#SKAT PACKAGE CHARGER DRIVER#
Those brakes are overkill for a daily driver which is what I needed. It may change later on but for now you can only order the entire rotor and not just the “ring”. I was looking at both and settled for the SP because the 6 piston Brembos with two piece rotor (front) are ridiculously expensive to replace. Overall I’d say the Daytona is more like the SRT 392. The main difference in suspension is that the Daytona has adj suspension like the SRT 392. It's probably 2" lower than the 5.7 Daytona but not the Scat Pack. That’s a lot considering how low the SP is already. No way the Daytona 392 is 2” lower than a Scat Pack. That was my plan, thank goodness I didn't have to find out if it was true or not If the Scat is better in your case, make sure to set a little cash aside for new tires, I've heard that those 245's are WAY too small for that 6.4L engine. Even though I wasn't thrilled about being a "cop magnet" (no tickets yet) in my case I just had to pick the Daytona. But there was a LOT more than $1000 worth of differences between them and I went with the Daytona. The two cars I was looking at were $1000 difference in price, with the Daytona being the more expensive. Daytona 392" to find pages like this: that can explain it better than me. It has the Mopar CAI (a $400 option after market), and it is 2in lower than a scat pack.ĭo a google search on "Scat Pack vs. Those are the HellCat wheels and 275's all around (rather than 245's). One of the biggest upgrades is wheels & tires. Not that you cannot make a scat almost the same as a Daytona by adding options (I don't know if you can get the same struts & coil overs), but the Daytona is NOT just a marketing gimmick. There are definitely more than just cosmetic differences. POWERTRAIN: 6.I had done a lot of searching and as I was buying last years model, I had narrowed it between a destroyer gray Scat Pack (the color I really wanted) and what you see below (BTW I have grown to LOVE the color & styling of mine). It’s a good addition.Īs Broderdorf says, “Not everyone can get a Hellcat.” For more of a handling sedan, we might recommend a Chevy SS.ĭepending on whether you count the AWD versions as separate entities, the Charger has seven or nine versions the Scat Pack is third from the top. Of the two, for straight-up drag racing, you’ll want the Charger Scat Pack. Chevy lists 0-60 for the SS at five seconds, slower in a straight line than the Dodge-but with its 3,975-pound curb weight and 415 hp, you might find the SS more agile in corners. On the twisty roads, the Scat Pack proved well composed and enjoyable, but we kept comparing it to the Chevy SS. After a few untimed launches, we did not doubt Dodge’s mid-four-second 0-60-mph figure, and it was fun adjusting the car’s performance parameters.
We spent about an hour driving the Charger Scat Pack on suburban city streets and on the twisty Ortega Highway and found it fun in both environments. Dodge says regular racers should be able to beat launch-control acceleration times with practice, but the Performance Pages offer repeatability and also allow you to turn the paddle shifters on and off, and to program steering, stability control and transmission modes. Dodge’s standard Performance Pages programs launch control, a good thing for bracket racing.
Dodge says it hits 60 in the mid-four-second range and the quarter mile in the mid-12s. So the Scat Pack is a lot of horsepower for reasonable money, but how does it drive? About how you’d think 485 hp propelling 4,400 pounds would drive-it gets up and goes. When you start looking at 400-hp European and Japanese sedans for under 40K, you’ll find … nada.
Ford’s Taurus lags behind in power and torque at 365 hp and 350 lb-ft but is priced right near the Charger at $41,045. For sedans, the mighty Chevrolet SS is really the only close competitor with 415 hp and 415 lb-ft but has a sticker of more than 45 large. As far as pure muscle cars go, the Chevrolet Camaro SS offers 426 hp for around $35K, and the Ford Mustang GT gives you 435 hp for even less than that. Broderdorf adds, in case it wasn’t obvious, “That is an incredible value proposition.” (Actually, adding delivery brings the sticker to $40,990, but don’t pop his bubble.)Įither way, he has a point: This is good power-to-dollar ratio. The 2015 6.4-liter Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack offers 485 hp and 475 lb-ft for $39,995. “No other vehicle, no other muscle car, offers more horsepower for under 40 grand,” says Bob Broderdorf, Dodge’s car brand boss.Įxactly how much horsepower do you get for your under-40 grand? What best sums up the new Dodge Charger Scat Pack?
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