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6 speed in the Charger? - 2/10/2008 9:28:40 AM    dodgebrothers Posts: 418 Joined: 12/13/2005 Status: offline   With all the good hype around the Challenger and the fact that it is promised w/ a Tremec 6 speed for '09 - Got me wondering, why not for the Charger?  The R&D would no doubt be all there, same platform, same engine & Tranny?  Perhaps I'm missing something glaring here, but why wouldn't they have it as an option, say on the SRT8 and Superbee versions? _____________________________ Nothing beats a Mopar! Post #: 1

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 2/12/2008 1:40:49 PM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2727 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline They have been working on the manual 6 speed for quite some time now.  Once it's available for the Challenger I'm sure we'll have the opportunity to upgrade also ---> if you can handle the cost (in reply to dodgebrothers) Post #: 2

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 2/12/2008 1:46:04 PM    IXLR8   Posts: 376 Joined: 12/27/2005 From: Katy, TX Status: offline Mango, I think they are having trouble porting HAL over to manual tranny.  You don't think they would give you a big powerful engine and a manual tranny, do ya?  If they did, the cost you mentioned above may be in tires... Hopefully they are working on a limited slip differential, it would such a shame not to have one. < Message edited by IXLR8 -- 2/12/2008 1:58:07 PM > _____________________________ I feel a need... a need for SPEED !! GMG Daytona Only insecure people list mods... (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 3

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 2/12/2008 2:02:09 PM    dodgebrothers Posts: 418 Joined: 12/13/2005 Status: offline "porting HAL???"  not following you, sorry? As for limited slip, my thinking is they would drop the entire Challenger set up into the Charger including Limited slip (as on Challenger).  Again, if they limit it to SRT8's and SuperBees they could no doubt do in "batches" on the line.  And given SRT8 premium already, doubt you'd see "extra charge" for manual...I hope.  Now, if in it R/T or lower trims, then that becomes a whole other deal... _____________________________ Nothing beats a Mopar! (in reply to IXLR8) Post #: 4

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 2/12/2008 2:48:39 PM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2727 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline HAL - Hardware Adaptive Learning kin to the Prower Control Module PCM Yea the tire cost above and beyond the cost of installing the tranny would be an issue LOL (in reply to dodgebrothers) Post #: 5

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 5/22/2008 8:14:13 AM    starik   Posts: 51 Joined: 6/28/2006 Status: offline so is it confirmed that V8 Charger will have a manual transmission in 2009? what about 2006+ models -- is there a manual tranny that can be put in with reasonable amount of custom fabrication? (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 6

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 5/27/2008 7:33:55 AM    Midnight Blue   Posts: 167 Joined: 6/4/2006 Status: offline And all this while I thought that HAL was a reference to that pain in the a$$ computer (Heuristic Algorithm Logic) that kept getting in the way in Kubrick's movie "2001 A Space Odyssey". What's to adapt in a manual transmission?  Step on the clutch, move the shift lever, take your foot off the clutch.  Is this going to be an "elegantly complex" solution to take the "manual" out of manual transmission. I have a six-speed in my new RAM and it works just fine without any kind of adaptive learning process on it's part. Redbeard (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 7

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 5/29/2008 5:40:09 AM    73dart Posts: 96 Joined: 5/19/2007 Status: offline Their also trying to get the MDS to work with the manual tranny. The challenger with the manual and no MDS is rated 1-2 MPG less hwy than the auto. _____________________________ 1996 Cummins 2500 4x4, 100 plate full forward, 3kgsk , 370 injectors, S300 62/14 turbo, 5" commercial truck muffler, 5" twin stacks, 33" mudders, NV-4500 swap, SB Con-FE 13" upgrade. 1973 Dart Swinger 2007 Charger R/T Road and Track Package (in reply to Midnight Blue) Post #: 8

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 5/29/2008 3:00:07 PM    MangoInTX Pat & Amandas Wedding Fund Contributor Posts: 2727 Joined: 4/10/2006 Status: offline Your right 73dart, the Challenger is only available in 08 with the 6.1L engine which doesn't have MDS.  In years to come their offering different engines so MDS will come into play if they produce it with the 5.7L. (in reply to 73dart) Post #: 9

RE: 6 speed in the Charger? - 5/30/2008 9:07:31 AM    Midnight Blue   Posts: 167 Joined: 6/4/2006 Status: offline It looks like the truck guys are having all the fun.  You can get a 5.7 with MDS AND a 6 speed manual in a RAM 2500.  Seriously considered it, but the extra $5K for the 3/4 ton vs 1/2 ton was over my budget so I got the 1500 with the 4.7 and a stick.  310 HP and 330 lb/ft of torque is still respectable. Maybe the car guys at Dodge should have a few beers with the truck boys. I can still go fast in my Charger when I want to but when you need to haul a half ton of beauty bark or lumber that 8 foot bed is nice. Redbeard (in reply to MangoInTX) Post #: 10

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