C8 Races 1,000 HP Durango Hellcat
Hennessey Performance Engineering is perhaps best known for its hugely powerful upgrade packages for General Motors LS V8-powered vehicles like the C7 Corvette Stingray and Chevy Camaro. However, the Texas-based tuning shop has found itself building more and more Mopar vehicles amid the Hellcat engine craze, and recently released a 1,000-horsepower tuning package for the massive Dodge Durango SUV.
So how does Hennessey manage to squeeze over 1,000 horsepower out of the Durango Hellcat's supercharged 6.2-liter V8? It starts with a different high-flow supercharger system, which is joined by smaller upgrades like new front and rear driver supercharger pulleys, a heavy-duty supercharger belt, high-flow injectors, upgraded spark plugs, a crank case ventilation system and an upgraded thermostat - pushing output to 1,012 horsepower and 969 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent through an eight-speed automatic transmission and the factory all-wheel drive system. Hennessey will only build 50 examples of its 1,000-plus horsepower Durango, it's worth noting.
To demonstrate just how fast their 1,000-horsepower Dodge Durango Hellcat is, Hennessey decided to pit the 5,710-pound SUV against one of the fastest-accelerating production vehicles on the market: the C8 Corvette Stingray. While the Corvette Stingray has less than half the power output of the Hennessey-tuned Durango at 490 horsepower, it's also much lighter, tipping the scales at just 3,366 pounds. We should also point out the Durango has the slight advantage of all-wheel drive, but as any reader of this site will know, the C8 Corvette has no trouble putting its power down anyway.
Source: Sam McEachern - GM Authority
Posted 7/23/21