AJ Berge is best known to many members of the Mopar community as one of the leading authorities on modern Hemi tuning. He was one of the first people to figure out how to successfully tune the modern Hemi engine and over the past 15+ years, he has had a hand in tuning many of … Read more
The Modern Street Hemi Shootout is the premier drag racing series for modern Mopar performance cars and has been for years. Across the many classes, you will find the world’s quickest examples of the modern Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Magnum, Chrysler 300, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500, but there are also groups of … Read more
The end of 3G (third generation) cellular service is coming rapidly, and automakers across the industry have been caught somewhat by surprise. While some automakers are simply telling customers that some services are ending, FCA US, through Mopar, is taking an extra step. The decision to end 3G in North America, likely by the end … Read more
It has been a tumultuous off-season for the factory-backed Dodge NHRA drivers, with Don Schumacher Racing losing the majority of its drivers after 2021. Antron Brown left to start his own Top Fuel team, Ron Capps left to start his own Funny Car team and both Matt Hagan and Leah Pruett left together to become … Read more
Hyundai-Kia’s three brands dominated the 2022 J.D. Power Dependability Study™, which looks at problems in the first three years of ownership; all cars studied were 2019 models. Dodge was the top Stellantis brand, coming in between Porsche and Cadillac, beating Chevrolet, Mazda, Lincoln, BMW, and Ford, among others. The rest of the Stellantis brands came … Read more
This past weekend, the Street Car Takeover series kicked off its 2022 schedule at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida and Dodge Charger dominated the Heavyweight class. It wasn’t just any Dodge Charger though – it was the same Dodge Charger that became the first of the modern sedans to run in the 7-second range roughly … Read more
Some people found that their 2.4 liter engines were drinking oil, but most of the engines had no problems, which presented a puzzle. The people in Auburn Hills worked on the problem, and discovered that the problem was not physical, but caused by a programming issue where, when fuel is cut to the engine (as … Read more
The editors of Car and Driver have produced their list of the ten best (sorry, they spell it “10Best”) cars and trucks of 2022. The Ram 1500 came out tops in pickups, America’s largest single vehicle segment, beating the Ford F-series and the GM Silverado and Sierra (as well as the Colorado, Ranger, and such). … Read more
While the American automakers are turning most of their attention to electric vehicles, the aftermarket tuning world for vehicles like the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat are as strong as ever. Over the past few years, I have talked about many modern Mopar tuning shops, one of which is Satera Tuning in Illinois. Jeremy Satera has … Read more
We have talked a great deal over the past few weeks about the Direct Connection performance packages for the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Redeye, but there has been no word on whether or not other models would be included. Sources involved with the project told us that the Charger would be included at a … Read more
Dodge announced today that March 9th is the day on which the Power Brokers network will officially go live and on that day, the Direct Connection performance packages for the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Redeye will go on sale. The kits for the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redye and the SRT Super Stock will … Read more
The Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock was introduced as an answer for anyone who wanted to buy a new Mopar muscle car that was set up for the drag strip. The Super Stock is somewhat similar to the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, but the Super Stock doesn’t come with the PCM that unlocks the 840-horsepower … Read more
This past weekend, the 2022 Legion of Demons event was held at Houston Raceway Park and while the event is designed to cater to the 2018 Demon, it is open to other modern Mopar vehicles. One of the non-Demons in attendance was the “007” Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat of the Epling Garage family race team … Read more
The Legion of Demons is an organization run by owners of the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and each year, the group holds a weekend of racing. At first, the event was only open to Demon owners, but over the past four years, the organizers have expanded the event to include other modern Mopar owners. … Read more
After the community of Mopar drag racing fans has collectively held its breath for a few weeks, the announcement that we were all hoping for came through from Stellantis this morning – Tony Stewart Racing has partnered with Mopar for his new drag racing team. This means that Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan will continue … Read more
We have talked a great deal about the return of the Dodge Direct Connection program, which includes high performance upgrade packages for the Challenger Hellcat and Redeye. The “standard” Hellcat has two package options (Pre-stage, Stage 1) which lead to 757 horsepower, while the Redeye also has a Stage 2, lifting the output to 885 … Read more
