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Originally Posted by Pcschwenke
Stew, here's a few facts you can find on the web. The V6 camaro 1/4 mile (14.2), the SS 13.2, the charger R/t 13.9. The SS by a leading company report should beat the R/T. This isn't me or my opinion. But, it's still a drivers race. As for the difference between the cars mentioned in this post. The weight difference (again not me), the V6 Camaro weighs 3800 and the Charger R/T 4253 lbs. So I wasn't too far off by a guess. Horsepower to weight, the camaro wins by a small margin but, the advantage easily goes to the Charger. The earlier chargers had only 340hp. If you were looking at the all wheel drive, the 1/4 mile times are even slower.
I do have both cars with the V6. I like the Camaro on curvy roads because it handles much better but for a daily driver, the Charger is nicer. That my 2 cents.
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You need to check your times again, a new Charter R/T RWD is a mid 13 (13.5-13.6) second car, AWDs are high 13s (13.7-13.8), talking new models only of course. Remember, most dynos show the 5.7 is making closer to 390-400 HP, along with the torque, is giving them a huge advatnage over a V6 Camaro. Even by your estimates of 13.8 for an R/T and 14.2 for a V6 manual Camaro, you realize you are talking 4 car lengths on average in the 1/4 mile, that is quite a bit of a lead of there. And as you stated, you have the V6 Charger. they are nice, but you can't judge what the V8 can do based on it. It is pretty simple, acceleration goes to the R/T, handling to the Camaro. Nothing really to argue there.