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Dodge to unveil Challenger Super Stock July 13th

07/07/2008, 6:51 PM

By Drew Johnson

Dodge confirmed earlier this year that a drag strip-ready version of its all-new Challenger was headed our way this summer, and the Michigan automaker has now officially set a date for the car’s unveiling: July 13th. The unveiling will occur at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado.

The Challenger Super Stock is intended to compete in the NHRA’s Stock Eliminator class, and represents the first Mopar-tuned car in the last 40 years.

Power for the drag-specific Challengers will be sourced from Chrysler’s current lineup of HEMI engines, as well as the company’s 5.9L Magnum V8. Although no horsepower numbers were mentioned, the Challenger Super Stock will be available in both manual and automatic configurations.

Because the Challenger Super Stock is intended for the strip, it will go on a pretty significant diet. The front fascia will use lighter-weight materials for support and the Challenger’s hood will be swapped out for a lift-off, composite unit — featuring a functional scoop.

The Challenger Super Stock will also use a lightweight cooling system, a lightweight, drag-only braking system and a drop-out front crossmember.

Seats that accommodate a six-point harness and a special Body-in-White modified for drag racing will also be a part of the Challenger Super Stock package.

And because the Challenger Super Stock is only intended for the track, Dodge did away with some of the car’s creature comforts, including the windshield wipers, rear seat, HVAC systems, power windows and sound deadening materials.

The end result is a Challenger that is 800 pounds lighter and ready for track duty.

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07/07, 6:54 PM

posted by:

gcorvette987

pretty cool!

07/07, 7:07 PM

posted by:

LS7

pretty GAY. They should have instead made a lightweight streetable car. Kind of like M3 CSL or 911 GT3, but a Challenger version. Keep the SRT-8 as the horsepower king, but just improve handling, braking, etc… make it livelier. And have it only available in 6speed manual gearbox.

07/07, 7:19 PM

posted by:

SR

^^ Agree. Very gay. Drag racing is for tards.

07/07, 7:27 PM

posted by:

howsmydriving

Nice to see a hood scoop that isn’t faux.

07/07, 7:46 PM

posted by:

Rafa LL

How many MPG?

07/07, 7:46 PM

posted by:

Rafa LL

…Or should I ask GPM?

07/07, 7:55 PM

posted by:

kagon

well for those that don’t know their automotive history, making drag only cars isn’t a new thing for mopar two very famous vehicles are the 1968 hemi dart and hemi barracuda, they were not street legal, had a plexiglas front windshield and would pull high ten’s in the quarter mile. My guess would be this is sort of paying homage to the past?

07/07, 8:00 PM

posted by:

hemiredneck

Maybe LLN should pay homage to hemi RR(Jared)? Since he is a thing of the past?

07/07, 8:59 PM

posted by:

alex189a

Rafa, you’re serious? RLY?

If I can fit a full size cooler for my beers in the back seat while still reclining comfortably I’m sold.

07/07, 9:53 PM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

It’s an interesting concept… Kinda reminiscent of the old factory race cars like back in the days of Trans Am racing. I don’t know how much of a market there is for drag racing in the NHRA because I really don’t follow the sport.

However I can tell you the Challenger is going to need much more than the 800lbs they shaved off to really compete. But what class will this compete in? Stock Eliminator Class? Again I don’t follow this sport but I’m assuming this class is for completely stock cars?

What I think Dodge should do I just don’t know for what car, well maybe the Challenger is offer it in a sport that’s more affordable to the general public, kinda like how Pontiac offers a ZOK (Club Sport) package that offers a race tuned suspension and is legal to use in SCCA autocross events…

But I think what would be cooler is if Dodge offered packages for the Challenger to do track racing or something too… Even though it’s more of a drag car so it makes sense…

07/07, 9:54 PM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

^ for the Solstice. I forgot to mention the car… Sorry

07/07, 10:11 PM

posted by:

Rafa LL

alex189a, I was kidding bro , Duh … I had nothing to say but I totally agree with LS7.

07/07, 10:18 PM

posted by:

johnnycanuck

Need4SSpeed: there were some interesting stories to come out of the old Trans Am series days. Even back then the AAR ‘Cudas and Challenger RTs had their bodies acid dipped to the point where the sheet metal should have had Alcan stamped on it. Still, neither car ever won a race.

