Good morning. Picking up a low mile 2020 scatpack tomorrow with the 6 speed. Sometime ago i had a 2007 300 srt8 with the 6.1 and loved it (also had an srt4, and srt6 at the time). Im hoping to keep this for many years since they killed the hemi. Let me know if theres anything i need to watch for. Sent from my SM-S928U using Tapatalk
Congratulations on your 2020 Scat Pack and welcome to the forum. Check out the informative interviews of the designers of the 2006 Challenger concept and the 2008 production car. They really give you incredible insight into how the retro-styled Challenger evolved from the drawing board to reality. For you other guys, a second look is also worthwhile! 2008 Challenger Designer Interview -- Segment 1 - YouTube 2008 Challenger Designer Interview -- Segment 2 - YouTube 2008 Challenger Designer Interview -- Segment 3 - YouTube Designer Interview ; Segment 4 - 2009 Challenger - YouTube Designer Interview; Segment 6 - 2009 Challenger - YouTube Dodge Challenger: Exterior Styling - YouTube Challenger Designers - Castiglione and Barrington, Part 1 - YouTube Challenger Designers - Castiglione and Barrington, Part 2 - YouTube Challenger Designers - Castiglione and Barrington, Part 3 - YouTube Challenger Designers Castiglione and Barrington Pt. 4 - YouTube Challenger Designers Castiglione and Barrington Pt. 5 - YouTube Challenger Designers - Castiglione and Barrington, Part 6 - YouTube Challenger Designers - Castiglione and Barrington, Part 7 - YouTube
Awesome! (I had a 6-spd R/T and then just traded up to a 6-spd Scat Pack last month...love that Hemi!) One tip I would recommend (to everyone here) is to avoid idling as much as you can. The Hemis are known to develop an internal "tick" caused by one or more failed lifters (which then wears down the cam). It seems to be most common in vehicles that spent a lot of time idling. The prevailing theory is that, at idle (700-800 rpm), the oil pump doesn't pump enough oil to fully lubricate all the lifters, so I just avoid idling as much as possible and on occasions where I'm stuck idling in traffic, I rev the engine every so often to "feed the lifters".
