4400 lbs and Vette 3600 lb.
My friend asked for any ideas on how to drive both at the same time......
No I don't own both. I opted for a Tesla P3 over a Hellcat companion to my Z06. But I do like the Hellcat and Demon and would drive the hell out of both of them. Congrats on your purchase.
Just picked this up, no glamour shots yet.
Have owned 3 HCs and two Z06s. Currently have a HC Charger and Carbon 65 Z06. As different as these cars are, they both represent the same thing, a big American middle finger to the rest of the car world. I prefer the Charger over the Challenger. Forty five hundred pounds is more excusable in a sedan, than it is a coupe. Had a Widebody Challenger HC for about 6 months, just never really bonded with it, like we have with the Charger.
If you were racing these cars in a straight line, from a dig, it would be close. Traction would be the biggest factor, as the HC needs sticky 305s, but you still need to moderate the throttle, even more than the Z. From a roll, it would be very, very, close.
I agree, although the Widebody (actually tacked on fender flares) and 305 width tires did help the appearance of the car. I always thought they looked under tire’d and kinda like Humpty Dumpty. Also didn’t help that I had one of the originals, a ‘71. Parking it beside a new one, just highlighted how big they have gotten. Same can’t be said for the Charger, since they are completely different vehicles 4 vs 2 doors, etc...).
I would sell what's left of my soul for your '68 Charger.
I've owned 4 new gen Chargers (2007 R/T, 2010 SRT8, 2015 SRT 392, 2016 SRT 392) and I loved them all.
Doing a "widebody" to get 305s is a joke. I have 315s on the back of my 2016 Charger; just needed 11' wide wheels, And the Challenger widebody is hideous. It looks like a cheesy Liberty Walk bolt-on. Dodge should be ashamed of that car.
I would sell what's left of my soul for your '68 Charger.
I've owned 4 new gen Chargers (2007 R/T, 2010 SRT8, 2015 SRT 392, 2016 SRT 392) and I loved them all.
Doing a "widebody" to get 305s is a joke. I have 315s on the back of my 2016 Charger; just needed 11' wide wheels, And the Challenger widebody is hideous. It looks like a cheesy Liberty Walk bolt-on. Dodge should be ashamed of that car.
lol i agree.
The chargers are soo much better looking. And more practical too.
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