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Curious... you think a 70 Challenger would fare better at those insane speeds than a 68 Charger? All else being equal (even weight)? Its definitely a more slippery design...



stock for stock, hard to say. Both have crappy recessed grills. The Charger also has the recessed back light, but does have extra wheelbase, which is a factor in stability.




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I'm sure you can reasonably easily dig up aero numbers on the classic Chargers since they evolved into the 500s and then the Daytonas. Classic Challengers are a bit harder to come by, but since they have the SCCA history, I'm sure there are figures out there for them as well.

As shown here, it only takes a few mods to give them some capability for high speed. With creative application of those mods,they could be made streetable without being too ugly. Yeah, that big slab of a nose cover helped the aero, but it is butt ugly, IMO. A flush mount grill with close knit mesh for the grill opening would look better and still provide a significant aero gain.



The grille would obviously get blocked. But i'd just put something simple and non-stock looking up there. ANY attempts at trying to gain aero there and even remotely look stock would be an abject failure, and would certainly look worse than a plain plate. Thats a drastic mod on a sexy car... i guarantee you it'd look awful.

I also wonder what the top speed difference would be with that mod and without on these particularly bad cars (Challenger, Charger). If it was worth 15+mph i think it'd be worth it, if it was more like 8, i think i'd leave it open personally. Looks count for something in my build.