On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:36:16 +0000, Toby Ponsenby wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:38:18 +0000, a9x5l blathered on in :
>
>> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:13:33 +1100, Jason James wrote:
>>
>>> "giarcgood"
hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:13qr5jk6acpk1fc@corp.supernews.com...>>>> Jason James wrote:
>>>>> "Dan---"
here.com> wrote>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fuck I want one!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The car that is! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice picture of the Hemi donk. Check the intake runners.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> I want one too. Wasn't it rumoured here a while ago that if it was
>>>> released in Oz, it would be called a Charger?
>>>>
>>>> This was before the sale.
>>>>
>>>> I will get in early and say the Charger on sale in the States is an
>>>> insult to the name.
>>>
>>> From what I can deduce, the original Charger had more grunt than the
>>> Challenger (see original movie "Vanishing Point" with actor Barry
>>> Newman)
>>
>> Either car could be optioned with the 426 Hemi which had the same
>> 425hp@5000rpm/490lb-ft@4000rpm rating regardless of which car it was
>> in.
>
> Stunned and amazed, I am...
> That's and *extremely* high RPM torque peak for a Yankee V8.
Apart from being different (from the typical Yankee offerings at the
time) due to the design of the cylinder head, I suspect that Chrysler,
like others at the time, pulled figures from their arse to keep govco and
the insurance shysters happy, but I'd have thought you'd have understood
that already :)
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