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Rob Dahm's Charger makes more torque than its transmission expects

A dyno visit tests the Hurricane engine's stock internals and exposes a mismatch between actual boost and what the factory electronics believe.

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We made so much POWER with the 2026 Dodge Charger the Transmission couldn’t keep up!

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0:06Dahm introduces the modified Charger setup, explaining that the engine internals remain stock.
5:40Dyno testing begins, with loading limits complicating the early pulls.
7:13A disconnected surge-tank fuel line emerges as a problem, with electronic failsafes limiting the run.
12:45Dahm disconnects the restrictive exhaust to test how much backpressure is holding the engine back.
18:00The final featured high-power run arrives, along with unexpected transmission shifts.
20:00Dahm explains why understating boost to the factory computer affects fueling and transmission clutch pressure.

How do you get a modified Charger to make big power when its own electronics aren't in on the plan? Rob Dahm's answer involves convincing the factory computer that boost is much lower than it really is. That gets the engine working harder, but leaves the transmission preparing for a rather gentler afternoon.

His only upload this week takes the 2026 Dodge Charger to Westech Performance Group, where Dahm and the shop crew work through dyno pulls, a disconnected fuel line and a restrictive exhaust. The engine's internals remain stock. Removing the exhaust restriction unlocks a substantial jump, and a later run reaches 962 wheel horsepower before transmission safeguards interrupt proceedings with unexpected shifts.

The revealing part comes near the end: Dahm explains that understating boost to the factory computer also affects fueling and transmission clutch clamping force. This isn't simply an engine overpowering a gearbox. The electronics are acting on a different picture of what the car is doing. The video includes a paid sponsor segment.

The upload drew roughly 89,000 views in its first half-day and is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. Viewers are discussing dyno loading and how it affects tuning, alongside the sound of the six-cylinder engine. The earlier overnight visitor upload and the Roadkill Nights drag-racing video continue to add views at a much gentler pace.

Subscribers held steady over the week, while today's channel viewing is modestly above its usual level. Among nearby motoring channels, Saabkyle04 is having a livelier-than-usual day and Mat Watson Cars a quieter one. For Dahm, the new Charger session shifts attention from his familiar rotary projects to the surprisingly complicated business of getting engine and transmission computers to agree.

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Probably one of my fav sounding 6 cyl engines, nice work dodge!
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