I haven't made any modifications to my car since the last run on September 18th. The California Speedway Results for September 18th lists my current setup and mods.
DCX publishes 04 GT's are suppose to put down 220 HP and 245lbs/ft. Torque. When DCX & Dodge publish HP numbers, they are WHP for Manual Tranny cars. The stock PCM does a pretty good job in keeping the car running at a set variable 220/245. Gary C dynoed his stock 03 GT (manual) and got 209 WHP and 245lbs./ft. Torque (he ran in different conditions than I did, my dynos were not at an ideal situation).
For the past few months, I concluded that exhausts and any modifications to the intake is pointless if you don't change the PCM (Stage 1 or boost controllers). However, reducing weight on the PT nets better results (for the 1/4 mile time, not dyno), since the stock PCM cannot control that variable of the PT.
I did some additional research wondering why my PT isn't touching into the high 14's too easy with 200 WHP. I found a few websites listing manual GT's weighing 3,304 lbs w/o driver and the autos weigh 3,311 w/o driver. Given that weight factor, I can see why I'm not comming close to the 14's.
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