Posts Tagged: Hellcat
TheStraightPipes put a 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody up against the cars it has no business competing with — a Mercedes-AMG E63, a BMW M5 Competition, and even its own two-door sibling, the Challenger Hellcat Widebody. With 707 supercharged horsepower and a widened stance borrowed from the Demon, the family sedan does not just keep pace on paper. Over 1.2 million viewers have weighed in on whether four doors, a usable back seat, and genuine trunk space make this the smartest way to buy into Hellcat ownership.
A supercharged Camaro ZL1, a Hellcat, a Shelby GT500, a Scat Pack, and a naturally aspirated Mustang GT lining up for a straight-line shootout is about as good as modern muscle gets. The forced-induction cars post the eye-catching times, with the ZL1 dipping into the 9s and the Hellcat and GT500 not far behind. But the Scat Pack and the Mustang GT, both running without a supercharger, close the gap by more than the horsepower numbers say they should. That’s the real story here.
Long before the Challenger Demon’s real specs were public, rumors claimed it would simply ‘rival’ the Hellcat and the next GT500. The reality blew past that modest framing entirely, an 840-horsepower supercharged HEMI, a 9.65-second quarter mile, and an NHRA-certified quarter-mile record the actual GT500 wouldn’t even show up to challenge for another three years.
TheStraightPipes reviews the 807-horsepower Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye Jailbreak at $128,545 CAD, and it turns into something closer to a eulogy than a spec-sheet breakdown. Viewers are calling it the channel’s most comprehensively edited Hellcat video yet, built around a supercharger whine they say never gets old and a reviewer’s kid who sums up the whole car in one word. Watch to see Dodge’s V8 send-off before the Hellcat era officially ends.
He Crammed a 1,500-Horsepower Hellcat Into a 1968 Dodge Charger Named ‘Tater’ — And It Actually Runs
“Tater,” Westen Champlin’s 1968 Dodge Charger, has taken plenty of abuse across his build videos, but stuffing a supercharged Hellcat engine rated near 1,500 horsepower into its 58-year-old unibody pushed things further than usual. The swap leans on aftermarket Holley EFI to run a powertrain that chassis was never designed for, and it shows almost immediately once real torque hits the driveline. Fans in the comments are already calling Champlin an honorary member of the Hemi brothers for what happens next. Watch how far belt slack and 1,500 horsepower can push a vintage Mopar before something gives.
This race-prepped Camaro isn’t just for sale, it’s a rolling piece of the pony car war Chevrolet started on purpose. When reporters asked what ‘Camaro’ meant, Chevy’s famous answer was ‘a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs,’ and the rivalry that followed pushed both brands into a genuine horsepower arms race. Decades later, this car still runs like it has something to prove.
Rumors chasing the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon’s horsepower figure climbed past 900 before SRT’s engineers had finished their own testing. When the official SAE-certified rating finally landed, it told a different story, one backed by an NHRA-certified quarter-mile instead of forum speculation. Read on for what the real number turned out to be, why the rumor overshot, and why the certified figure ended up being the better story.
The SRT Demon captured headlines with 840 horsepower and a waiting list that filled overnight, but Dodge had quietly been selling something nearly as ferocious for years before the Demon ever existed. The Challenger SRT Hellcat skips the race fuel, the stripped interior, and the six-figure markups while still delivering 707 horsepower you can drive to work. Read on to find out why buyers chasing supercharged Hemi drama might already have the better deal.
A brand-new 2018 Widebody Hellcat Challenger ran into trouble before its first day of ownership was even over, and the reaction from viewers split fast between sympathy and skepticism about how serious the problem actually was. Long Island commenters recognized the neighborhood from the footage and turned the replies into an impromptu regional meetup thread. Watch to see exactly what went wrong, and how big a deal it really turned out to be.
A barn find 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A has been sitting untouched for years, its original 340 cubic inch Six Pack engine still intact under the hood. Dodge built only 2,399 T/A Challengers that year, and viewers can’t even agree on the factory paint color, some call it Panther Pink, others Plum Crazy Purple. The video poses a pointed question: would you trade this original for a modern Hellcat? Most commenters say no.
Muscle At The Strip, formerly Mopars At The Strip, brought the Mopar Muscle Scat Pack Challenge and Hellcat Shootout to The Strip At Las Vegas on April 21 through 23, 2017, splitting the field between 392 Apache Hemi cars and 707-horsepower supercharged Hellcats. Both brackets went to manual-transmission cars, an upset in classes the eight-speed automatics usually dominate. Read on to find out how the stick shifts pulled it off.
The Hellcat gets all the attention in Challenger quarter-mile conversations, but the quickest Challengers running the street right now are not wearing a supercharger badge at all. Owner Todd Barber’s twin-turbo R/T runs mid-8-second quarter miles while remaining fully street legal, tagged, and insured. Read on to find out what’s hiding under a hood that looks completely stock.
This head-to-head lineup pits vintage muscle — a numbers-matching Cobra Jet, a classic Hemi Charger, an old-school Camaro — against Dodge’s Hellcat, Demon, and Chevy’s ZL1 in a series of quarter-mile drag races. One matchup even needed a handicap start just to keep things fair. Which era actually wins when the light drops green? Watch the full lineup to find out.
A montage of Hellcats, GT-Rs, Mustangs, and Chargers all losing the fight against their own horsepower at launch, this compilation has racked up nearly 200,000 views for a reason that goes beyond spectacle. Buried in the reactions is the real explanation: too many of these cars are hitting the strip on street tires instead of tires built for the job. The physics behind wheel hop, traction rolls, and sudden oversteer are all on display. See exactly what separates a clean launch from the next viral fail.