{"id":32026,"date":"2019-12-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=32026"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:23:52","slug":"the-perfect-drag-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2019\/12\/the-perfect-drag-car.html","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Drag Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier in 2019, Dodge released the Challenger 1320 Drag Pak\nthat was packed with a naturally aspirated 392 cubic-inch HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> and loads of\ntech from the Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Demon. With roughly half the power of the SRT Demon, many\nwondered how effective the 1320 would be as a drag racing machine. Would it\nslay on the track like its SRT Hellcat and Demon siblings? Was there a space for it in this wild field?\n“Hell Yes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dodge promoted an 11.7-second quarter-mile time, which is pretty\nimpressive. Let me introduce you to a power couple that, like me, can\u2019t leave\nwell enough alone. Emily and Nick live life in the fast lane and thoroughly\nembrace the saying, \u201cA family that races together, stays together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the SRT Demon came out, Nick ordered one right away\nand has been racing and modding it since. Emily, originally from Malta, with a\ncharming accent, says she never had any plans to drag race. She just enjoyed\nbeing a spectator and watching Nick have a blast doing what he does. All of\nthat was about to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple picked up their 1320 in May and, of course, Nick\nhad a master plan all along. Emily on the other hand, was just excited to have\na sweet new Challenger to drive around every day. Nick immediately took it to the track to get a\nfeel for the car. Bone stock, Florida summer heat and air, stock tires and all,\nhe ripped out a 12.06 @ 112 mph on the very first run. Not bad! Next time out,\nNick pulled off an 11.94 @ 113 mph, again in the midst of the Florida summer. After\ngetting a feel for the car, Nick spent the next few months working on convincing\nEmily that she could be the next Leah Pritchett. Emily admits that she never in\nher wildest dreams ever thought she would be drag racing herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The perfect opportunity for her to test out racing abilities\ncame in November at The Modern Street HEMI Shootout. The air is always perfect,\ntrack prep on point and records are always set.\nNick knew he couldn\u2019t just take her to a MSHS event without giving her a\nfew lessons in drag racing, so a few weeks prior to MSHS, the couple hit a local\nMopar\u00ae<\/sub> event. Nick rode shotgun for 5 passes, helping teach her the ropes and\nsome techniques to get the Challenger down the track. With the lanes closing\ndown, Emily finally made her first solo pass without Nick holding her back from\nglory (my words, not hers) and was able to pull off an 11.96 @ 114 mph. Let her\nfly, Nick, let her fly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeling comfortable with the car, Emily couldn\u2019t wait to make\nthe trek from Florida to New Jersey. However, Nick wanted to do a few small\nmods to try to push the car just a little further. They outfitted the car with\na set of Stainless Works longtube headers, removed the rest of the exhaust\nsystem and pulled out some of the interior pieces to save weight. They ditched\nthe stock 20\u201d wheel and tire combo for a set of Weld rear drag wheels and RC Comp\n15\u201d front skinnies with some Mickey Thompson rubber to go along with them. They also tossed on a cold air intake,\nbecause why not? Finally, the car was then given a custom tune from Brent at\nDTP Racing to run on race gas, squeezing just a little more out of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having only one track day under her belt, yet feeling\ncomfortable with piloting her machine, Emily was ready for the MSHS.\nFor those of you not familiar with this event, Friday is a private test \u2018n tune\nfor the MSHS racers, Saturday is race day, and Sunday is a test \u2018n tune open to\nthe public. The Friday test \u2018n tune can sometimes be the best day of the event\nfor a lot of racers. You can focus on getting the most out of your car and not\nworry about getting eliminated during the actual race when your battery dies in\nthe staging lanes heating your nitrous bottle for 30 minutes because there was\na spill on the track (ask me how I know). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During Friday\u2019s test \u2018n tune, Nick forced Emily into hard labor\nall day, making as many passes as they could.\nYou could tell by the look on her face that she hated every second of\nit! Just kidding – every time I saw her, she was having the time of her life! With every pass came a better and better time\nslip. On Friday evening, Emily pulled off a record-breaking run setting a\nmassive record for the 1320. She ripped out an impressive 10.77 @ 123 mph run.\nNo 1320 has even come close to running that fast. With just a few basic mods\nand a little weight reduction, Emily and Nick have their 1320 running faster\nthan a stock SRT Hellcat with just a fraction of the horsepower. THIS run\nsolidified for me that the 1320 has a space out there. With a little more time\nbehind the wheel and maybe a few more power mods, this car could be a major\ncompetitor in the 10.0 index for a series like Modern Street HEMI Shootout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, during Saturday\u2019s competition, Emily was\neliminated in the 2nd<\/sup> round of the Rookie class. The duo stuck\naround to run at the public test \u2019n tune on Sunday and managed to cram in\nseveral 10.8 runs in less than stellar weather and prep. So, what is next? Of course, it can\u2019t end\nthere! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team plans to toss on a nice set of heads and a lopey cam\nand push the tuning for the next race. The end goal is to run 9s with no power\nadder (boost or nitrous) and keeping the stock displacement. Honestly, I think\nthey will make it happen. Emily is proving to be a great driver, and the 1320 is\nproving to be a much more capable platform than many of us thought it would\nbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emily says she has absolutely been bitten by the \u201cbug\u201d and\ncan\u2019t wait to get out there and run the car again. The couple will be traveling\nto Texas in January for the Legion of Demons event. With Nick in his SRT Demon and\nEmily in her 1320, they plan to break records. Emily admits the 1320 turned out\nto be the perfect car to get her into drag racing. Not only is it easy to learn\nand get a feel for, but it just does what you need it to. A cake baker and momma during the week, and a\nwild woman behind the wheel at the strip on the weekends, she is proving that\nthe 1320 might be a great vehicle to get into the sport without breaking the\nbank. Well done, guys! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to follow Emily and her mission to ring-out her 1320, you can follow her journey on Instagram @horsepower_hottie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier in 2019, Dodge released the Challenger 1320 Drag Pak that was packed with a naturally aspirated 392 cubic-inch HEMI\u00ae and loads of tech from the Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae Demon. With roughly half the power of the SRT Demon, many wondered how effective the 1320 would be as a drag racing machine. Would it slay on the track like its SRT Hellcat and Demon siblings? Was there a space for it in this wild field? “Hell Yes!\u201d Dodge promoted an 11.7-second quarter-mile time, which is pretty impressive. Let me introduce […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":32045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[526,605],"class_list":["post-32026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showcase","tag-challenger","tag-srt"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Perfect-Drag-Car_Feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32026"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32051,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32026\/revisions\/32051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}