Got this from a thread over at hellcat.org.
Im sharing not so much about this race in particular but more about overall performance at 7000ft DA. Especially cooling performance of the hellcat. Pretty impressive stuff imo. Here is what was said...
Im sharing not so much about this race in particular but more about overall performance at 7000ft DA. Especially cooling performance of the hellcat. Pretty impressive stuff imo. Here is what was said...
Last weekend I did the WannaGoFast half mile racing event in Clayton, GA. I got the opportunity to race against a GT500 Mustang and here is how that turned out:
http://youtu.be/6fknVjXIgJ4
To be fair, he missed 3rd gear, but I was still almost 10mph faster than his best speed of the day. I ran 150.6MPH with a DA of 7000, and my best run of the day was 150.8. To put that in perspective, Vipers were running mid 140s, stock GTRs were running high 140s, stock GT500s were running about 140. I actually got up to 153 after passing the timer.
One thing I learned about the Hellcat is just how awesome the cooling system is for the supercharger. Dodge really did an amazing job keeping the engine cool under performance and not losing power. The guys with the GT500s were taking about how they lose 50-100HP after their first run. They all told me "your fastest run of the day will be your first." Even the custom twin turbo Vettes were losing a lot of power from heat. You'd see them all with their hoods up between runs to cool down their engines. I actually got faster throughout the day. My last run of the day was .6 MPH faster than my first, and I was picking up 2 tenths of a MPH almost every time.
Here are some images from the day:
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