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In 1968, the Dodge Charger underwent a major redesign, with a new profile setting it apart from anything Dodge had made before, and numerous new stylistic elements. This daring design choice resulted in a significant increase in the car’s popularity, but the internal components of the vehicle remained largely the same.<\/p>\n
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Now, the ’68 Charger is a handsome acquisition for muscle car enthusiasts, but not everyone is happy with the amount of power the 318 engine (or even one modded in from a later version of the Charger) can supply. One Charger owner solved this problem by dropping in an engine from a rather more robust car – a Dodge Viper.<\/p>\n
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With 10 cylinders and backed by a 6-speed Tremec gearbox and Wilwood brakes, this bright green powerhouse packs a serious punch. 527 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque make it a rush to drive. And the fact that the hefty new engine is also from a Dodge vehicle is icing on the cake.<\/p>\n
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While not the first instance of this car\/engine combination, this is certainly one of the smoothest. The eye-catching color and modern features on this particular ’68 Charger make it a one-of-a-kind ride – though with luck, it might inspire other daring combinations in the same vein.<\/p>\n
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Reference: Glucker, J. (2016). 1968 Dodge Charger gets new 10-cylinder heart from a Viper. Motorauthority.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This 1968 car packs some unexpected power.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":29906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3700,3470],"tags":[152,4396,41],"class_list":["post-29901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-vehicles","category-news","tag-dodge","tag-featured-cars","tag-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/feature-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-7Mh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29909,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29901\/revisions\/29909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}