This guy is kind of goofy but man I think he's onto something here. Nobody I'm aware of has noticed this before and it really makes sense.

To summarize the vid/discovery: With the cam change in the '09+ VVT Hemi the lifter upward travel is reduced to the point that the oil band in the lifter no longer overlaps the lifter oil galley. This is greatly reducing oil flow to the lower half of the lifter and thus the roller and needle bearings.

This perfectly explains why pre VVT engines don't suffer lifter failures, and why '09+ non-MDS fail at at least the same rate.

Dodge made a bunch of changes to the lifters over the years. But as far as I'm aware they never changed the oiling band. So it stands to reason that not even Dodge has figure this out.

I bought this 2022 Challenger TA 392 recently with 38k miles. The whole driveshaft and input seal have been replaced by dodge dealer recently.

However there is still a small thumping noise coming from near the transmission.

You can only hear it in Park or in drive when the car is NOT moving. Once the car is moving it drives almost new. The car idles fine. Car has muffler delete and Active exhaust delete - To rule out exhaust noise

Anyone else have this noise?

Just picked up a mint condition 2020 RT Plus with performance/handling packages. Very excited about this car. Been eyeballing "fun" cars for a long time after driving sensible cars for a decade. This weekend I'll give it a full detail and oil change. Looking forward to learning more, this seems like a pretty knowledgeable community. Cheers.

From research it looks like alot of people have had this issue, but all I want to know is if I order them do the come painted black already?

Took my Scat pack down to Asbury park to get a picture of my car infront of the old Carousel building just like The Boss. I think it came out good.

First time challenger owner. Went the right way and got a 2017 Scat/Pack with the T/A package. Is there any special things I should look out for in particular for a challenger like special maintenance?