Hellcat Charger Runs 10-Os on Pump Gas

Common upgrades lift this Hellcat sedan to 825 rear wheel horsepower, nearly cracking into the 9s.

The video above comes to us from That Racing Channel on YouTube and it features a look at a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat before and after being modified. Even though this car has relatively simple upgrades, it packs around 200 more horsepower than stock, allowing it to run 10.0 quarter mile times on pump gas with street legal tires.

TRC Charger

The video begins with a look at the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat from That Racing Channel stretching its legs on the dyno in stock form, and then stock with a K&N drop-in air filter. In bone-stock form, the supercharged sedan makes 631 horsepower and 589 lb-ft of torque, while the aftermarket air filter lifts the output to 639 horsepower and 596 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels- leading to gains of about 8 horsepower and 7 lb-ft of torque simply from changing the air filter.

The team also added a set of 17-inch wheels wrapped in Mickey Thompson ET Street R tires, but other than the air filter, the rear wheels and the sticky tires, the supercharged Charger is stock. With a density altitude of 1,792-feet, this Hellcat sedan ran an 11.32 at 122.51 miles per hour.

Upgrade Time

Next, the video takes us to Gearhead Fabrications, where the shop is adding their Stage 3 package tuned for 93-octane pump gas by Drag-On Tuning. This build added new upper and lower pulleys, larger fuel injectors, a Legmaker cold air intake and an engine tune. On the first dyno run with this package, the Charger lays down 806 horsepower and 720 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, but after some more tweaks to the tune, the car laid down 825 horsepower and 736 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. Mind you, those are SAE numbers, recorded in a shop that is right around 100 degrees, so these numbers aren’t being fudged.

So, the Gearhead Fabrications Stage 3 package added almost 200 horsepower and about 124 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, but what does that mean in terms of real-world performance?

The last segment of the video shows the TRC Charger at Palm Beach International Raceway to test the new power. We get to watch three runs, each of which had trap speeds of 137 miles per hour. On the first run, the car runs a 10.21 and on the second run, the number drops to 10.19. On the third run of the night, the Hellcat turned in a best time, running 10.0 on 93-octane pump gas.

This is a daily-driven Dodge Charger that would very likely run in the 9s in better air and it does so on pump gas with fairly simple mods. The inside of this engine is stock, but with just pulleys, injectors, a cold air intake, a driveshaft, tires and a tune – it is runs 10.0s in the heat.

Crank up your speakers and enjoy!

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Patrick Rall

"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.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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