Gotta give Dodge credit for keeping these cars in production for so long...kinda the last of what seems to be a dying breed. I have nothing against EVs but I hope whatever ends up replacing the Challenger and Charger isn't some soulless over-technologied battery-operated computer on wheels...
I have a 2016 392 Challenger Scatpack with a shaker hood, manual drive in B5 Blue with the Super Bee stripe. I always get looks from people when I drive it around town. Fun car to drive and the 6.4 liter will never fail you.
It's been pleasurable telling young car enthusiasts that their beloved Dodge Challenger was derived from a more popular muscle car from the late sixties and early seventies called the Plymouth Barracuda. They always wonder why they haven't heard of the Barracuda before but only of the Challenger, and some of them don't believe me when I tell them that the Barracuda was more popular.
A lot of Challenger fans would like to pretend those Mitsubishi versions didn't exists, but they were fairly competitive against the Celica and such of the time, and I think they look a lot like the early fox body Capri/Mustang.
@@thehopelesscarguy the reason I know is I knew a guy that bought a Plymouth fire arrow with the 2.6 while he was stationed in Japan. I bought it from later. And for a stock 4 banger it ran pretty good. I did a couple things that helped it
@@thehopelesscarguy mine was a little better because it was JDM believe it or not. I raced a kid in a 307(might've been 305 I don't remember) Chevelle one night and beat him by more than a car length. Now to be fair. It was a short light to light race. I had put on an OLD set of b 50s on the rear. My dad did some tuning. And I got the transmission out of one of those challengers which was geared just a bit lower then the arrow transmission. But other then that it was stock. Mainly because the ONLY speed parts you can get for those engines is a header
We have a 1970 Challenger R/T in EB5 Metallic Blue 440 4 speed. It’s always a great day when you’re out for a drive.
Sweet.
Gotta give Dodge credit for keeping these cars in production for so long...kinda the last of what seems to be a dying breed. I have nothing against EVs but I hope whatever ends up replacing the Challenger and Charger isn't some soulless over-technologied battery-operated computer on wheels...
"eMuscle" is what they are saying. But in spite of the push for electrics, the sales are not supporting the hype.
I have a 2016 392 Challenger Scatpack with a shaker hood, manual drive in B5 Blue with the Super Bee stripe. I always get looks from people when I drive it around town. Fun car to drive and the 6.4 liter will never fail you.
I bet.
getting harder to find something worthwhile to watch on yt due to censorship. This channel always rocks
Thanks. Always good to hear things are enjoyed.
Not sure why, but I've always been in love with the 383.
It is in that size sweet spot.
440was much better. Both are good engines. But if you're gonna get a big block. Then get the king
It's been pleasurable telling young car enthusiasts that their beloved Dodge Challenger was derived from a more popular muscle car from the late sixties and early seventies called the Plymouth Barracuda. They always wonder why they haven't heard of the Barracuda before but only of the Challenger, and some of them don't believe me when I tell them that the Barracuda was more popular.
I think a lot of people have a hard time believing that Plymouth in general was more popular than Dodge for decades.
"Dodge, the brotherhood of muscle"
No car like a Mopar.
❤❤
mopar allways deserves two thumbs up
No car like a Mopar.
I love good old fashion body on frame rear wheel drive muscle car
Well unibody on sub-frame anyway.
@@thehopelesscarguy Still a good car anyway
At 5:19, I swear I thought that was a Capri until I looked at the rear end. Well done as always, sir.
A lot of Challenger fans would like to pretend those Mitsubishi versions didn't exists, but they were fairly competitive against the Celica and such of the time, and I think they look a lot like the early fox body Capri/Mustang.
18 second 1/4 mile....lol hell my 25 year old fwd 4 banger prelude will do it in 15 seconds!!!
15 seconds isn't bad.
Um on those late 70s Mitsubishi challengers. You've got it backwards. The 2.6l wasn't the "hemi". The 1.6l was
Do I? I will have to double check that. Not that I can change it now.
@@thehopelesscarguy the reason I know is I knew a guy that bought a Plymouth fire arrow with the 2.6 while he was stationed in Japan. I bought it from later. And for a stock 4 banger it ran pretty good. I did a couple things that helped it
@@gary9127 I remember the original Car & Driver review of those. They said it had spirited performance, and showed it peeling out in gravel.
@@thehopelesscarguy mine was a little better because it was JDM believe it or not. I raced a kid in a 307(might've been 305 I don't remember) Chevelle one night and beat him by more than a car length. Now to be fair. It was a short light to light race. I had put on an OLD set of b 50s on the rear. My dad did some tuning. And I got the transmission out of one of those challengers which was geared just a bit lower then the arrow transmission. But other then that it was stock. Mainly because the ONLY speed parts you can get for those engines is a header
@@gary9127 I could see that.
Yeah, sometimes performance parts are hard to come by.