The Dodge Challenger Targa is a full-blown
competition car that raced and completed the infamous Targa Newfoundland
race this year. "Samantha" started life as a Mopar Challenger drag race
package car. Many features were borrowed from the Dodge Viper, but the most
noticeable is the snakeskin green paint. To keep the front end down, a Mopar
chin spoiler "Splats" developed in a full scale wind tunnel, was added to
the front of the car. Mopar gauges keep a close eye on the vital signs. The
Mopar hood is equipped with a scoop to make room for the 540-horsepower, 490
lb. ft. of torque, 392 HEMI® V-8 Mopar crate motor. Mated to a Tremec six-speed
manual gearbox, the engine blasts power to the rear wheels through a
production 2009 modified gear ratio in the rear end. An abundance of fade
resistant stopping power comes from Stop-Tech brakes. Up front, the six-piston
calipers clamp 380-millimetre rotors, while in the rear, four-pot calipers
work with 355-mm rotors. Developed by KW, the race suspension and brake
upgrades came from a proven hero - the Dodge Viper ACR, which just broke the
production car lap record at the world-renown Nurburgring in Germany. With
only a few exceptions, the Dodge Challenger Targa was built using parts
available through Mopar.
End of Mopar Underground Dodge Challenger Targa review.In September 2003, "Layla"
was on hiatus from car shows for a year and a half, because my dad and I had
the car repainted. We took the 1970 Dodge Challenger apart, and put it back
together. Also, took out the 400 c.i. (since that was not available in 1970
on the Challenger) and replaced it with a 1968 440 c.i. It was a father-daughter
project that I am very proud of, and will never part from it. It's my baby.
I have learned about cars from hanging around my dad (since I was little)
when he worked on them. He taught me how to troubleshoot for different
things that could be wrong on a car, and also taught me various things to
maintain a car. Now, we are working on another project, which was my first
car: 1969 Dodge Charger. We have two more 1969 Dodge Chargers waiting in
line for restoration, after mine is done.