I took a ride in my friends 07 Dodge Charger RT last night and got him to manually shift it for the first time, then showed him how to foot brake stall it. I watched the car run against a Oldsmobile Aurora and it wasn't that impressive; well last night after discovering how much better the manual shift works I had him stage the car to 1500rpm and the thing absolutly rocketed out of the hole with minimal wheel spin, impressive to say the least but it gets better. He does it 2 more times staging it to about 1800rpm and I kid you not that car launches like it has slicks in the back! There is absolutly 0 wheel spin and for a split second it's hard to breathe when it launches out. I don't know what Chrysler did with these cars but the deeper you stage it the harder it hooks, I've NEVER in my life been in such a hard hooking car bone stock. The look in his eyes when that car holeshot was priceless. He's taking it to the track soon, I'll post up his results.

Chrysler has a bad a** line up of cars that are all available in rear wheel drive and are pushing a lot of horsepower. It is getting to a point where GM better step it up a notch.

I have to agree. To keep it third gen related I will say that this car will be a tall order for me on spray. I've watched the GTO's launch, they have NOTHING on this Chrysler, same goes for the LS1 camaro's. The hemi engine is a rip off of the LS1, at least Chrysler picked the best engine to rip off! I have no idea what kind of suspension they put under that Charger but it's wicked that's for sure.

the RT's are nothing to worship. my stepfather has one, nice car, good looking car, nothing amazing performance wise....oh yea....we raced. and i won.

i gotta say that the one i saw on drag radials at the track was pretty dadjim slow. my buddies '04 hemi ram was faster. (cai, headers,exhaust,hypertech)

I was at E-town on opening day and there were LX platform cars running high 12s, to mid 13s. I don't know what all was done to them, but they are very respectable family cars.

Sorry about your dads car... and the fact that you would consider giving a car it's dues "worshiping" it. There's another guy in Seymour who owns one of the station wagon Chryslers (not sure of the name) with the hemi in it, and it isn't as fast as this one. Maybe it has something to do with his driving style and the newness of the car. I'de say he's definetly low 13's but only taking it to the track will truly tell. That's impressive for a 4 door brick of a sedan in my book.

The whole LX family is impressive, indeed. I sell them for a living, so I am in and out of them all the time. A bone stock R/T is good for high 13's at best, and is usually a mid 14 sec car. Really good for a 4500 lb full size car. The SRT8's will run low to mid 13's stock. High 12's no trouble with bolt ons only. These cars leave so smoothly due to the traction control in the ESP program. It monitors wheel spin, etc. to prevent tire roasting action. Like most everything else these days, the throttles are electronic and open gradually, no matter how hard you stomp the go pedal. Promotes safety and long driveline life, too! Thanks, Oldtimer.

High 12's out of a 4-door heavy boat of a car is impressive in my book. The SRT-8's give me a run for my money.

i have raced these in my 98 when it was stock. they take of like that because there pretty slow for a 400hp car. the last time i was up at beach bend there was a 6.0 gto (stock) destroying a stock hemi charger.it is as close as a lo3 car vs l98.Maybe his is built with 400hp instead of just saying it has that much. around here they all suck. its sad : (

i fail to see the point of your attitude. i was merely givng my opinion on my stepfathers car. maybe worshipping was the wrong word. how about its nothing to brag about? Also the magnum wont see low 13's unless its the srt-8 model and some. The R/T magnum is slower than the charger, in phx i saw one run a....14.8?@94 with a cold air intake...thats pretty slow imo.

He's barely out of the 14's, all the cars mentioned in this thread would smoke him 5 ways from Sunday.

Also, don't base all of the times you see in your area since your area isn't that close to sea level right?

why wouldnt i base all the times i see based on my area?! thats what the cars are running here at the altitude and crap gas. all the cars mentioned? this thread is about the Charger R/T, which carries the same engine as a Magnum R/T. The magnum is just heavier...

I know, that's what I'm saying. Crap gas and crap altitude. Under normal conditions they're faster than 14.8. That's all I'm saying. They run a lot faster here since the tracks here are only a few feet above sea level.

ok i understand what your saying, i was merely making the comment towards camarorslow, because i did not grasp what he was trying to get across, i've heard of chargers running low 14's but thats in ideal conditions and the world isnt based on ideal conditions.

I've wasted a few Chargers, their pretty good for a stock four door, but they ain't no sports car, that's for sure! I'd take a 440 Charger any day.

We Sold our RT magnum for the srt-8 Magnum, and i couldn't beleive the difference in the pickup, and the sound at the red lights is almost like being in a race car. I love the fact that chrysler finally come up with something good. They even put Brembro brakes on it. I'm looking forward to what they come up with next, probab;y will be the charger srt-10 or something. I gave someone whiplash just from trying to switch lanes, was going 85 behind a Mercedes Benz for about 1 hour and they never got over to let me pass, and i hate that, so i decided to pass in the slow lane, so i looked for the smokeys, and other traffic beside and ahead, seen that i had to do it quick and get back into the fast lane, so i punched it at 85 from right behind the benz, i literally had to rip it to the right to dodge the back of the benz, when i got up to the door i looked at the Speedometer, i was already at 120. I love the SRT-8

I love the way these cars look too, here's a pic of the one he ordered.
ps, wasn't my idea to put the stupid whatever that damn thing is that came off of a dodge truck on the front of it, but i guess ill leave it on there for a few, then tell her i took it thru a damn car wash and it got ripped off. lol

We have a '06 RT Charger with a hemi.
I put it on my g-tech(dont' tell my wife) and the best I got was a 14.7 in the 1/4.

Uhhhmmm,,,,, First of all, the Charger R/T's don't have 400 HP they have 345. So yes a high 13 is the best you would see in the quarter (which isn't bad for a heavy four door).

I have a 06 Chrysler 300 SRT 8 (425 Hp stock) it runs a 12.98 totally stock.

I am building my 86 Iroc with a 355 and am worried my 4 door stock sedan will be faster!

So to say these LX cars from Mopar are not impressive stock is ridiculous!

High 13's is what I'm guessing, and this is the 345hp RT model. He ran a stripped 88 Mustang with gears, C6 trans and 3k stall, ET Street radials, and some other work done that I'm betting runs high to mid 13's and kept right with it. Here's the kicker he had 2 passengers in the Charger. The brilliance of the car really is the traction control. When launching with it off the car will blitz the tires, with it on the take off is smooth and oh so hard. The traction control and the drive by wire really works well together in these cars. It's quicker than any traction control I've felt before; and there's none of that grinding brakes, forcing the throttle back nonsense I am used to with traction control in older vehicles.

I love how the srt-8 came with the brake assist. I bet that 300 srt-8 is sweet too. I like the attention i get at the stop lights. Lot's of people of all sorts are attracted to these srt-8's. Sure does make u feel good to not be afraid to run it against anything to see what they got. The pickup has to be the best thing about these cars, hold it at 2800 and get ready. better hope your passenger has his head pressed back, or it will slam into the seat when i take off, im a huge fan of using the esp TC, unless i wanna do a Tony Stewart burnout.