Mopar Drift Dodge Challenger 2009 Unveiled at SEMA
Mopar has launched at the SEMA show in Las Vegas the 2009 Mopar Drift Dodge Challenger. Piloted by Team Mopar driver and two-time Formula Drift (FD) champion Samuel Hübinette, the Mopar Drift Dodge will make its challenge during the 2009 season.
Modifications including a variety of safety components such as a full roll-cage and a five-point harness. A front carbon-fiber splitter and rear carbon-fiber wing were added for improved aero dynamics, and weight was trimmed off the Dodge Challenger SRT8 chassis by utilizing a custom carbon-fiber body by NuFormz Racing.
The powerplant of the Mopar Drift Dodge Challenger features a Mopar A8 aluminum engine built by Gary Stanton Racing Engines, with Mopar W9 raised port heads, pumping out an estimated 850 hp and 849 lb-ft of torque to BFGoodrich tires. Additional Mopar components include Mopar front and rear sway bars on the suspension.
9ff GT2 670 for Porsche 997
There’s a reason German engineering is considered one of, if not the, best in the automotive world. It’s because you have some of the world’s greatest engineers devise a vehicle like, say, the Porsche GT2 and then, along comes a tuner like Dortmund-based 9ff, with its own crew of lab coats, and “optimizes” the results.
The head of that team is 9ff owner Jan Fatthauer, who himself oversees development, and with extensive modifications the 9ff GT2 670 reaches a maximum horsepower of 670 (hence the name) and top torque of 800 Nm (that’s 140 and 120 more respectively compared to the serial model).
The engineers (we can call them lab coats. lab rats, or worse but we have to be respectful here, after all, they’re the ones who make these machines we love) call the tweaks they put to the specially constructed V670 turbochargers “variable turbine geometry”. What does that mean?
- Air inlet system with 9ff manifolds
- In-house racing headers
- 100-cell sport catalytic converters
- Titanium mufflers with driver-adjustable sound
Yes, the driver can adjust the sound from a “close-to-production” sporty sound to a “powerful” racing sound, which one has to take to mean very loud. They’ve also done some jimmying of the clutch and suspension. You can read the press release for those details.
Final numbers: 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 9.8 seconds, 0-300 km/h in 25.8 s.
Four Chevrolet Camaro Concepts at SEMA
Chevrolet’s 2010 Camaro will naturally be making a stop at SEMA during its long march back to production. The new pony car will be on display in stock trim, and Chevy’s also bringing four modified versions to exhibit alongside the new and old Camaros that will be in attendance.
The V6-powered Camaro Black concept which was shown in teaser videos a few weeks ago will be in attendance, of course. It will be accompanied by the crate engine-equipped, 500-horsepower Camaro LS7 Concept, which has been outfitted for drag racing in the spirit of the Yenko Camaros of the 1960s. A road-racing Camaro has been envisioned in the Racecar Concept, suggesting that the Camaro could soon be doing battle on the track with its old rivals. Lastly, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was allowed to express his love of all things Camaro with the Camaro Dale Earnhardt Jr. Concept, which has been tweaked to run on E85 and modified for entertaining street cruising.
See press release below for full details.
