Gallery: How Dodge Packed 707 HP Into the Hellcat Without Destroying It
Chrysler012015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
In an age where engines are getting smaller and MPG figures are going up, Dodge pushed back with the Challenger Hellcat. The muscle car is an exercise in batshit crazy engineering, all to keep this burnout-mobile running, even with 707 ponies under the hood.
Chrysler022015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
2015 Dodge Hellcat Remember that scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High where a young Forest Whitaker pulls up to the school yard in his Z-28 Camaro? There’s always the kid who gets the ridiculous car he or she wants, and if you’re a show-off in a varsity jacket, there’s nothing more conspicuous and overpowered than the Dodge Hellcat. It’s an astounding feat of engineering that Dodge managed to cram a 707 hp engine into a Challenger, but if that’s too much power for weekday driving, it has a two-key system — a red one for all-out power, and a black one that limits it to 500 hp. There’s also a valet mode that starts it in second gear for (slightly) tamer driving. MSRP $60,000
Chrysler032015 Dodge Challenger SRT with the HEMI® Hellcat engine
Spot the Hellcat's enormous silver supercharger attached to the front center of the engine along with the HEMI Orange coloring on the engine block.
Chrysler042015 Dodge Challenger SRT with the HEMI® Hellcat engine
The Hellcat's gorgeous 20-inch "Brass Monkey" rims fitted with 275/40ZR20 Pirelli P Zero tires.
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That's what 707 horsepower looks like when you take it apart.
Chrysler062015 Dodge Challenger SRT with the HEMI® Hellcat engine
The black key "limits" the car to only 500 horsepower, while the red key lets you give it the full beans. Why would anyone want the black key, again?
