Hellephant pricing

[biomedtechguy]

A Dana 60 can handle 1000 hp?

I would have to say absolutely!
There are Vipers putting out over 1kHP so I would think that whatever is used there would work too.

 

[biomedtechguy]

No doubt about it but that speed might wind you up in a bayou before you could say Hellephant…

I NEVER exceed the legal speed limit unless I am on a closed track...

 

[Duckmanreno]

Everyone knows speed costs money, how fast do ya wanna go? What a freakin deal! $30.00 per horse with a warranty. Hard pressed to build anything close for that price..

Doesn't seem so bad when you put it that way. When looking at midsize outboard motors they seem to be 100$ per horse power!

 

[5.7 hemi]

Vipers use a Dana 44.

 

[coronet68mx]

Ok we all drooled over this hellelephant engine, and this as an imagination exercise, how much the average Joe must spent in a car to run this engine, a decent project b body, let's say a charger 1968 or 69 reinforce the body, transmission, suspension, brakes, the hellelephant,

 

[1967coronet440]

Ok we all drooled over this hellelephant engine, and this as an imagination exercise, how much the average Joe must spent in a car to run this engine, a decent project b body, let's say a charger 1968 or 69 reinforce the body, transmission, suspension, brakes, the hellelephant,

$150,000

 

[coronet68mx]

Wow that's a lot of money.

 

[1967coronet440]

Wow that's a lot of money.

A lot of it depends on bodywork

 

[biomedtechguy]

Wow that's a lot of money.

It would be a LOT of car too!

 

[Duckmanreno]

I'm an average Joe with a 69 Charger but that's above my budget.

 

[1967coronet440]

Pre orders sold out in 2 minutes

 

[GetX'd]

Do we know the number of preorders? For that matter how many they’re planning on building?

 

[1967coronet440]

Sorry 2 days, not minutes lol

According to this article no official number was revealed as to how many orders were taken but “100” is thrown around.
https://www.allpar.com/news/2019/05/the-hellephant-is-sold-out-44717

 

[coronet68mx]

I wonder if any member buy one of those baby's, RC maybe? , he's crazy enough to do that.

 

[GetX'd]

Wow that baby is trippy. Love to stuff an elephant in my GTX. Just the sound makes me tingle.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I wonder if any member buy one of those baby's, RC maybe? , he's crazy enough to do that.

No I'm not. Although I admit that I do like the idea of putting a Hellcat engine in an old car, I don't think I'd attempt it, unless everything was completely bolt in.

 

[Rob Vaughn]

Ok we all drooled over this hellelephant engine, and this as an imagination exercise, how much the average Joe must spent in a car to run this engine, a decent project b body, let's say a charger 1968 or 69 reinforce the body, transmission, suspension, brakes, the hellelephant,

Yeah you better have some patience you'll be modifying everything. I've been watching a guy build one and we call him Macgyver around here . He's been calling this one the killer bee

 

[Cojohnso1]

I'm not sure I'm sold on the crate stuff. I have heard some poor builds that come in a crate. And not just Mopar. I would think to make 1000 horse, parts and balance would need to be precise. But I would feel better seeing and assembly of components. I'm sure the crate business has gotten better. But it is a $30k gamble. If you have the machining skills. Or have a good motor machinist in your circle? You can build a 1000 horse hemi for $30k. And be very secure on the component's quality.

 

[33 IMP]

When the hellcat crate came out, it was 20 grand. After demand stabilized, I saw them for as little as 12 grand. Somehow, I doubt that helliphants will follow that sales arc.

 

[Rob Vaughn]

I'm not sure I'm sold on the crate stuff. I have heard some poor builds that come in a crate. And not just Mopar. I would think to make 1000 horse, parts and balance would need to be precise. But I would feel better seeing and assembly of components. I'm sure the crate business has gotten better. But it is a $30k gamble. If you have the machining skills. Or have a good motor machinist in your circle? You can build a 1000 horse hemi for $30k. And be very secure on the component's quality.

You got that sh*t right the same guy had to have a crate hemi rebalanced in this car . like I said he is very good does everything himself takes about 3 years a car