2019 Challenger 1320 is now legal for Stock and Super Stock

[Dyno]

A 15-19 Challenger flood car is the way to start. No need to convert any front or rear trim and panels. A complete crate engine is the easy but more expensive way to start. You can order the block, heads and crank from Dodge. Many parts to buy to get one of these together. I'll let you know in the end.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Dyno

A 15-19 Challenger flood car is the way to start. No need to convert any front or rear trim and panels. A complete crate engine is the easy but more expensive way to start. You can order the block, heads and crank from Dodge. Many parts to buy to get one of these together. I'll let you know in the end.

Is the 1320 Challenger hood unique to that model only ?

[Dyno]

The hood is a 15-18 Hellcat hood. They are $800 or so new depending on the deal you can find plus paint. Last year there many Houston flood cars available at a cheap price. After selling off motor/trans/rear end/wheels tires/interior the basic shell was free. But, it’s like picking up a piece of wood and thinking you have a house for free! At least you have a rust free body to start with.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Dyno

The hood is a 15-18 Hellcat hood. They are $800 or so new depending on the deal you can find plus paint. Last year there many Houston flood cars available at a cheap price. After selling off motor/trans/rear end/wheels tires/interior the basic shell was free. But, it’s like picking up a piece of wood and thinking you have a house for free! At least you have a rust free body to start with.

Is there a part number for the hoods? or does an after market company make them ?

[David Hakim]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

Is there a part number for the hoods? or does an after market company make them ?

Just remember all factory Challenger hoods (2008 to current) are aluminum. Some of the aftermarket units are carbon fiber or fiberglas and would not be legal.

[Coleydog]

On a side note on hoods, a good friend just bought a Demon hood, $2499, just to have it, some guy in Mich had 3. Sometimes it requires the vin number from a car (Hellcat-Demon) to buy

[Dyno]

Any Dodge/Jeep dealer can order a hood. Takes 3-4 days.

[Jeff Teuton]

We have had good luck with the 392. Larry blowed one up early on, but we don't know why. Mopar gave us another. Course that won't happen again. The motor in the car Kevin runnered up in is still in the car, will run very well for a basically stock motor and we never had any trouble with the caps. Just for info, the 392 Truck motor is the same everything but has some strengthening done and the casting number is different. The Hellcat motor heads are the same, but is a darker aluminum and again a different casting number. We have not had any trouble with the stock heads and these are the Apache heads and the Apache motor for the sake of conversation. The 1320 motor and the 392 motor are the same. All the heads are the same, chamber, pour, etc. Some come up a little different on the runners, but are the same. Blocks are good blocks, heads are good, cranks are good. Rods are powered metal. I think the rod that failed on Larry was an aftermarket however. Original 392 was 380 and after Kevin the Tinkler got thru it is 402. The 390 on the 1320 I don't where it came from but it is now 413 I think. But then again NHRA likes to hit some of the Mopars before they run. Years ago the Gen II 426 single 4 bbl motor was 400 hp, was always 400 hp, and was in the book at 400 hp, but before anyone built one it was 430. Modern DP 392 was 400, but was 430 before anyone ran one, and of course now the showroom 392 is hit already and none out there. Probably the worse is the Hellcat which is 600 hp and shipping is 4500 without driver, so @ 4670 you can break the car in half or just run into the wall. Hard to control a 4670lb car.