HellCat the fastest?
07-16-2014, 04:49 AM
#41
11.2 is fantastic and all but was more then a little let down when they had 10.8 for their commercial on youtube and at least in the video there was no mention of dr's used. And yes fastest muscle production car. Idk how muscle car is defined but good for dodge jist a little sneaky when I don't think it was even necessary. The ad on the first page does a better job of stating the 10.8 was not with production tires.
07-16-2014, 08:55 AM
#42
Burning Brakes
congrats to mopar! 707hp is a pretty big achievement! hellcat gonna have a manual option or auto only? give a 2014 gt500 a auto see how fast it goes stock.. that auto is whats getting those et's.. it traps no faster then a shelby.
07-16-2014, 10:23 AM
#43
It will have both options. Keep in mind the Shelby tends to have traction issues. Did not look like the Hellcat did. Not sure it would make a big difference in the end though.
07-16-2014, 04:00 PM
#44
Melting Slicks
Pay attention around here, you might learn something
07-16-2014, 04:02 PM
#45
Melting Slicks
07-18-2014, 03:38 PM
#46
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C7's are trapping what 118mph so far in good weather? Those Hellcats were going high 120's and 130 in the heat. I would expect one in a straight line to put a half car on my 14 TA Viper in the same roll race and I have run stock C7's in my car from a slow roll and they were a joke.
C7 guys (non Z06) should want to go after the Hellcat on the road course.
07-18-2014, 11:32 PM
#47
Lol this is cute...
Current Record holder:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...d/viewall.html
Also the Hellcat is shown on a list at #15, and the cars it somehow defies logic and physics to beat on that list kinda make me feel like something is super fishy about the car that ran those times. The SRT Viper GTS has a better power to weight ratio than that hellcat can ever hope to achieve and with the Viper's 375's I don't really get it.
The other thing that trip's me out about this car is that it's trapping a really low speed for a 1/4 for it's time. The only other cars that have similar trap speeds are the GT-R (11.0 @ 125.1mph) and the Noble M400 (119 @ 11.4). So unless Chrysler somehow managed to make a traction control system for a RWD that is on par with AWD systems these numbers seem fudged, and I will accept them grudgingly until the car is in the hands of actual testers and not the PR team trying to hype up the SRT badge to keep it afloat.
All that said I like the car, but the hype is killing me...it's a powerful, heavy, boat of a car and looks mean. If the numbers are real it may well humiliate it's fair share of cars at stop lights, but the Hellcat will become a fading memory in the rearview mirror of a C7 Stingray on any road with curves.
Current Record holder:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...d/viewall.html
Also the Hellcat is shown on a list at #15, and the cars it somehow defies logic and physics to beat on that list kinda make me feel like something is super fishy about the car that ran those times. The SRT Viper GTS has a better power to weight ratio than that hellcat can ever hope to achieve and with the Viper's 375's I don't really get it.
The other thing that trip's me out about this car is that it's trapping a really low speed for a 1/4 for it's time. The only other cars that have similar trap speeds are the GT-R (11.0 @ 125.1mph) and the Noble M400 (119 @ 11.4). So unless Chrysler somehow managed to make a traction control system for a RWD that is on par with AWD systems these numbers seem fudged, and I will accept them grudgingly until the car is in the hands of actual testers and not the PR team trying to hype up the SRT badge to keep it afloat.
All that said I like the car, but the hype is killing me...it's a powerful, heavy, boat of a car and looks mean. If the numbers are real it may well humiliate it's fair share of cars at stop lights, but the Hellcat will become a fading memory in the rearview mirror of a C7 Stingray on any road with curves.
Dodge is known to put 3.92's in auto equipped cars . That would go a long ways to explaining the time vs the weight. My challenger didn't have it on the window sticker but it had 3.92 rear gear ratio
I know the formula for rpm, tire height, final drive ratio in the trans and mph at a certain rpm to figure it out. I was pleased when I realized I had 3.92 from the factory with the 20" wheels
The hellcat is a sleeper and dodge has a trick or 2 they are not disclosing...
07-18-2014, 11:54 PM
#48
Race Director
And soon someone will run a 10.7 in the Hellcat in mineshaft air and perfect launch etc...on stock rubber I'm thinking most c7 are realistically very high 11's or low 12's...with sticks off that a touch...imo
Last edited by hawkgfr; 07-18-2014 at 11:58 PM.