Hotchkis Challenger at a Track Day • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **Moparman1972** » 12 Mar 2010 22:13

Found this photo in an article on autoblog.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/12/hotc ... #continued

Interesting comparison with stock vs with hotchkis parts.

And take a look at that photo! Man is that thing heeled over!

by **dave-r** » 13 Mar 2010 11:05

Well I sure hope that is a "before" photo. :lol:

by **Moparman1972** » 13 Mar 2010 16:01

They mentioned how the car was originally a 318 but they swapped in a 440, so I'm betting that they kept the small block torsion bars in it. So the test is a little misleading.

by **fbernard** » 15 Mar 2010 0:26

Moparman1972 wrote:They mentioned how the car was originally a 318 but they swapped in a 440, so I'm betting that they kept the small block torsion bars in it. So the test is a little misleading.

No, that car already had a "beefed-up" stock suspension when the swap was made, and the "after" car has the same sway bars. They did not compare the stock blue car to their yellow mule this time, they did the before times in the morning, installed everything they could, and did the after shots with the same car in the afternoon.

My car used to roll like that too, even big-block torsion bars are too small for this.

by **dave-r** » 15 Mar 2010 8:47

True.
I remember when I first bought my 440 R/T I had been driving a Mini for 6 months so when I drove the R/T it felt like driving a boat in comparrison. Fitting uprated suspension became the first thing to change as soon as I had the funds.