# Horsepower on Hellcats **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** dodge, challenger\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511 "2020-04-06T02:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel.rivera0215\_150095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Daniel.rivera0215\_150095](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Daniel.rivera0215_150095)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/1 "2020-04-06T02:58:49Z")
Does anybody know how much HP a hellcat redeye produces stock? ---
**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/2 "2020-04-06T03:35:39Z")
From what I read on the 'net, 797 HP. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/3 "2020-04-06T10:52:26Z")
Watched a video of c-10 pickup with that motor. Why not a Chevy blown ls motor? Cost? Attention? Spend $$$ to mod a truck and go cross species. Not sure I like it, but it’s not my money. He didn’t say how he got motor. Maybe there are a lot of crashed hellcats? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/4 "2020-04-06T11:56:38Z")
As far as “cross species”. If I ever had the $$$$$ to build a T-Bucket or 32 Highboy, I want a Flathead, not the common SBC. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/5 "2020-04-06T13:11:34Z")
The Hellcat is small potatoes compared to Chrysler’s Hellephant engine. Seems like I read a while back that someone was not happy with the 1000 HP and modded one up to 1100 or 1200 HP. > **[Dodge Hellephant Crate Engine Production Finally Beginning After Quality Issue](https://www.motor1.com/news/379225/dodge-hellephant-engine-production-starts/)** > > The Dodge Hellephant crate engine makes 1,000 horsepower and 950 pound-feet of torque. The company charged $29,995 for them. ---
**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/6 "2020-04-06T16:24:32Z")
I have been lucky enough to test and drive on public roads a bunch of the modern Challenger Hellcats and most of the variants. None of them can put the power down in any meaningful way. They do well as straight line dragstrip cars. That’s it. The most impressive to me was the AWD Trackhawk. It was the only one that could accelerate out of a corner that I have driven. Even the lesser Hemi-V8-Equipped Challengers can break both the rear tires free at 40 MPH on a dry road if you pin the throttle. I’ve done it multiple times. These are fun cars. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/7 "2020-04-08T03:47:31Z")
If it’s the same video i’ve found it was a crate motor. I believe one runs $15,000 give or take. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/8 "2020-04-08T12:04:29Z")
> [@GorehamJ](#): > > They do well as straight line dragstrip cars. I just recently rented a Uhaul Chevy van with a V-12 engine, and I totally get what you’re saying. Empty, that thing had massive power, but being too top heavy to use it in the turns really took the fun out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/9 "2020-04-09T00:47:42Z")
> [@Whitey](#): > > Uhaul Chevy van with a V-12 engine, Why do you think it was a V12? GM has never built a modern V12. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/10 "2020-04-09T01:37:23Z")
Correct. GM’s last v12 was in a 1937 Cadillac. I seem to remember Lincoln having a flat head v12 for a few years in the late 1940’s. ---
**Author:** ![Dakotaboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dakotaboy/32/21842_2.png) [@Dakotaboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dakotaboy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/11 "2020-04-09T01:51:03Z")
Closest thing I can think of is Ford had a V10 for a few years in their F350s. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/12 "2020-04-09T13:49:35Z")
The Lincoln Zephyr had a flatty V12. 1936 to 42. I have seen a few at auctions. Pretty cool car and engine. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/13 "2020-04-09T15:08:31Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Why do you think it was a V12? GM has never built a modern V12. It’s what the badge on the front end said unless I’m misremembering it. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/14 "2020-04-09T15:37:47Z")
A 6 liter V8 is the biggest available van engine until 2020 when they upped it to 6.6 liters. No slouch in the power department. the 6 Liter puts out 341 HP, 373 ft-lbs. Probably the truck you rented had some big rear-end gears, 4:56 or more. That would give you house-pulling power. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/15 "2020-04-09T20:13:40Z")
It must have been a V8 then. Something on the badge made me think it was more. Nonetheless, it was fun to drive it like a rental van when it was empty. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/16 "2020-04-09T21:38:39Z")
If it was a Ford it could have been a V10. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/17 "2020-04-10T11:55:24Z")
I figured it had a engine swap like this V12. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/b/6b2c2f833542d631fedc3de9d9f1f60b7070db61.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horsepower-on-hellcats/162511/18 "2020-10-30T17:02:53Z")
Chrysler used V10’s in the Viper and pickups for a number of years too .