07/07, 10:27 PM

posted by:

murderedout

RICERS NOT NEED APPLY!

07/08, 12:43 AM

posted by:

beatusmongous

I wonder if these will make 9’s, now that the track is shorter.

Just kidding, of course.

07/08, 5:12 AM

posted by:

olds307

Where da white wimmin at??????

07/08, 8:07 AM

posted by:

HemiRoadRunner

That car’s pretty bad @$$. Anyone that thinks that is gay need’s their head examined. I’m glad one of the geeks got on here and tried making fun of me again with his fake myspace account, face it, you’re not even old enough to drive. I heard your mom was after that guy on that myspace account though.

07/08, 8:09 AM

posted by:

HemiRoadRunner

Oh yeah, just because of the nerdy retard earlier, chinks, gooks, etc can choke on this car’s gas guzzling fumes! I’m glad china is getting polluted and the chinks there are choking!

07/08, 8:14 AM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

johnnycanuck, didn’t know that. I’ve heard of or seen those cars but I wasn’t around at that time, haha any knowledge from Trans Am racing that I have has been from reading about it or watching it on Speed… lol

yeah HRR, ignore those idiots, they are just loosers that don’t have any thing better to do than go through the actual trouble of creating fake accounts, and putting posts up here to insult, god you gotta have a lot of spare time to do all of that… They aren’t getting any pussy… :)

07/08, 9:05 AM

posted by:

xyunya

Nice to see humanitarian and intellectual faces gracing these pages again.
I don’t know if it’s gay or not, but if it is how is it gay? those guys start blowing each other before the race or after?
HemiRetard, stop whining; most of us realized that cretin on myspace was much more intelligent then you’ll ever be.

07/08, 9:46 AM

posted by:

RaineMan

Hmm… 800lbs lighter. So it only weighs 3000lbs now? It’ll still get smoked…

07/08, 11:02 AM

posted by:

jumpoffit

or they could have done 2 versions of this car- one for Drag and one for the Track, i’m sure it would have been possible- i wouldn’t doubt Chevy is going to do the track thing with their Camaro, oooooooooooooooo i mentioned the Camaro- damnit

07/08, 11:18 AM

posted by:

Fletch

I think this is cool as hell. I sort of can’t believe the actually built it though, not sure what the demand will be. I wonder if they can get in the 9’s with slicks???

07/08, 11:38 AM

posted by:

riktoven

Woohoo a dragster.

How about making somthing that might sell enough to keep the company afloat?

07/08, 11:40 AM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

Raineman- It’ll still weigh over 3000lbs, actually around 3300lbs if the curb weight of the Challenger is around 4100lbs roughly so -800lbs that’s 3300lbs??? I’ll be curious to see the HP figures of this car. Probably will be in the 600-700hp range at least.

I’m sure they’ll only be building these in limited quantities and I highly doubt they’ll make over 1000 of these per year.

07/08, 11:52 AM

posted by:

beatusmongous

I doubt they’ll make 1,000. Period.

07/08, 12:36 PM

posted by:

shaver

Instant collectible

07/08, 12:41 PM

posted by:

RaineMan

I’ll be a good laugh when one of these gets outrun by a 1500lb drag Civic. A decent idea Dodge… but the car is just too freakin huge to start with. I doubt they’re going to be getting 500-600hp out of any of the run-of-the-mill “Hemi” engines or the old ass 5.9 Magnum… that thing only made like 300hp to start with.

07/08, 2:30 PM

posted by:

MugenSentraKen

===>>RaineMan, i feel exaaaactly what you’re talkin’ bout….

07/08, 2:34 PM

posted by:

MugenSentraKen

===>>the weight of this thing is just….too much period. My 4door ‘93 SE-R sentra was only 2280lbs from the factory…before modifications. I’m must troubling to understand how they couldn’t shave more than 800lbs off that car with it not being street legal.

