Posted on 10/31/2018 2:41:32 PM PDT by Red Badger
Dodge has summoned another monster from the underworld.
The latest is a new 1,000 hp engine called the “Hellephant” that’s based on the brand’s Hellcat supercharged V8 and will be offered as a crate motor for custom car builders next year.
Its name is a tip of the hat to the original “Elephant” 426 Hemi V8 from the 1960s, and the new engine features an aluminum block with a bigger bore and stroke than the 376 cubic-inch Hellcat’s that brings it up to a historically appropriate 426 cubic-inches.
The engine mixes parts from the engines found in the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye and Demon with its own high-lift cam and forged pistons. A package that includes a power control module and all of the wiring and sensors needed for installation is offered with it, and a front end accessory drive kit is also available to make the process as easy as possible. This is assuming you have a pre-1976 car to put it in, as it’s not street legal in anything newer than that.
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Holy cow!
PING!..................
Brake and suspension upgrades might be worth considering before turning the key on this...
If I had it in the budget... Come to Papa!
It’s Mopar, or it’s No-Car. :)
How many gallons to the mile?
Downshift, and make a Prius cry.
1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My 2014 Dodge Challenger can Rock and Roll especially after configuring the exhaust to add another 50 HP.
But 1000 is INSANE!!!!!!!!!
I haven’t been this excited reading something since I was 8 and found out Star Wars action figures were gonna be sold.
lol
It does make you giddy, no? I admit that I have a mile-wide grin just thinking about it.
JUST LOOKING at this picture makes me feel 20 instead of 50.
It’s a good feeling.
So 20 feet away on one side of you is this 1000!!!! HP car!!!
And 20 feet on the other side is this HOT HOT WOMAN saying “come with me”
WHAT DO YOU DO?
I figure that the car can help get the woman...
Car. You can sell it when it gets troublesome.
There is not a pre-1976 car anywhere that could do such an engine justice, nor provide a safe chassis for it.
A new front end, suspension, brakes, steering etc would be absolute requirements. Only the outer body could be preserved.
It just does not make sense.
But, then again, why should it?
I’d like to put an AMC V8 in my CJ7. Even if I could cram it in, I doubt the chassis and transmission could survive.
Not to mention a LOUDER STEREO!
“Brake and suspension upgrades might be worth considering before turning the key on this...”
It would rip the rear end out of my 67 Camaro. I already scare myself with 400 HP.
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