Twin Turbo Gen III Hemi SRT8 Challenger Smokes Hellcat at the track - Detroit Muscle S3, E18

Today, at a special

muscle

in Detroit, we paid for our Challenger powerstop giveaway in the most spectacular way. You'll love it. This Challenger powerstop build is complete and ready to go, but let's take a look at where we've been and picked this up. stock 2010

srt8

was already a formidable machine 425 horsepower from the factory is no joke but you know us we think we can do better starting with new suspension components to make it lower and stiffer as well as a set of brakes power. the road to stopping it in a heartbeat, the guy has an engine that did the dirty work of taking out that 6.1 liter and rebuilding it with a new 426 cubic inch displacement, then we put that bad boy back in the engine bay and got a Se beefed up a 5-speed automatic transmission to back it up, then bolted on a set of

twin

67-millimeter

turbo

s to feed it air, then came the wrap to give this car a distinctive look reminiscent of classic Mopar styling cues, and then it was did to put up or shut up. on the dyno where he did 728 on the wheels Hello everyone welcome to Detroit

muscle

, today is the day we can finally take our ultimate powerstop

challenger

and run this through the wringer and as we said from the beginning of this project, We're going to pit him against a Hellcat, so we have a whole litter of them right now.

The apex predator in the muscle car world is none other than the monstrous Hellcat. We found the perfect spot to pit our powerstop

challenger

against him just outside of Phoenix. Arizona is one of the most incredible places for any motor enthusiast to spend time. Racing School Bob Bondurant is arguably one of the greatest drivers to ever walk the face of the earth. Bob Bondurant was part of the Shelby American team that took on the mighty Ferrari. in the Manufacturers' World Championship Series in 1964 and '65, after a disappointing '64 season mired in politics, the '65 season showed the American team outperforming its European rivals on nearly every circuit, with Bob earning more points alone than all the Ferrari driving team in the legendary Shelby Daytona. coupes and Ford GT40s it was in Reims France where Bob and his co-driver Joe Slusher took the Daytonas to a photo finish and sealed the championship for the Americans.

I always wanted to race in Europe against the best in the world and that's where they are and we did it. that and having a fantastic time and winning the world championship for new factions in Reims France and that's where the champagne is made in Reims so we celebrated wholeheartedly after a devastating accident in 1967 at Watkins Glen the doctors told him Bob would never walk again but through Courage and determination, he defied the odds and started the most famous racing school in the world. I teach differently than anyone else. He wanted a student to feel what the car does.

Otherwise, he just said an area count. He was trying to drive it but you want to feel a lot. At Bondurant School you have a safe, controlled environment where you can do things you can never repeat on the road, but we are preparing you for the unexpected, so here we are, where the rubber meets the road with a set. of souped-up challengers ready to take on the Bondurant power stop Raceway is the official Bondurant break and all their cars run on power stop components, you gotta have good brakes, you gotta have good brakes and at school I want to race, everything we do There is top quality here, it is above the industry standard, no matter what we do, no matter what we play, we are very proud of the company that we keep and we only keep company with the best before we start ramming and blocking and all those dodges that there are.

A few things out of the way after an introduction, we'll take a tour of the facility, the shop is where the real magic happens, each car spends time being serviced and refurbished every day, then we'll go for a ride. to the main

track

and hop into some big old pickup trucks to race around the countryside. You don't see a truck. Do that every day. We traveled with our instructor, Parker, who will spend our three days with what you have here. Yes, we're back in the classroom where we learn all about the Bondurant method of car control and it's a real eye-opener.

You should look where you want to go, don't worry about chaos, place the car where you want. be okay so this is our first chance to get behind the wheel here at Bondurant and they're putting us behind the wheel of none other than a Hellcat so they're actually going to strap us down here and they're going to get us In the field we're going to do some slalom action to see what these things can do. One of the first things we are taught is to straighten the car and let the suspension settle into neutral between the cones because this maximizes the amount of tire grip the car has into the next corner, after each pass we come back with the instructors and they give us tips to improve, unless you're a Walker, if you watch the cone approaching the front of your car study accelerate all the way get support as quickly as you can after about an hour of throwing to those challengers from side to side, go back to the classroom to learn more about the turns and suspension, once you start to feel that grip you can go ahead and start leaning it. car, once you get that angle, back off, we'll find out real quick how complicated some of the stuff is, stay and take a spin on the stick, hey, we're back at Bondurant racing school, where we get our stopping power out the ultimate challenge or car giveaway to go head to head with some Hellcats, it's about one hundred and fifteen degrees here in Phoenix and it's time for the skid car.

The way this works is that the car has this frame attached to the bottom and it lifts the front or rear tires to induce a slide or it can move away from you pretty quickly. We ride with our instructor, Will Parker, who explains how to control the car in a slide and just when you think you really have Baja, but we soon return to the challenger for a collision avoidance exercise. You run about 40 miles per hour and then you change lanes in a controlled manner, so make sure we're making a good takeoff of that draw. I'll get it. nose down turning nice and aggressive in that open lane getting back into that throw box is pretty good you know, he's pretty alert, he's looking forward, he really seems to feel the car and that's a good thing, sure, Tommy is. doing as well as he has.