07/08, 3:00 PM

posted by:

Stryker0622

Obviously you guys dont know any history of any of the domestic companys much less Dodge and Mopar. I like it alot and hope they offer the concepts paintjob as an option, most likely they droped a crate HEMI engine not a 5.7 or 6.1 HEMI. As for horsepower, nobody knows and all of your speculations as well as mine might be way off, and as for some rice rocket 4 banger thing-a-magig beating pure american muscle, grow up. hahaha. If yall dont know about the old Drag Packs from Dodge and others way back in the late 60s early 70s why even post here. Infact why even bother coming to this site and post stupid stuff and ignorant rants about how domestic sucks and america sucks blah blah blah, please just move out of the country and go to Japan or Europe becuase like Obama’s Wife we dont need you here and nobody likes you anyway. If its not positive or constructive critisism why say it at all except to be a total jackass… Anyways I too would like to see a Track Package Deal from Mopar to compete with the others. Well my 0.02 is up

07/08, 3:05 PM

posted by:

HemiRoadRunner

All I hear is a bunch of whining import humping BS. Just because you pull half of your honda appart everytime you go to the dragstrip doesn’t mean you have to do the same to cars that actually have POWER. This is going to be a 3000lb car, and unlike the retards at LLN, I read about this car MONTHS ago elsewhere. It’s going to have the 6.1 and be modified in excess of 600HP. Nobody cares about a $H!T box sentra. Maybe your cars are so slow you need every little pound you can shave to keep up with a V6 Camaro. And one thing all the import humping retards on here forgot was REAR GEAR RATIO. Believe it or not, the rear gear makes a difference on on quickly a car accelerates dumb@$$’s. This car with a +600HP, a 6speed or 5 speed auto, 3000lb, and a 4.56 or lower gear would blow away any of your riceburners. I know, there’s always that one moron with a honda that’s bad@$$ though isn’t there, keep putting 20K into an econobox 5K car and look like a retard.

07/08, 3:13 PM

posted by:

xyunya

HemiRetard, you are absolutely correct: no car can impersonate you!!

07/08, 3:21 PM

posted by:

murderedout

Ricerboyz, you do realize that the fastest drag cars are the funny cars with “AMERICAN” supercharged V-8s in them. No jap car can run 5 second 1/4 mile times at over 320+MPH. Now what ricer faggots!

07/08, 3:22 PM

posted by:

murderedout

The name ricers fear the most, JOHN FORCE!

07/08, 3:36 PM

posted by:

HemiRoadRunner

My god xyunya, that $H!T would actually have been funny if it made sense in the first place. Another proven fact that japs, oh excuse me, CHINKS, suck at comedy.

07/08, 4:11 PM

posted by:

jonstew

Wow 600HP and 3300lbs (without the driver so lets says 3500 lbs)….so it’ll be maybe a low 11 second car (and I am being generous at low 11) that likely won’t be street legal and even if it is who would want to deal with it on the street besides maybe Joe Dirt. What is up with AMC Rebal Machine wanna be paint job on this thing anyway? I guess one of the designers lost a bet and had to paint the thing to look like a Lynyrd Skynyrd album cover. We better let all the MK4 Supra humpers know there is a new sheriff in town that is going to run their import love’n asses out of town with a mighty 600 (likely crank) horsepower….I’m sure they’re all trembling now. Good job Chrysler, way to not use the money you spent on this “project” and the tooling required for it to work on designing an economy car that actually sells to a real customer and not a rental car agency so you might not have to shut the lights within the next 5 years. Keep on putting all of your eggs in the 15 mpg or less basket and see how those profit and loss statements start looking…like they are good now.

07/08, 4:12 PM

posted by:

beatusmongous

Yeah, but Hemi, you forgot about FRONT gear ratio on them rice rockets!

07/08, 4:29 PM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

JoeDirtmobile! In all seriousness, this thing looks ugly to begin with and Chrysler should really be focusing on developing cars that majority of the public wants so they can make some money.

07/08, 4:32 PM

posted by:

beatusmongous

Be fair, Jonstew. Chrysler has an economical vehicle. It’s the PT… uh…

wait…

it’s the Seb… no, that’s not it either.

Oh! It’s the 300… wait, I know! It’s the Cal… no, wait! The Vip…

Damn! I know they have one, but I just can’t remember what it is.

07/08, 4:46 PM

posted by:

Htay9500

at lease chrysler isn’t boring us with pictures when they show us the real thing for its challenger unlike GM and the camaro which seems pretty dated already.

07/08, 4:48 PM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

“I doubt they’re going to be getting 500-600hp out of any of the run-of-the-mill “Hemi†engines or the old ass 5.9 Magnum…”

RaineMan, the 6.1L Hemi, if tuned and probably supercharged will be very capable of having 600+ HP. I knew someone that had an old 5.9 R/T Dakota from back in the late 90’s, and with some mods he was cranking well over 500hp…

07/08, 4:57 PM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Hemi road runner?

any riceburner can outrun that car?

