Your questions sound similar to some of mine before buying a 1320 last year.
What are your performance expectations / goals?
Do you want to go rounds in bracket racing, or have fun at the test & tune?
Is swapping wheels either at the track or at home before driving to the track an option?
So we bracket race a bb duster that we are considering selling. Was looking to simplify. Asking questions about stick cars as I have never track raced one, and I thought a stick version would be more fun on the street as that would be the primary use .
Changing tires wouldn’t be an issue , but it’s looking like a stick would be .
My
- buy an auto
- get some extra 17" or 18" rear wheels to mount track-day tires that have taller sidewalls than the standard 20" setup does; sidewall height has a LOT to do w/ whether you get wheel hop from my experience (and what others told me before I took their advice)
- 2015+ was supposed to be a significant change for the better and would have been one of my deciding factors had I been looking for a used Chally
- a 6.4 / 392 car is a basic 12-sec (or faster) car w/ a good launch
- seems like "everyone" who buys a 5.7 wishes they bought a 6.4 in the first place and throws $$$ into them trying to go as fast as (or faster than) a stock 6.4
- there are no budget mods for the 6.4 / 392 cars that really make a big difference from what I see; if you know you want a low 11 or high 10 ET, it's probably not the right choice
- seems like "everyone" who buys a 6.4 wishes they bought a Hellcat, but ya' gotta draw at the line somewhere
I've posted some stuff on my 1320 which you may find of interest...
