An 830-horsepower upgrade makes this Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat nearly unbeatable.
This video of a built Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat taking on a variety of high performance cars from around the world comes to us from That Racing Channel on YouTube. It features the bright white supercharged sedan flexing its muscles on the streets of “Mexico” against some impressive competition with even more impressive results.
Gearhead Fabrications Stage 3 Hellcat Charger
The 2017 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat in the video above is fitted with the Stage 3 upgrade from Gearhead Fabrications in Florida. This package adds a Legmaker cold air intake, a ID1050 injectors, competition mid-pipes, an aluminum four-inch driveshaft, a 2.75-inch upper pulley, an ATI 10 percent lower damper, a larger intercooler, a Diablosport tuner with a custom tune and a handful of supporting components to lift the output from 707 to 830 horsepower.
We don’t know the new torque level, but we can bet that it rises by a significant amount along with the horsepower, making this 4,500 pound sedan an even stronger version of the world’s most powerful sedan.
Hellcat vs. Corvette Z06
The featured racing action in this video pits the Hellcat Charger against a C6 Corvette Z06. It has a “stage 3” camshaft package, intake, exhaust, headers, a 102 millimeter throttle body and an E85 tune. The video includes a clip of this Vette making a quarter mile run of 10.36 at 135 miles per hour, leaving no question as to how quick the Chevy is from a dig.
However, the Hellcat is taking it on from a roll and on each of the three passes—the Hellcat beats the Corvette by a comfortable margin.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
