Fourth-generation 2020 Dodge Drag Pak Challenger debuts at SEMA 2019

It might be hard for enthusiasts to believe, but the current Dodge Challenger is more than 11 years old, and the featured vehicle in the MoPar Performance area at the 2019 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas is the fourth generation of the Drag Pak package, with previous versions in 2008, 2010 and 2015.

The 2020 Dodge Drag Pak which made its debut at SEMA is built as a track-only machine to compete in NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) and NMCA (National Muscle Car Association) drag racing events against the COPO Camaro and the Mustang Cobra Jet.

The Drag Pak starts with a Body-in-White from the Brampton Ontario assembly plant, with an SFI Foundation Inc.-certified 7.50-second 25.5D roll cage added. The Strange Inc. rear axle assembly features 4-link suspension with adjustable coil over shocks and adjustable anti-roll bar.   Up front, the front Bilstein struts are double adjustable, and the car rolls on special lightweight Weld wheels and Mickey Thompson tires.

The heart of the beast is the 354-cubic inch supercharged HEMI® engine that develops over 1000 horsepower coupled to a T400 3-speed transmission with a Quickshift shifter. The body features a hood and front and rear fascia from the Challenger SRT Hellcat, and the car shown at SEMA was covered with a red white and blue nostalgic scheme that harkens back to Dodge Pro Stock cars of the nineteen seventies.

MoPar will only build and sell 50 of these potent machines, which means it is rarer than a McLaren Senna sports car so we can expect lots of collector car auction sales of these cars in the coming years.   

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A pair of hot Ford street cars at the 2016 SEMA show

 

Today we share two of the domestic manufacturer modified street cars spotted at the 2016 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas Nevada.

 

 

Ford Motor Company presented a 2017 Ford Fusion Sport Sedan known as ‘Ballistic’ customized by the folks at Webasto Thermo and Comfort North America the world leader in air conditioning, sunroofs, and convertible roofs. The Focus’ Ecoboost™ engine’s 235 horsepower output was increased through the addition of a JMS Chip Performance BoostMax boost controller and PedalMax throttle installed and recalibrated by SCT Performance. The car rides lower and corners betters after the installation of an H&R suspension kit with the braking ability improved with larger Rotora brakes on all four wheels

On the exterior, Webasto added their own natural finish Kevlar® front lip spoiler and Kevlar® side skirts along with a heat-extracting hood with the body finished in ‘Ballistic White’ metallic custom paint sprayed by MRT Performance. The Fusion rides on 20-inch Modulare Alloy wheels fitted with Toyo Proxes T1 tires. Webasto also installed an engine heater and a portable 12-volt refrigerator-freezer unit in the trunk.  The whole ‘Ballistic’ package is topped by the installation of a Webasto H735-III comfort in-built sunroof with protective Venus® glass to reflect 99% of UV radiation, 80% of light and 97% of heat to protect the Katzkin custom leather and suede upholstery  interior. Check out Webasto’s website at https://www.webasto.com/us/

 

 

Built by Hurst In collaboration with Kenne-Bell superchargers unveiled their 2017 Hurst/Kenne Bell ‘R-Code’ Mustang advertised to produce 750 horsepower through the installation of Kenne Bell liquid-cooled twin-screw supercharger atop the Mustang’s 5-liter (305 cubic inch) Coyote modular V-8 engine.

 

Photo courtesy of Hurst

 

In addition to the trademark gold and white Hurst paint laid down by Rounsville Auto Body in San Bernardino California with graphics designed by “Lil Louie,” the car features a Hurst rear wing, side skirts, chin spoiler and 20-inch Hurst chrome “Stunner” wheels. Hurst will only build 50 of these special edition Mustangs which come equipped with 3-inch Flowmaster exhaust and a Hurst “Comp Plus” shifter. Order yours at http://www.hurst-shifters.com/hurst-elite/

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