Completing the look are «Challenger» fender badges in classic script, large 20 - inch polished - aluminum heritage wheels with all - season performance tires, classic egg - crate grille with heritage «R / T» badge, body - color rear spoiler, functional hood scoop and bright
racing style fuel - filler door.
Based on the Challenger R / T, the Challenger R / T Classic featured dual throwback A-line body - side R / T stripes in matte black, «Challenger» fender badging in classic script, large 20 - inch polished - chrome heritage wheels, classic egg - crate grille with heritage «R / T» badge, body - color rear spoiler and bright
racing style fuel filler door.
Not exact matches
• 1932 Brookville Steel RPU body and custom fabricated box • Custom removable top for weather protection • From Ford
Racing, the all - new 5.0 - liter Ti - VCT «Coyote» V - 8 engine from the upcoming 2011 Ford Mustang — deconstructed and re-dressed with vintage accessories to resemble the iconic 1963 Ford 427ci SOHC
race motor • Custom vintage -
style stack
fuel injection setup from Hilborn — operated by a modern engine management system for modern reliability • Tremec 5 - speed manual gearbox • Aluminum quick - change rear axle • Complete Raybestos Brakes package • Bias ply Firestone Indy roadster period correct tires at all four corners from Coker Tire • Custom gauge cluster by Redline Gauge Works • Custom shifter, linkage, pedals and assembly by Gennie Manufacturing • «Lakes»
style headers will be handmade by Hollywood Hot Rods with oval cones fabricated from polished stainless steel components provided by Megs Exhaust Builders Warehouse • WIX oil and
fuel filters • Traditional
style tuck and roll interior • Powder coating, metal coating, and media blasting work by Pacific Coast Powder Coating
There is more Shelby influence in the prominent hood bulge, dual
racing stripes, upper and lower side scoops, quick - fill
fuel tank filler cap, integrated rear spoiler and Thunderbird -
style tail lights.
The front doors have been lengthened and adorned with smooth billet push -
style handles which echo the
racing - inspired billet
fuel filler door.
It'd been a while since your author had mused on that particular
style of automobile modification, but with the SEMA Show just around the corner, it was a reminder that while drag
racing might not be what it was in the days that
Fuel slingshots ruled quarter - mile strips from Pomona to Indianapolis, there's a measure of outré Rothian grandeur to a machine cammed to the gills, sitting down on tires as broad as the Mississipi River.
An all - alloy 90 - degree DOHC V8, the 63 engine features
fuel - injection, high 11.0:1 compression ratio, a variable intake manifold within twin induction system, variable cam timing on both inlet and exhaust cams, rigid
race -
style closed - deck crankcase and linerless, coated cylinder bores.
You feel like you have to keep slowly adapting your
style of driving but also the way you go about the
races and understanding how the
racing develops — the little nuances of
fuel - savings and trying to eek things out to the end of the stint while going as fast as possible.
The GT had already featured a radically
styled body, but the GTR took this a little further with features such as a very large rear spoiler bolted directly to the chassis like a true
race car, 18 inch hollow magnesium Speedline centerlock wheels, pneumatic air jacks for raising the car in the pit lane (like the SV - R, it was too low for a rolling jack), and an emergency
fuel shutoff switch on the left front fender.
Qualifying pace is determined by achieving an objective of setting a time to finish a practice session in a certain position or higher, while
race strategy develops your team's approach to the entire
race from the amount of
fuel onboard at the start of the
race to your pit stop strategy which is focused around telemetry that is gathered within a 5 lap stint were you are allowed to push the car as much as your driving
style requires.
Master two
racing styles: the all - out speed and aggression of road bike
racing combined with the stunt -
fueled trickery of dirt bike action.
Apparently there are a lot of people who seem to like that hippy commune
style of living, and feel free, don't let me stop you, but I want the Jetson's, I want humans to become a spacefaring
race, we need to mine the asteroid belt, and someday travel to the stars, but in the mean while there are oceans of liquid hydrocarbons (though not very practical as a home heating
fuel, I realize) and boulders of platinum group metals out there to go get.