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1,000 hp Dodge 'Hellephant' V8 is ready to resurrect your classic car
FOX News ^ | By Gary Gastelu

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Hobbies; Sports
KEYWORDS: 1000hp; 426ci; charger; dodge; hemi
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To: Disambiguator

ROFL


21 posted on 10/31/2018 2:55:28 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Army Air Corps

Or if you’re really fast you can grab the gal and still make it to the car with both of you in it :)


22 posted on 10/31/2018 2:55:57 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: silent_jonny

That was an AWESOME movie!


23 posted on 10/31/2018 2:55:59 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: chrisser

You’d need a cage, reinforced frame & multiple clutches to lock down all that torque safely.


24 posted on 10/31/2018 2:56:00 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: dp0622

Get in the car, drive over and ask if she wants a ride?


25 posted on 10/31/2018 2:56:16 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Red Badger


I… want… this. Hopefully it costs around ten thousand dollars.
26 posted on 10/31/2018 2:56:51 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: dp0622

I think that you are on to something.


27 posted on 10/31/2018 2:56:54 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

I’ll wait for the 293 HP Pachyderm model...


28 posted on 10/31/2018 2:57:32 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Red Badger

The Hellcat crate engine is $19,350 so expect this Hellephant to be over $20k.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Hellephant+price&t=ffcm&ia=web


29 posted on 10/31/2018 2:58:05 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Disambiguator; dp0622
...what do you do???

You wink, acknowledge her good taste, and ask her if she'd like to join you to take delivery.
30 posted on 10/31/2018 3:00:44 PM PDT by golux
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To: Red Badger

I learned to drive in a 1968 Volkswagen Camperwagon with a four speed and a 45hp engine.

My friend John and I took it out and found some gravel over cement. I put the back wheels on the gravel , floored it, and popped the clutch.

We putted away with nary a rock disturbed.


31 posted on 10/31/2018 3:02:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: golux

:)

A hot babe AND a hot car.

A Twofer!!


32 posted on 10/31/2018 3:04:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: chrisser
Brake and suspension upgrades might be worth considering before turning the key on this...

And make sure the life insurance is paid up

33 posted on 10/31/2018 3:07:37 PM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: chrisser

...as well as seam welding LOTS of plate stiffeners to the chassis. You don’t want to turn your chassis into a pretzel with this thing.


34 posted on 10/31/2018 3:09:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dp0622
Yes, and not to be a stickler but: only if she takes delivery in the car.
35 posted on 10/31/2018 3:10:55 PM PDT by golux
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To: golux

I’m gonna leave that one alone :)


36 posted on 10/31/2018 3:11:57 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: chrisser

You think manual, drum brakes on all four would make for an exciting ride?


37 posted on 10/31/2018 3:13:23 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Red Badger

Aluminum and plastic everywhere on this engine. I do not think this engine will be very reliable for many people. If it were to overheat then it would be junk.


38 posted on 10/31/2018 3:13:24 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Red Badger

I raced a Lamborghini last week in my Ford Focus and from stop light to stop light, I beat him by two car lengths.......


39 posted on 10/31/2018 3:14:49 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (q)
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To: dp0622

Easy ...
I can get a Loan for the Car, Banks don’t Loan for Babes


40 posted on 10/31/2018 3:14:53 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!)
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