J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/30/23 8:36 a.m.

Those who proudly drive vehicles with the Mopar M seem to march to the beat of their own drummer. Want an example? How about three race cars from the SCCA Time Trials Nationals at NCM Motorsports Park?

[Track records fall at the SCCA Time Trials Nationals]

A virtually bone-stock, non-turbo Chrysl…

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akylekoz
akylekoz UltraDork
11/30/23 9:27 a.m.

YES

Ranger50
Ranger50 MegaDork
11/30/23 9:50 a.m.

Mopar people are weird people to begin with, so are their cars.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
11/30/23 9:51 a.m.

Regular MoPar guys make hardcore Pontiac guys look sane.

paddygarcia
paddygarcia HalfDork
11/30/23 9:56 a.m.

We need an article about that Challenger.

DjGreggieP
DjGreggieP Dork
11/30/23 10:06 a.m.

Are Mopar racers just different? Yes.

 

 

 

Noddaz
Noddaz PowerDork
11/30/23 10:11 a.m.
paddygarcia said:

We need an article about that Challenger.

Yes indeed!  This makes two votes.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
11/30/23 10:12 a.m.

Who else would hide a gas tank up under the dash?

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 PowerDork
11/30/23 11:03 a.m.
DjGreggieP said:

Are Mopar racers just different? Yes.

 

 

 

Sorry that's a DSM not a Mopar. 

DaleCarter
DaleCarter New Reader
11/30/23 3:42 p.m.

My friend dailies a Pacifica and shows taillights to quite a few "fast" cars on tracks.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pVTH81KHWyA?si=hGDC-QneYKFjLl46

Farnsy
Farnsy
12/1/23 1:07 p.m.

Some of us just ooze.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
12/2/23 7:04 a.m.

What? Crazy for trying to make more than double the stock horsepower out of an engine designed in 1959 with a bunch of junkyard parts and several bits of Wal-Mart cookware? What if I told you crazy was paying as much as a radiator, an alternator, a water pump, and a crankshaft position sensor cost put together every month for six whole years to drive a Nissan Rogue, then selling it and getting an even bigger car payment because you're afraid you can't afford the cost of repairs?

laugh

I'm not sure the world is exactly sane, but Mopar fans certainly have a tendency to find their own sort of crazy instead of copying everyone else's crazy.

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) MegaDork
12/2/23 7:46 a.m.

I think it's the torsion bars.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
12/2/23 10:44 a.m.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

More like the reverse thread lug nuts on the driver's side.

GCrites
GCrites Dork
12/2/23 12:26 p.m.
DirtyBird222 said:
DjGreggieP said:

Are Mopar racers just different? Yes.

 

 

 

Sorry that's a DSM not a Mopar. 

 

Even Lancia is Mopar now.

jerel77494
jerel77494 Reader
9/20/24 2:19 p.m.

Back in the day they rolled out the factory with better hardware. If you had a Chevy, you had to use Bow tie heads to get angled plugs and better ports. Chrysler had them stock. Rocker studs flexing? Chrysler had rocker shafts as factory; don't need for a stud girdle. Want better leaf springs? Go to the dealer. Better cam? They had a "purple " cam. Even your own article about the Challenger listed a mix of parts that were available from the factory for better handling. The only drawback was the cost of Chrysler aftermarket parts. Even Petty Enterprises switched to Pontiac for a while.

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
9/20/24 2:40 p.m.
DirtyBird222 said:
DjGreggieP said:

Are Mopar racers just different? Yes.

 

 

 

Sorry that's a DSM not a Mopar. 

TIL a Dodge Intrepid was somehow DSM...

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltimaDork
9/20/24 7:43 p.m.

Arguably Intrepids are derived from the Renault 25 by way of the Eagle Premier.

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
9/20/24 8:13 p.m.

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

That's my point.

rennkafer
rennkafer New Reader
9/21/24 10:53 p.m.

I'll be out autocrossing mine next year...

Noddaz
Noddaz PowerDork
9/22/24 3:11 p.m.
rennkafer said:

I'll be out autocrossing mine next year...

Do keep us posted of your progress!  And before you ask, no you cannot nail the cones to the track surface.

Byrneon27
Byrneon27 HalfDork
9/23/24 7:51 a.m.

In reply to rennkafer :

I don't even know what in the hell is going on there but I love everything about it. 

Mopar people are weird but very fun to party with. FWD Mopar people are the super concentrated powdered version of Mopar people 

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