Watch A Mustang GT Take On Dodge Challenger Scat Pack In Drag Race Action

It’s a classic muscle car shootout as a Dodge Challenger R/T 392 Scat Pack takes on a Ford Mustang GT.

Now, this is the kind of fight we like to see: two modern American muscle cars with comparable stats and big V8 engines duking it out for drag race supremacy.

On the left is a Ford Mustang GT. Powered by a 5.0-L Coyote V8 engine, the GT has 460 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque on tap. Zero to sixty is in and around 4 seconds with a limited top speed of 157 mph.

The modern Mustang can come with 10-speed automatic transmission, but a true drag racer uses the 6-speed manual to become one with their car.

On the right is the 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T 392 Scat Pack. Under the hood is Dodge’s beloved 6.4-L HEMI V8 with 485 hp and 476 lb-ft of torque. It’ll need those extra horses because the Challenger weighs a good 700 lbs more than the Mustang.

Power is routed to the rear wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission, which makes shifting quite a bit easier. Purists complain that the automatic transmission is cheating, but that’s usually only after they lose to an automatic.

Both cars squeal their tires off the line, but you can tell by the way the Mustang is shifting that it’s definitely the 6-speed manual version. You can also tell by how long those tires squeal, and how they continue to squeal with each shift.

Meanwhile, the Challenger driver struggles a tiny bit off the line but maintains a smooth acceleration as they speed down the track. The Mustang seems to finally catch its stride, utilizing the Mustang’s superior power-to-weight ratio to slowly claw back into contention, but it’s too little too late.

The Mustang finishes in 13.52 seconds at 108.94 mph, while the Challenger runs a 13.33 at 109.42 mph.

We’re sure that the Mustang owner was shouting about the Challenger’s 8-speed automatic after the race, too. Maybe next time he'll get that 10-speed instead.

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