SRT8 Hellcat - unveiled

[jleews6]

There is allot of internet racers in this thread.:-D Dynos and HP numbers are not what you guys should be worried about on the street. Maybe at the track you big HP 6 speed guys will beat them but a bolt on automatic Hellcat with some tires is going to do its share of damage on the street. Been street racing a long time and the high HP 6 speed cars are the ones you can make your money from. Not unless your roll racing where you just step on the gas and shift once. Anybody can do that.

 

[Njtony]

707 HP



707hp + 8 spd auto = 10's easy. yes, shelby folk indeed have to worry.

It's more than 500 pounds heavier than a 13 shelby with 45 crank hp more to carry that extra weight. Will it actual show that gain in hp over a shelby at the rear wheels? A stock shelby should run 10's easy but is hobbled by the computer. Dodge may do the same to this car to protect the driveline. I don't think 10's will come easy with this car even with the auto because of the weight. The stick shift versions will be losing to stock Shelby's IMO.

 

[ThomasL]

It's more than 500 pounds heavier than a 13 shelby with 45 crank hp more to carry that extra weight. Will it actual show that gain in hp over a shelby at the rear wheels? A stock shelby should run 10's easy but is hobbled by the computer. Dodge may do the same to this car to protect the driveline. I don't think 10's will come easy with this car even with the auto because of the weight. The stick shift versions will be losing to stock Shelby's IMO.

Auto Hellcat will be high 10s easy on DRs i suspect. Likely 11.2-11.4 bone stock IMO.

 

[Sn95Snake]

I see a lot of butt hurt in here.

 

[Kewlv8]

It's more than 500 pounds heavier than a 13 shelby with 45 crank hp more to carry that extra weight. Will it actual show that gain in hp over a shelby at the rear wheels? A stock shelby should run 10's easy but is hobbled by the computer. Dodge may do the same to this car to protect the driveline. I don't think 10's will come easy with this car even with the auto because of the weight. The stick shift versions will be losing to stock Shelby's IMO.

Hey, ease up, the Kitty just has big bones.

 

[TERMN8U]

Hey, ease up, the Kitty just has big bones.

I can't even begin to imagine where or how you found that, but my God that's a good one. Rotfl.

 

[KoolPwny]

It's easy to be brand loyal when you drive gt500's

 

[mnewxcv]

Hey, ease up, the Kitty just has big bones.

was that taken from the hot wives and girlfriends pics thread from SRTP, the dodge bizzaro version of this forum?

 

[F8l Vnm]

Lots of butt hurt. Some of the Shelby guys feel real disrespected. Have no idea why ? But it seems that way

 

[Kewlv8]

was that taken from the hot wives and girlfriends pics thread from SRTP, the dodge bizzaro version of this forum?

If you look closely, that is the track key in her hand. :lol1:

 

[Bravo gt 500]

I always liked the styling of the challenger's more but the performance sucked. Now it looks like it will have both looks & performance. Have a feeling ford will counter like they did with the zl1.

 

[redfiresvtsnake]

If my 5500lb land barge can run as far into the 12s as it has with bolt ons then this thing at over 1200 lbs lighter should be easy 10.90-11.20 with decent traction. The 8 speed is a damn awesome gearbox.

 

[GotHemi?]

There is allot of internet racers in this thread.:-D Dynos and HP numbers are not what you guys should be worried about on the street. Maybe at the track you big HP 6 speed guys will beat them but a bolt on automatic Hellcat with some tires is going to do its share of damage on the street. Been street racing a long time and the high HP 6 speed cars are the ones you can make your money from. Not unless your roll racing where you just step on the gas and shift once. Anybody can do that.

This.

Heard it ran 11.3 in 6k ft da on its factory tire...

 

[WolfPackST]

Guys, this car is NOT going to have 700 HP, though that's what it needs to be competitive at it's weight. The challenger has always looked great, but it's just too heavy. Dodge can say all this "More power than Viper" malarkey all they want. It's NOT going to happen. Especially if they expect to get the car in the 50k base price point.

My wifes tuned SHO has edged out wins vs several SRT8 offerings over the course of several random races. It's pretty damn easy to get a SHO into the mid 12's So while it may be heavy, it's a damn capable vehicle.

Dodge could always take a page out of GM's book and make it far less power and far less performance but yet more expensive than a base Viper. Call it a "Limited run" of 1500 cars over two years and people will go bat shit crazy over it!

I just wanted to quote this

 

[siLversLeigh]

^ lol

 

[Teal Terminator]

Thing is going to be a beast with just a few mods. Curious to see what it's going to sticker at though.

 

[ViperBlueCobra]

If it's more than 65k they would have failed again....

 

[Blue Blitz]

10.8@126 on a drag radial. Just watched the vid. Pretty damn impressive!

 

[Blue Blitz]

[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYol7m3WjGQ[/video]

Hope that works. Attempting from my phone.

 

[MTBSully]

Ok thats pretty badass