YouTuber Beats Hellcat with Scat Pack
If you thought Scat Pack Challengers were inferior to their Hellcat and Demon brethren, think again.
In short, the only way to beat a Hellcat with a Scat Pack Challenger is to make sure the Hellcat is using the black key. That said, this video from YouTubers MotorTube shows it’s still an interesting match-up. Hellcats has two keys: red and black. The red one unlocks the car’s full potential while the black one takes the 6.4-liter Hemi from its epic 707 horsepower to a still very grin-inducing 500. The Challenger with the Scat Pack equipped runs with 485 horses.
But, as we all know, horsepower doesn’t win races alone. Torque is a huge ingredient. The Scat Pack Challenger uses the 392 engine and makes 475 lbs.-ft. With the black key, the Hellcat’s even more brutal 650 lbs.-ft of torque is toned down to provide the same torque curve as a regular 392. A stock 392 peaks at around 410 lb-ft of torque.
So, the short version is that the Hellcat is now running with 500 horsepower and a shallower torque curve, versus the Scat Pack with 485 horses and 475 lbs.-ft of torque. On paper, even without the Hellcat’s extra few pounds of weight, the Scat Pack should edge it out.
It’s also worth pointing out that the Hellcat is also hamstrung by having an 18-year-old driver that clearly doesn’t have much in the skill department. The only way he was beating him was by going to the red key. With evenly matched drivers, and without a passenger, it may have been closer with the black key. But, there is a reality check to have here.
We can see in the video that when they try a 30 mph roll with the black key, the kid was still blowing the Hellcat’s start by spinning the wheels even though it’s the key you give someone when they borrow the car. Nobody really uses the black key when they know they’re going to drop the hammer, but still, it’s not like it turns your Challenger into a Prius.
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