A little too heavy right foot, which is also fun, but not always the right thing sometimes. To complete the first day, we will put on our helmets and follow along with the instructors on the main

track

. It's not time for high-speed maneuvers yet, but this is a great way to get a feel for how to drive the car at high speed. I can't believe how these Hellcats in these Vipers hold up in this heat. I hope you can't believe it and two brakes, you know, the brakes are. extremely sensitive to higher altitudes, they are extremely sensitive to heat, humidity and so on the second day here at Bondurant and today we are going to spend a lot more time behind the wheel of these Hellcats, yes, we have a couple of exercises that we are going to do , one of them involves a little bit of braking, the others are called heel and toe.

Oh, slippery, you might not be so excited once we find out how difficult this hill and toe thing is, it involves using your right foot. Applying both the accelerator and brake during the downshift when entering a corner and downshifting if the engine speed does not match the wheel speed will at the very least slow you down and at worst throw you off. too much weight underneath. the front tires and cause oversteer and possibly loss of control brake on the clutch on downshifts match the revs the clutch comes out let's see when it's done in a slow order that's how it makes it very, very easy because you only have one thing to think about in an avatar of ours Heart, the real trick here is to figure out the best place to put your foot and then time it, stay and watch the power stop challenger come out swinging.

We're back at Bondurant racing school hanging out with some pep and stuff, but you know us, it's all about muscle babies, time for some braking drills, weak goodness for those power brakes on these things, so what we're doing here is we're breaking news, we're telling ourselves which set of cones slows down the most. pressure than last time and you end up between the columns here and then we go around again, yeah, the next exercise takes things a step further and you brake hard while jumping lanes. Okay, now we're getting ready to start an autocross, of course, if you do it now.

If you remember I did one, it wasn't very good at all, so hopefully I can apply some of those skills the guys have been joining us to make a pretty good comeback, so you're sitting there. up just under a minute 59 93 so you fell, you fell in a second things are really going well for me ask about Mark hell, he's hit the best moment of the day in his class, right there, very good, then Sir. The producer put in Will and something to come out and whip us, here we go, let's see how that electric stop car combines with the Hellcat.

It's impressive to see someone who is so good at making a car do what he wants it to do and driving that. big red dodge to its limits marg is not in the first place there are no more wheels that surpass it in the electric stop car by a couple of seconds you know these two guys have done a fantastic job for me in the last few days we are in the morning of the third day, right before we go to the race track, kind of a last training exercise before we go to the track, they are focusing on heel-down shifts, it's a road running technique, we We're focusing on straight-line braking, which is another road racing technique, but they're focusing on how to get the car through the corner efficiently, they were pretty good when they came out, you know, I'd say they had a mind.

Giant open woman willing to listen to everything she had. say they didn't look at me like they had the experience but they understood that I knew what I was talking about and could train them the right way and they soaked it up like a sponge. They have done everything I asked of them. They made mistakes, they pushed it too hard, they drove it too weak and they learned from it last day at Bondurant and guess who takes our Challenger for a spin on day three and we finally get to hit the track at high speed with our Hellcats that we're following behind.

Will in car number one, Tommy and I and three, this is where we can apply all the things we've learned over the last three days and push these cars as hard as we can. We also asked Will to put on a little show for the cameras and he was happy to do it. Here it goes, you'll make us look bad again when you reduce everything to a teaspoon. I'm teaching you how to control the car. We're here hanging out. our lives, but we're about to get our asses kicked because the man himself comes to the track in the powerstop car and his son, that guy can drive, Mark decided to try to pursue him in his medical care, that wasn't going to happen bit. little by little Bob drove away from him in the red car, he makes it look easy, what do you think?

This is nice and fast. I think the car you guys built after driving it is exactly what you were looking for, it's the equalizer for that kappa hill. amazing car, I did it, I think you guys achieved the goal, it's time to graduate besides everything, we even got Bob to sign the - of our draft challenger and it looks like we're going to need some new rear tires that we have. We had a great time here at two Bondurant schools, but before we give this to one of you lucky guys or gals, we want to make sure he's well protected so we can do it, we called our friends at Covercraft and they picked it up.

We start with a set of custom embroidered floor mats with our Power Stop Ultimate Challenger logo, but it doesn't end there, we also added some HP seat covers with custom seat protection, a custom UVs 100 sunscreen, and of course, a weather protector personalized. HP to color the entire car cover, this pack from Covercraft will keep this card looking great for years to come for the lucky Powerstop Challenger winner. If you are looking for a used or rebuilt engine transmission or differential for your vehicle, you may want to take a look at Powertrain Products. They offer a three-year unlimited mileage warranty on all of their differentials, whether it's for your muscle car or your towing rig like this one.

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