Car and Driver Video - XV Challenger and T/A Challenger

[DQHemi]

Gotta watch and ad first but, Check it out, smoky burnout and all...

XV Car and Driver Video

[jvike]

That video was awesome! I hope I can find Car and Driver Magazine here in Norway!

[Rare_T_A]

Well at least his discription of the 70 ride and handling was right on the mark. 

[Super Blue 72]

Very cool video!  Thanks for posting it!  Both cars very cool and sound awesome! 

[DQHemi]

Very cool video!  Thanks for posting it!  Both cars very cool and sound awesome! 

Thanks! 

I always liked the sound of the AAR/T/A exhaust.

The 3" exhaust we have on the orange car definitely sounds nasty. 
I'll try and get some more video I have of the car running up soon.

John

[Street_Challenged73]

Thanks for the link! :Cheers:

[JS23U0B]

 

[R/T hedkace]

Well at least his discription of the 70 ride and handling was right on the mark. 

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Very cool vid, and yea that XV sounded bad@ss   

Thanks DQ 

[ChallengerGary]

LOVE the way the XV SOUNDS!!!

[Black340]

Great video ..thank you!!

[71bigblock]

Sweet video, both cars sound amazing.   

[DQHemi]

Hey JUst curious about 2 things.

a) "the 70 T/A Challenger - manual steer needs to rotate 6 times lock-lock" - Is this an inherent problem with Manual steer in general or just with the old style box? - If i went rack and pinion manual steer, will i still have that problem or would it be eliminated?

b) "the 70 T/A Challenger - rear wheels (axel) moves up and down alot over bumps" - Does the XV lvl 1 Kit eliminate this problem or is this the type of problem where you have to modify entire car (cut out replace) to fix it?

THanks and keep up the good work on XV - 

BTW  I was just wondering, will XV ever test out the lvl 1 kit vs a stock 70 challenger (the bolt in package) just to see how it works compare to that of the original setup? (no chasis reinforcing as the original 1 didnt have that either) Just use the stuff the original car used just in XV Make to see how it works compare to the original... ?

re: STEERING BOXES
If I remember (may not be 100%)-
Manual boxes were 24:1 5-3/4 turns and there was an optional 16:1 box 3.5 turns.
Power was 21:1 3.5 turns.  T/A had long pitman arm, 2-3/4 turns.

We have the long pitman arms available.

The ratio on a rack, will be dependent on the rack used - not whether it is power or manual, but the ratio of the rack itself.
On our level II we use a quick ratio, variable rate modern rack.

re: AXLE HOP
Our Level I suspension eliminates axle hop. 
Get the DVD from our site, it's actually covered when we did the track testing for Level I on the video. 
Shocks were adjusted and dialed it out.  It's right on the video.

re: LVL I VS STOCK

We didn't compare just installing a Level I kit and nothing else.  However, one of our customers just did this on his T/A and ran it at our open track event.  I'll see if we can't get him to post here - I think he is a member here

Here's some pics of his car in action - bone stock other than Level one and BFG Comp T/A's. 
He is very happy with the improvement, but hopefully he can tell you himself.

[DQHemi]

Thanks for that!
And very NICE pictures.
I noticed this on 1 of your cars for sale
275/35/18 Front and 335/30/18 Rear (with NO tubbing!)
How possible?
I want to run the original 15" diameter. How wide Can I go in RIM and Rubber on the rear on a 1970 Dodge Challenger?
EG: 15x10/335, 15x10/295, 15x12/335 etc. What would your suggestion be?
Thanks for the help

Our Level II Suspension allows you to run much bigger rubber than you can w/ a stock type suspension, both front and rear. 
335's fit on the back in the wheel wells, we just have to roll the fender.  Our 3-link setup gets rid of the leaf springs and the lower trailing arms make alot of room for big rubber as they are narrower than the leafs. 
To fit rubber that big the offset has to be on the money as well.

I'll check how big we've run w/ stock suspension.
I haven't looked, but I'm not sure how wide you can get in 15" rubber.

John

[Ornamental]

Cool video! Hope you get plenty of orders!
Unfortunately, at the moment and in the foreseeable future, i cannot post what you would probably prefer me to post: " I want that, where do i sign?"

That video was awesome! I hope I can find Car and Driver Magazine here in Norway!

Most of the Narvesen kiosks should stock it. I can usually find it even in Lofotr.

If you can't get hold of one, PM me your address, and i'll pop out and get you one.
Of course, this is provided that the interesting issue is in the shelves.

[HP2]

Since we are on the topic of magazines..

Automobile magazine has an article on an AAR racer test drive as well as a short article on the early Trans Am series as well.

We now return to our regularly scheduled program.