mastrdrver
03-12-2008, 12:44 PM
Didn't see this one coming. I was thinking there was a rumor about a SRT6 though.
Autoblog.com (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/12/spy-shots-dodge-nitro-srt-8/)
When one of KGP Photography's crew happened on a fairly innocuous looking Dodge Nitro in downtown Detroit, it was only a small badge on the rear lift gate that gave notice to this Nitro's hidden secret. Sporting the "SRT8" emblem, this high-po Nitro is likely packing the automaker's 6.1L HEMI V8 underhood.
Wow, that is going to be one fast SUV
georgejetson
03-12-2008, 12:59 PM
It's bogus. The Hemis won't fit in the Nitro.
shock6906
03-12-2008, 01:17 PM
It doesn't matter how fast it goes...you can't outrun ugly. :p
mastrdrver
03-12-2008, 01:25 PM
It's bogus. The Hemis won't fit in the Nitro.
Does it look like manufacture plates to you? Someone in the comments section of Autoblog said that it had them. I don't know what they look like so i didn't know if they were just blowing smoke or not.
jg95z28
03-12-2008, 01:41 PM
UPDATE: We're fairly certain this is a fake perpetrated with a spare "SRT-8" badge and some super glue, having gotten confirmation from a number of sources that there's no way the 6.1L HEMI would fit in the Nitro. Thanks, Dodge. :D ;)
Eric77TA
03-12-2008, 04:24 PM
Does it look like manufacture plates to you? Someone in the comments section of Autoblog said that it had them. I don't know what they look like so i didn't know if they were just blowing smoke or not.
Yes, they're manufacturer plates. If you look on the bottom line of the plate on the straight on rear shot you can make out "manufacturer."
Nonetheless, I think someone at Dodge is funnin' with this. Hemi won't fit, and even if it would, I don't see any genuine SRT/8 high-riding on the suspension like that. Wouldn't meet their handling standards for the labl like that, I'm sure.
jg95z28
03-12-2008, 04:27 PM
Kind of along the lines of me wanting to put SS badges on an Aveo (with a turbo added of course), or Ferrari badges on a Yugo... just to see if someone would notice. :D
georgejetson
03-12-2008, 05:44 PM
Actually, Mopar's 4.7 might V8 fit. Tune it out to 320 hp or so, that might make for a fun-ish ride.
AdioSS
03-12-2008, 08:02 PM
just because the displacement is small, it doesn't mean the outside dimensions are.
georgejetson
03-12-2008, 10:14 PM
just because the displacement is small, it doesn't mean the outside dimensions are.
It is actually smaller than the Hemis. Quick proof: The Hemis won't fit in the Dakota without extensive reworking, but the 4.7 is a factory option.
toneloc12345
03-12-2008, 11:48 PM
that's some good proof^ I would assume that the ohc v8 is larger than the ohv hemi...
georgejetson
03-13-2008, 09:32 AM
that's some good proof^ I would assume that the ohc v8 is larger than the ohv hemi...
You can assume that all you like. But before you go too far with that assumption, talk to some other Mopar guys.