WHOOO SRT8
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WHOOO SRT8
I dont know if any of you picked up the new road and track, but they tested a bunch of SUV's the SRT8, Cayenne Turbo, FX45, BMW X5 4.8is, and the TBSS.
The SRT8 was fasest by a wide margain. It ran 0-60 in 4.6 seconds (compared to 5.3 for the Cayenne) and through the 1/4 at 13.2 @ 104, which tells me this thing has got 12s in it all day bone stock! I cant wait for next spring when NED opens back up! Im keeping it stock throughout the winter just so i can get a baseline run.
I thought it was funny they said the Grand Cherokee SRT8 is what the Cayenne should have been; 100 percent focused on, on road perfomance. The SRT8 also pulled a better 300 ft skid pad than a Mustang GT. Not bad for an SUV.
Sorry if no ones intrested i just cant hold back my excitment for this thing. I LOVE IT!! and for anyone intrested GO DRIVE ONE!!
The SRT8 was fasest by a wide margain. It ran 0-60 in 4.6 seconds (compared to 5.3 for the Cayenne) and through the 1/4 at 13.2 @ 104, which tells me this thing has got 12s in it all day bone stock! I cant wait for next spring when NED opens back up! Im keeping it stock throughout the winter just so i can get a baseline run.
I thought it was funny they said the Grand Cherokee SRT8 is what the Cayenne should have been; 100 percent focused on, on road perfomance. The SRT8 also pulled a better 300 ft skid pad than a Mustang GT. Not bad for an SUV.
Sorry if no ones intrested i just cant hold back my excitment for this thing. I LOVE IT!! and for anyone intrested GO DRIVE ONE!!
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RE: WHOOO SRT8
heres the article and the link
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=3
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8
Quicker to 60 mph than a Porsche Cayman S
Quicker around the skidpad than a Ford Mustang GT
Quicker through gas than a Dodge Viper
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is the new bad-*** SUV. From its super-low front air dam — that screams “not even close to Trail Rated” — to its 20-in. chrome wheels to its dual-outlet central exhaust (for which Mopar builds a special, optional tow hitch to circumnavigate) to its big ol’ Hemi, trust us, it’s all good. And bad.
In outright speed, it flat spanked every vehicle here. Jeep has been bragging that the GC SRT8 runs to 60 mph in under 5.0 sec., wet or dry. They weren’t lying: In our testing it ripped to 60 in just 4.6 sec. and to the quarter mile in 13.2 at 104.1 mph. Those are sports-car numbers! Apparently this is what happens when you strap a raunchy-sounding 6.1-liter V-8 with 420 bhp and 420 lb.-ft. of torque to a 4800-lb. all-wheel-drive vehicle. Four-wheel powerslides come standard.
So what makes the GC SRT8 so good, so different, if you will, from a regular Grand Cherokee? Plain and simple, the gentlemen over at SRT (Street and Racing Technology). To put all that extra power to the road, they reengineered the all-wheel-drive system with a new transfer case, front axle and a sturdier rear with a Dana 44 differential. But the biggest difference is felt when you throw the GC SRT8 into a curve. In a typical Jeep, you’d be met with varying degrees of squish; with the SRT8, rock-solid handling. A 1.0-in.-lower ride height, Bilstein dampers, stiffer springs, larger anti-roll bars and 255/45R-20 front tires and 285/40R-20 rears transform the GC SRT8 from ho-hum SUV into sports-car competitor.
Not that it’s without faults. Road Test Editor Shaun Bailey complained that it “has little head room, tight interior space and hardly any ground clearance; there isn’t much utility to it.” Jonathan countered that “the Jeep’s seats are definitely the best of the bunch, the only ones with any kind of lateral support.” The Jeep would also benefit greatly in spirited driving if the 5-speed AutoStick performed rev-matching downshifts, like the Infiniti and Range Rover. And Marc reckoned the ride is “too firm for all but the most performance-oriented enthusiasts.”
Those are the ones this single-minded Jeep is aimed at; people who will go out and find its limits on a back road, and will find out that, yes, it can be provoked to oversteer on corner entry, and yes, again on corner exit as it spins all four tires. Maybe Marc summed up the GC SRT8 best when he said, “The Jeep is what the Cayenne should have been — focused 100 percent on performance; road performance, that is.”
