The Best SRT8 (or What I Would Do With A Magnum)

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 11/13/2016 at 23:28 • Filed to: None

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The 300C SRT8 Touring:

Find a Magnum, find a wrecked SRT8 300. Swap the interior and front end then enjoy!

It just looks right, because it is right.

Just not those awful lower bumper lights.

Tristan > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2016 at 23:39

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The ‘06-’08 SRT8 Charger/300/Magnum had some of the best damn seats I’ve ever put my butt in. I do love the Magnum SRT8, but my Magnum RT was such a disappointment that I don’t think I’d ever buy one.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Tristan 11/13/2016 at 23:40

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With some performance parts I’ve got to imagine an RT could be made awesome.

Tristan > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2016 at 23:49

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What killed it for me was the godawful drive by wire throttle, the extremely indecisive NAG1 5-speed auto, the aggressive torque management, the annoying adaptive ECU, the fact that I couldn’t eek out better than 19 mpg no matter how I hypermiled and kept the MDS in 4 cylinder mode, the brittle Daimler-era plastics everywhere, the failure prone front suspension components, and the fact that they tried passing off a 5,000 pound behemoth with 2.82:1 rear end gearing and traction control that can’t be turned off.

I just had a few little odds and ends done to it... Z-Autotech Tranzformer, Diablo Intune, cold air intake and a modified cast-away Challenger SRT8 2.5" straight-through exhaust.

When the stars align just right and the ECU decides that full throttle and a downshift are okay, it’s a hoot. But most of the time, the housewife in the MDX next to you at the light before the road merges down to 2 lanes is going to smoke you.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Tristan 11/13/2016 at 23:52

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It’d need a T-56 which would require quite a bit of work.

Tristan > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2016 at 23:57

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Indeed. If I ever buy another LX/LC, it’ll be a Challenger RT with zero options in white with black cloth interior and a 6 speed.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 00:01

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Full on Vanishing Point .

Tristan > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 00:03

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Vanishing Point Challenger is best Challenger!

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 00:06

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Plum Crazy Challenger is best Challenger.

But Vanishing Point is awesome too.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 00:15

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Yep, this pretty much sums up the past year of living with my ‘08 RT. I have lost all interest in the LX cars.

Tristan > slipperysallylikespenguins 11/14/2016 at 00:19

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Thank you. Usually when I express my sentiments about the LX cars, the other owners get offended and start spewing bald eagles. Seriously though- I wanted a Magnum since the first moment I laid eyes on one. I did the responsible Jalop thing and waited for depreciation to set in and scooped one up. That was one seriously disappointing 8 year wait. I really, really, really wanted to love it.

Tristan > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 00:20

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I’ll call it a tie.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 00:30

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I wonder how hard it would be to get the front end panels from a 2015+ Scat Pack/SRT 392/SRT Hellcat to fit on a Magnum? Also, Smyth Performance is developing a ute kit for 05-10 Chargers. Shouldn’t require any welding, IIRC.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 00:33

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The Magnum was one of my realistic dream cars in high school. All the problems with my Charger relate to their terrible choices in electronics/ECU. I can feel the engine has potential and wants to go, but as you said, only when the stars align. I’d be more pissed about it but mine is a former police car and I got a pretty good deal on it. I was always a supporter of Chrysler, but the experience has left a pretty bad taste in my mouth.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2016 at 00:42

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It’s been done, but IMO the new Charger body lines are too curvy for the rest of the car.

Meh, the car was meant to be a 300, so it should be a 300. 

duurtlang > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 06:28

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Those “awful lower bumper lights” are mandatory rear fog lights on this factory spec 300C wagon (EU market).

My German father in law actually has a Magnum (so with the US front end), and one of the things they had to do to make that barge legal here was add a rear fog light. I can tell you the aftermarket solution is a lot uglier than the factory solution in the 300C in your picture.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > duurtlang 11/14/2016 at 08:28

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I know. A US spec bumper wouldn’t have those but, since the touring version never sold in the US, only euro spec pics exist. I was just calling it out for laughs.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 11/14/2016 at 10:39

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Yeah, now that you mention it, the front wheel arches would look rather strange without flaring.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 11:37

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Funny, the SRT fixes basically all of those issues. Trans is super eager to downshift and go, throttle is more responsive, got 21-23 mpg cruising across the country (with no MDS and cruising a lot over 80), rear end is 3.06 and you can fully turn off TC. Trust me, its a fucking riot.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/14/2016 at 11:38

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StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 11:39

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IDK, I love the front end of the Magnum. The 300's look so damn classy as sedans though.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Tristan 11/14/2016 at 11:45

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“What killed it for me was the godawful drive by wire throttle, the extremely indecisive NAG1 5-speed auto, the aggressive torque management, the annoying adaptive ECU”

Behold, the reasons I hate the automatic Saturn Sky and C6 Corvette.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 11/14/2016 at 11:50

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DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that’s what I’m talking about.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 11/14/2016 at 11:58

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I don’t hat the magnum, but it was meant to be a 300.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/14/2016 at 14:14

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They do look good. I’m partial..... ;-)