Ook…

my sti would annihhilate a 3300 pount american piece of metal.

07/08, 5:30 PM

posted by:

hemiredneck

Well well well, look who is back!!! Hey HemiRR(Jared), how was inbreeding with your family member? Did it take such a heavy toll on you that you had to stay off LLN for a few days? Or did you go and try to buy a custom made mullet wig for your shiny bald head?

07/08, 5:46 PM

posted by:

MugenSentraKen

===>>subarutecnica, i totally beleive you 100%. ALL STi’s are bad-azz when modified, even the Legacy.

07/08, 5:52 PM

posted by:

MugenSentraKen

==>>Need4SSpeed, when i used to work at Advance Autoparts i knew a guy who had a Dodge Dakota R/T 5.9 with a supercharger on it. He used to do BAD-AZZ burnouts in and leaving the parking lot. Had massive power, i have no idea how much tho i’m guessing 380ish hp….he used to come in the store exactly every 2months to order some kind of $60 belt to drive the compressor that kept snapping….

07/08, 6:50 PM

posted by:

Need4SSpeed

^ lol yeah, sounds like a guy I knew who had one with a supercharger too. I have no idea how much actual hp he made I just threw that # out there… Never was a truck person but the Dakota 5.9 R/T was a pretty bad ass truck.

Well it’s rumored that the new 6.4L Hemi is going to be making some pretty sick hp. If the 6.1L can turn out 425 then I’m sure the 6.4L will be capable of 500hp… I’m also not a Hemi fan… was an interesting concept for an engine but, I just think Dodge uses the “Hemi” name more for marketing purposes because it could be better if it used a different design.

07/08, 10:02 PM

posted by:

monte

True, the hemi chamber is a thing of the past. The best current heads use wedge shape or kidney shaped chambers that swirrel and distribute the charge evenly to burn fast and completely. This is why it takes less timing advance and less fuel to create the same or more power. Add direct injection to that and its very impressive how far we’ve come.

07/08, 10:35 PM

posted by:

murderedout

subarutecnica, your plastic STI is no match for my 3822# GMC SYCLONE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-f3xDWNVag&feature=related

07/09, 8:29 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Umm murdered out. Actually my STi might be a match for you Syclone. Seeing as how the syclone has a mitsu turbo it probably has already blown on you……

and whats there to be impressed about. It’s automatic. Theres no skill involved driving your car.

07/09, 1:49 PM

posted by:

Htay9500

speaking of skill, I doubt this will do well in a auto-x event. making wads of power is amazing though.

07/09, 9:58 PM

posted by:

murderedout

subarutecnica, first off, it’s not a mitsu-turbo, and no it hasn’t blown on me, I just upgraded to a bigger turbo. Yeah it’s automatic, all the fastest drag cars are auto. Auto is better when it comes to drag racing, NO CHANCE OF MISSED SHIFTS! No skill involved in driving my car? It’s not a car, it’s a compact truck. Have you ever driven a automatic with over 500 HP? I guarentee not! It takes skill just to launch a vehicle with such power, if it’s manual or auto. You wouldn’t know, cause you drive a 13 second ricer, and you never been to the track. It’s funny watching all you noobies come on to LLN and get PWNAGED!

07/10, 8:30 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Oh man Murdered out.

If you think your that much cooler for having a syclone be my guest. They are a rare vehicle. But you wanna get serious and call my car a ricer?

haha alright… i guess your just indenial that an STi would blow your doors.

And i havent been to the track? Are you my mom? Do you know what i do constantly?

Stop being ignorant, and go back to alabama with your ” SUPER” truck.

07/10, 9:56 AM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

someone driving a cheap truck with a big motor that can’t turn to save its life thinks he is super cool….sounds like an immature high school boy than an intelligent adult to me….the level of knucklheadedness in our country is amazing. sti’s and evo’s are giant killers and can be driven comfortably anywhere without looking like a jackass as well as taken to a road track without snapping your belts every other month. how is the reliability on your machine subarutecnica?

07/10, 10:05 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Reliability is no joke.
Just finished breaking the motor in… Since i got a new one. Subaru had a manufacturer defect and my car went haywire. But… nothing on my part, so i just got a brand new motor.

i just think that like power isn’t always everything. I have Semi Slicks on mine, and like i can launch really well, but at the same time, my little sti can take corners like no other.