Of note, the Jeep was the only one in our group that suffered from sporadic elevated engine temperatures. In truth, we were driving the heck out of it, like few sane people would. Still, a bit disconcerting.
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
List price $39,300
Price as tested $45,630
Curb weight 4805 lb
Engine, transmission 6.1 liter V-8; 5-sp automatic
Horsepower, bhp @ rpm 420 @ 6200
0–60 mph 4.6 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.2 sec @ 104.1 mph
Top speed est 155 mph
Braking, 60–0 mph 132 ft
Braking, 80–0 mph 230 ft
Brake swept area per ton 264 sq in.
Lateral accel (200-ft skidpad) 0.85g
Speed thru 700-ft slalom 63.5 mph
Our mileage, EPA city/highway 11.2, 12/15 mpg
Towing capacity 3500 lb
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=3
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8
Quicker to 60 mph than a Porsche Cayman S
Quicker around the skidpad than a Ford Mustang GT
Quicker through gas than a Dodge Viper
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is the new bad-*** SUV. From its super-low front air dam — that screams “not even close to Trail Rated” — to its 20-in. chrome wheels to its dual-outlet central exhaust (for which Mopar builds a special, optional tow hitch to circumnavigate) to its big ol’ Hemi, trust us, it’s all good. And bad.
In outright speed, it flat spanked every vehicle here. Jeep has been bragging that the GC SRT8 runs to 60 mph in under 5.0 sec., wet or dry. They weren’t lying: In our testing it ripped to 60 in just 4.6 sec. and to the quarter mile in 13.2 at 104.1 mph. Those are sports-car numbers! Apparently this is what happens when you strap a raunchy-sounding 6.1-liter V-8 with 420 bhp and 420 lb.-ft. of torque to a 4800-lb. all-wheel-drive vehicle. Four-wheel powerslides come standard.
So what makes the GC SRT8 so good, so different, if you will, from a regular Grand Cherokee? Plain and simple, the gentlemen over at SRT (Street and Racing Technology). To put all that extra power to the road, they reengineered the all-wheel-drive system with a new transfer case, front axle and a sturdier rear with a Dana 44 differential. But the biggest difference is felt when you throw the GC SRT8 into a curve. In a typical Jeep, you’d be met with varying degrees of squish; with the SRT8, rock-solid handling. A 1.0-in.-lower ride height, Bilstein dampers, stiffer springs, larger anti-roll bars and 255/45R-20 front tires and 285/40R-20 rears transform the GC SRT8 from ho-hum SUV into sports-car competitor.
Not that it’s without faults. Road Test Editor Shaun Bailey complained that it “has little head room, tight interior space and hardly any ground clearance; there isn’t much utility to it.” Jonathan countered that “the Jeep’s seats are definitely the best of the bunch, the only ones with any kind of lateral support.” The Jeep would also benefit greatly in spirited driving if the 5-speed AutoStick performed rev-matching downshifts, like the Infiniti and Range Rover. And Marc reckoned the ride is “too firm for all but the most performance-oriented enthusiasts.”
Those are the ones this single-minded Jeep is aimed at; people who will go out and find its limits on a back road, and will find out that, yes, it can be provoked to oversteer on corner entry, and yes, again on corner exit as it spins all four tires. Maybe Marc summed up the GC SRT8 best when he said, “The Jeep is what the Cayenne should have been — focused 100 percent on performance; road performance, that is.”
Of note, the Jeep was the only one in our group that suffered from sporadic elevated engine temperatures. In truth, we were driving the heck out of it, like few sane people would. Still, a bit disconcerting.
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
List price $39,300
Price as tested $45,630
Curb weight 4805 lb
Engine, transmission 6.1 liter V-8; 5-sp automatic
Horsepower, bhp @ rpm 420 @ 6200
0–60 mph 4.6 sec
0–1320 ft (1/4 mile) 13.2 sec @ 104.1 mph
Top speed est 155 mph
Braking, 60–0 mph 132 ft
Braking, 80–0 mph 230 ft
Brake swept area per ton 264 sq in.
Lateral accel (200-ft skidpad) 0.85g
Speed thru 700-ft slalom 63.5 mph
Our mileage, EPA city/highway 11.2, 12/15 mpg
Towing capacity 3500 lb
