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.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
We don’t have much of that in Florida...........
Yes. I once worked at a place where a guy had one and he put air shocks and L60's on the rear end. Stupidest thing I ever saw............................
The ENGINE costs 20Gs.....................
What movie was that?....................
You can put a small block Chevrolet in one, been done a million times.
You can run 1000 hp in an old Nova or Camaro with just a cage, welded in subframe connectors, ladder bars and tubs. Drag racers been doing it forever.
What movie is it?
Mad Max (1979)
Thanks.
Mad Max--the original.
Just seeing a photo of the 'Hellephant' makes me feel like the Nightrider outrunning the Bronze in a stolen V8 Interceptor :)
"I'm the Nightrider, BAY-BEEE!
I am the chosen one.
The mighty hand of vengeance, sent down to strike the unroadworthy!
I'm hotter than a rollin' dice. Step right up, chum, and watch the kid lay down a rubber road, right to FREEDOM!"
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