In this Jeremy Clarkson segment, he takes the Chrysler 300C SRT 8 out for a road test, This car boasts a 6.1L V8 engine that produces 425hp @ 6200rpm and 420 lb-ft torque @ 4800rpm, rocketing it from 0-60 in just 5.5-seconds. Video after the jump.

To get more displacement, SRT engineers bored out the diameter of the cylinders in the Chrysler 300C SRT-8’s HEMI by 3.5 millimeters each, to increase the total displacement to 6.1 liters from 5.7 liters. Compression ratio was also increased to 10.3:1 from 9.6:1, unleashing more energy in the combustion process

[via RSportsCars]

In this Jeremy Clarkson segment, he takes the Chrysler 300C SRT 8 out for a road test, This car boasts a 6.1L V8 engine that produces 425hp @ 6200rpm and 420 lb-ft torque @ 4800rpm, rocketing it from 0-60 in just 5.5-seconds. Video after the jump.

To get more displacement, SRT engineers bored out the diameter of the cylinders in the Chrysler 300C SRT-8’s HEMI by 3.5 millimeters each, to increase the total displacement to 6.1 liters from 5.7 liters. Compression ratio was also increased to 10.3:1 from 9.6:1, unleashing more energy in the combustion process

[via RSportsCars]

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