07/10, 10:15 AM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

cheap looking that is…esp the plastic interior, just to be clear

07/10, 10:30 AM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

My neighbor has a 2005 Mistubishi Evo VIII MR, with 405 hp stock and 0-60 in 3.5 seconds right off the bat. Top speed is supposed to be 175 on that thing without any specialization. He eats big V8’s and hot rodders for lunch, even some exotics. Drives like a crazy mofo too, but its fun if you can hang on while pulling almost 1g around a corner. I wonder what would happen if those crazy japs started using more V8s in their performance cars, if they are already outperforming with little four bangers. Its easy to do more with more, but the challenge is in doing more with less.

07/10, 11:48 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

wtf! 405 hp?!

thats crazy is it the Fq400?

those things are absolute animals.

07/10, 12:13 PM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

yeah it is, and it is extremely capable of blowing the doors off of any pos from detroit. and thats out of a 2 litre engine! they tested it on top gear against the lamborghini murceilago, and it beat the lambo’s time around the track.

07/10, 1:05 PM

posted by:

subarutecnica

yeah dude.

the acronym for the FQ is ****ing quick!

those things are animals.

Detroit wouldnt have a chance against one.

07/10, 3:06 PM

posted by:

murderedout

American idiot and subarutechina should get a room togather, ****ing fags. Alabama? Hahaha, far from it dumb****. Cheap truck, with a big motor? Last time I checked, a 4.3L V-6 turbo is not that big of a motor, and 30,000$ was a lot of money back then in 1991. Wow, you really are a noobie and don’t know **** about vehicles. Why are you ricers commenting on a American Muscle vehicle anyway? I guess it get’s more attention than you’re ricer gooks. Detroit muscle would destroy any ricer jap crap out there with less $$$. BTW, the only cars that are at the Barret-Jackson Auctions, that are going for 1 million $+ are American! This Challenger would destroy your “fake” neighbors Evo, and would get more looks too.

07/10, 3:13 PM

posted by:

murderedout

Another thing, WRX STis have ****ty transmissions! I bet you went through 2 already. LMAO. The 2008 Cobalt SS Turbo, would own your subby with less $$$ and own the new Mitsu Evo!

07/10, 4:55 PM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Murdered out your clearly the most ignarnat person on the face3 of this earth. YOu ****ing drive a pick up truck and think your **** is faster? its not htat your just a piece of **** dude!

FQ’s are real!

and your ignorant a cobalt SS will not own my subie and neither will the new EVO.

YOur an idiot. Leave this board .

07/10, 11:59 PM

posted by:

murderedout

subarutecinca, I highly doubt you even own a WRX STI, maybe in a video game like need4speed,LMAO. Even that isn’t real life. Second, before you call me an idiot, learn at least how to spell. With your education, I bet you can’t even afford a used Subaru. A Syclone isn’t just any pickup truck, it’s the quickest pickup truck ever produced, even till this day. So you think pickups are slow eh? You must of never heard of the Ford Lightning, Dodge Ram SRT-10, GMC Syclone, GMC Typhoon, Chevrolet 454ss,Chevrolet SSR, Dodge Dakota R/T. You’re just another LLN Noobie troll, trying to gain attention, cause you have no friends. I bet you still live with your parents and your a fat, pimpled faced, teenage virgin, who wacks it to shemale porn. Telling me to get leave this board, is like telling a mafia boss to get out of the mafia. I’m the boss of LLN, you little faggot ass bitch.

07/11, 8:37 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Really dude?

I dont own an STi?

your such a little bitch man…

how about you ****ing shut the **** up and we’ll meet up sometime so i can ****ing beat the **** out of you for that one, and then burn your ****ing car.

you think your hot **** because you drive a ****ing pickuptruck?

god shut the **** up.. Good description of yourself in that last paragraph you peace of ****.

Come see me in a race and i will blow your ****ing doors so you can maybe come to your senses.

Murdered out?

you should be ****ing murdered.

and you wanna get on my education?

and my spelling?

sorry i’m not trying to impress anyone on this board with my degree.

So once again, learn your own ****ing facts bro!

i could give a **** if i’m a LLN newbie troll… i know more about ****ing automobiles then you do, clearly i made the right choice in having an STi since 05 rather then buying a piece of **** Syclone. And i’m really sorry i dont try to ****ing make friends on a website…. i didnt know this was myspace. Oh wait, you must need all the help you can get from anything.

SHUT THE **** UPPPP YOU BITCHASS.

07/11, 9:24 AM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

“im the boss of LLN”

lmaoooo…..this guy is seriously 10 yrs old and his trying to act hard is nothin but hilarious. does his mommy know he is on the comp. past his bedtime? he is one of those “internet thugs” who is really a little dweeb.

watch him write back with some more lame profanity riddled garbage while he froths at his mouth lol.

07/11, 12:18 PM

posted by:

jonstew

“a Syclone isn’t just any pickup truck, it’s the quickest pickup truck ever produced” That’s like winning the gold medal in the 100 meter dash at the Special Olympics….it’s still a truck with a solid rear axle and leaf springs in the rear, it still handles poorly and does not have the best braking performance on the planet, it was a poor excuse for a truck; meaning the pay load it could carry was so small you might as well have called it a trunk instead of a bed. The LB4 makes good power for what it is which is an engine based on a 1950’s design small block chevy engine minus 2 cylinders but high RPM and pushrod have never been terms that went together well with a cast iron head and block and you will have to have that for a big turbo like a GT42R. A Syclone could beat a Ferrari 348 in the 1520 which is nice but that is like comparing apples to oranges since the Ferrari was not made to be a drag car, it was made to do everything well and the Syclone was made to go fast in a straight line which is really pretty boring to people who are into all aspects of a vehicles performance which you obiviously are not. The Syclone was not a cheap vechicle when it came out and it was impressive for the time and to some extent still is seeing as it is a very un-GM type of performace vehicle in much the same way the GN was and still is but once again it’s all about a straight line. Dollar for dollar I would take the STi, or Evo (or even a Celica All-Trac) over a Syclone in the AWD turbo performance (for 30K MSRP when new) genre just to have some handling and braking. I love the plastic STi commnet too…did you not notice the arces of black plastic wrapped all the way around the bottom of a Syclone?

07/11, 3:04 PM

posted by:

murderedout

American faggot subfagnica, are both homosexual lovers who eat, sleep and breath japanese penis. You both need to to get jobs, and quit mooching off mommy and daddy. jonstew, I can tell you just recently researched on Syclones. I can tell you are also an import humper by the words ” a very un-GM type. Why would anyone buy a Syclone to tow anyways? That’s like buying a ZR1 to tow, you’re a ****ing dumbass.BTW, the Syclone can tow.http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=gmc%20syclone%20ad&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi You’re typical, import humping, lame excuses, are the same as the others on here. “Well it has old technology”, (yeah 17 year old technology that still beats most newer performance vehicles today, with less HP only 280) “Or what about it’s reliability”, I heard and seen of many Syclones still in exitense with over 200,000 miles and running). As for the “acres of black plastic wrapped around the Syclone comment, it’s called cladding BTW. At least underneath it, is all metal, unlike the all plastic STi. The Syclone handles well and brakes well, if you did some further research on them you would know, but you don’t know much about vehicles. The Syclone is by far more impressive than a WRX Sti when comparing performance and price for it’s 17 year old age. It was way ahead of it’s time. The Syclone is still quicker with less HP and weighs more, than the STi, stock for stock, in a straight line to this day. It’s more of a collector vehicle too because it’s more rare. only 2,995 made. Auto crossing and the rings are boring, watching a car go in circles for hours is just gay. This is America, the land of go on green, and that’s the game we play to lighten the pockets of the unwary.

07/11, 5:49 PM

posted by:

jonstew

Murderedout you act like a child….

1, did I say tow? get out your owners manual idiot….you can only put like 600 lbs in the bed of it.

2, the engine in your truck; like nearly all GM engines is based on small blocks from the 50’s. I know this is a tough fact for an idiot to face but hopefully you will be able to come to grips with it.

3, I could care less how many miles one has traveled….did I mention it? NO! But you did so obviously you think (or know) they have a problem not reaching 100K without a rebuild.

4, you need to adjust for inflation idiot….in today’s money your precious truck would be around 40K plus; and I’m sorry a couple 10ths of second in one scale of performance is not worth that PLUS it would still not corner (but since that is “boring” to you….likely because you either have never driven a car that corners or because understanding suspension setups is just plain to complicated for you) and I’m sorry; it’s braking performance is nothing to get too proud about. Would you like a Bozo button or a chest to pin it on?!

5, what parts of an STi are made out of plastic that are not on any new car from any other auto manufacturers?….bumpers…. Your truck has acres of ugly cladding on it; kind of like a 90’s Pontiac….it looks cheap….sorry to break your heart on that one but it does! “under neither it’s all metal” GOOD! but for a drag racer you sure are an idiot….weight is the enemy in drag racing just like any other form of racing….want to go faster? Peel that Pontiac wanna be body kit off your truck!

6, what makes the Syclone ahead of it’s time….pushrods? solid rear axle? It’s not the AWD….that had been around for quite some time from the German makers. Was it using a turbo (I sure hope you don’t think that is it) Fuel injection….nope! Come on now genious….enlighten the rest of us.

7, I know more about vehicles than you do….I did not have to “research” your truck….I read these cars things called “books” and when I do this I “retain” the information I read….see I love automobiles…it does not mater who makes them. My daily driver is a GM not an import….do I own an import? yes I do but everyday I am behind the wheel of a GM.

8, this might be America but there is no law that states you have to love boring a$$ drag racing. Keep on driving your “fast in straight line” truck…. Although since you can’t even confirm it’s 500 AWHP does not impress me one bit. Oh and BTW….that weird fluttering sound hear towards the end of the youtube clip you posted is called compressor surge….it kills turbos; so if that is your truck (which I HIGHLY doubt) you might want to look into it….oh and you might want to get a non japanese blow off valve since you hate imports so much.

You don’t even like cars for being the king or mayor or godfather or whatever you have built up in your head you are of LLN….all you want to read about or think about is what kind of 1520 time some American branded car can do….a true care lover looks at them all and loves them all! Tell you what, go crack open a Bud Light, open the door to the barn you keep the Syclone in (if you actually even own one) and reflect on how much you and the truck love each other and how your closed mindedness will always keep you together!

07/11, 9:40 PM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

lol looks like I don’t even need to say anything. that little dweeb proved me right by typing some long tirade full of childish garbage like i thot he wud. keep self destructing “mayor of lln”. lmao what a loser. out.

07/12, 12:46 AM

posted by:

murderedout

jonstew, you act like a faggot!
1. Actually it’s 800 LBS. YOU LOSE!
2.Small blocks from the 50s? Confirm where a Vortec 4.3L V-6 is “based” on, you can’t! Again, YOU LOSE!
3. 100,000 miles without a rebuild?, LMAO, mine had 135,000 miles on it before I made it into a high performance machine. YOU LOSE!
4. I never driven a car that corners? I bet the Z06 I drove corners better than anything you ever driven. Did I mention the Subaru WRX STi has over 300+ HP and the Syclone only has 280HP stock for stock and the syclone Weighs about 1000lbs more, Adjust that faggot! YOU LOSE!
5. My truck has 6 pieces of cladding on it, unlike the the Subby which is all plastic, (including the intake manifold), what a joke! The cladding stays, and it looks good, got to keep the exterior in stock form. I doubt you even own a car, except on your playstation video games.YOU LOSE!
6. What makes the Syclone ahead of it’s time? It’s the only “truck” that had a combination of AWD, Turbocharger/intercooler, 16 inch wheels( which were huge in the early 90’s) and could blow away the ZR1 and Ferraris and other exotic cars, in 0-60 and the 1/4 mile. Only Syclone owners like myself and true car enthusiast would understand. YOU LOSE!
7. You read things like books, and what is this particular book that showed the information on the Syclone? More like you read the internet and you retain information off of the internet. WOW, you’re a ****ing bull****ter. YOU LOSE!
8. I never stated there was a law, dumb****. I don’t have to confirm **** to you, cause you’re just a nobody. The compressor surge, yeah cause the boost was turned up to almost 22 LBS. You actually thing I would have it turned up all the time? Wow your dumb! Japanese blow off valve? Where did I state that I had one? Please do quote me on it. Yeah, I don’t even like cars that’s why I commented on how awesome this challenger is, in my previous posts. Please tell me what’s a “true care lover”? LOL, HAHAHAH. Get an education first son, before you call people idiots. Only makes you look like a fool, when you can’t even spell half of your words or punctuate you’re sentences correctly. I’ll tell you what, keep attending you’re GLADD parades and get cornholed everynight by you’re boyfreind, American Idiot faggot. You’re treehugging Toyota Prius’s will keep you togather. This was way to easy, because it wasn’t a challenge. Thanks for coming out, keeping the scene alive and please, I’m not signing autographs right now. As for American Idiot fanook, you calling me a loser, while you don’t have a girlfriend and you still live with you’re parents, is like saying George W Bush is the world’s smartest man. I love pissing off import humpers like you and jonstew, it’s fun.

07/12, 10:37 AM

posted by:

jonstew

WOW, Murdered out….you made no points and lost all the arguments. At least you have to turn mostly to trying insults because you don’t have a leg to stand on for the rest of what you said….You call me a kid who lives at home with his parents not even realizing your whole long rant makes you look like a child since you are acting like one. You are not pissing off any import humper here….just making yourself look like a fool.

Sorry I was off by 200lbs on payload….800lbs is still sad!

Oh; and compressor surge….you REALLY need to know what it is….it is not because you had the boost turned up to 22lbs….you either need a different spring in your BOV (or hey, buy an TiAL instead of that POS HKS you have on there) or get 2 BOV’s….compressor surge just tells me you have idea what you are doing and if you are only making 500 hp on 22 pounds with a 4.3L that should tells anyone who knows anything about turbo’s you don’t. When you finally send a compressor blade thru the engine I will be vindicated but I bet you won’t get on here and brag about it.

you are not a true car lover because you only like 1 kind of car….you make obvious in all of your posts….if it’s not fast in a straight line it’s not worth a thing.

07/12, 12:37 PM

posted by:

murderedout

jonstew, wow you don’t know jack **** about turbos, anyone who knows that a lot of boost causes compressor surge, it has nothing to do with a BOV, wow you are an idiot. You still haven’t said what kind of vehicle you drive(if any). As for me not being a car lover, LMAO. You are truley a newbie to this site. If you been on here long enough, you would have read my past posts, on all different types of cars that I love. The ZR1 being my favorite, that will murder any import. Last time I checked,the ZR1 is fast in the ring and the straight line,and just beat the Nissan GT-R lap time at Nürburgring. Keep working at McDonald and flip burgers driving you’re jap ricer with your F-16 wing, fart can exhaust, and graphics kit that you ricers claim to add 5HP. You’re a FOOL!

07/12, 11:14 PM

posted by:

AmericanIdiot

zzzz the more this idiot talks the stupider he sounds. that girlfriend comment is classic….what are u in high school kid? resorting to insults while trying to make your points makes it quite apparent that you have nothing valuable or credible to say. and exposing your true biases are quite helpful in dismissing you as nothing more than a blowhard moron.

07/13, 1:28 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

umm blowoffs kinda do have somethin to do with compressor surge. Its the air that recirculates back into the turbo which causes compressor surge i think i’m not too sure, but i know its the turbo getting air from both chambers.

which murdered out, if you knew about making higher performance cars, you would know to NOT do that.

which you don’t, which im claiming you dont even have a syclone.

An my plastic STi might not be the fastest car in the whole world, but it can put your little pick up, to its well awaited to rest. in a junkyard, with oil all over the motor.

07/13, 2:18 AM

posted by:

murderedout

American idiot, you’re name explains you well, what else is there to say. Subaru, now “you think, but your not too sure”, LMAO,you choked on your own dick. You’re plastic STis transmission would **** up,before you would even have a prayer of a chance,of putting my Sy to rest. Not to mention the propshaft on those things don’t last very long as well.
Since you claim to know a lot about cars, here is a question every car enthusiast should know. What is currently the world’s fastest production car? BTW, I already know the Answer.
Starts with an S.

07/14, 7:54 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

umm SSC American Aero?

shut the **** up……

07/14, 10:57 PM

posted by:

murderedout

Close, SSC ULTIMATE AERO TT. I guess I can can give you credit for Recognizing that it’s American.

07/15, 8:33 AM

posted by:

subarutecnica

Dude i dont even care. Neither you nor i will ever drive it so i dunno why your even asking that.

You should ask something reasonable like, ” Subaru Tecnica, what kind of car do i drive?”

and i would answer “GM….nope… Ford Escort?” 4speed Auto?

yeahhhh.

 
 
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