What the Hellcat? 10 Years Ago, Dodge Won the Horsepower Wars

[Richard Cranium]

A pretty good article from Hagerty..........

https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-insider/market-spotlight/what-the-hellcat-10-years-ago-dodge-won-the-horsepower-wars/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_UN_WeekendRoadTrip&hashed_email=323fbb1a98604548a66745697dda47b6bfa122945a40dfd9128d2d0e0ba6ecd9&dtm_em=323fbb1a98604548a66745697dda47b6bfa122945a40dfd9128d2d0e0ba6ecd9

 

[mmissile]

To answer the last line...
Yes, I'm enjoying mine. It's got 4K on it, and needs tires.

 

[Dennis H]

Sound of Blower intoxicating. Just drive it. Enjoy. Forget resale.

 

[SteveSS]

I was testing cars/trucks for Stellantis through mountain roads back in those days. All the way up to the Red Eye Demon Wide Body and the TRX. Never the 170. The only complaint I had was that shifting into 6th required me to stick my right elbow way out to catch the gear. Now I'm hearing about the "Hemi Tick."

 

[threewood]

I would love one, but can't really justify the cost. A friend at work just bought a pristine 2014? B5 Blue Hellcat 6 speed. It is nice and I'm sure fast as f#$%.

 

[SteveSS]

Kinda funny, but not really. I was driving a brand new Red Eye in the middle of the mountains at night when all of sudden out of nowhere I thought, "I think I'm going to hurl!" I've probably only done that twice in the last 25 years. Thank God I got pulled over and made it back.

 

[Dennis H]

5.7. 6.2. 6.4. No Hemi tick.

 

[Sixpactogo]

I was testing cars/trucks for Stellantis through mountain roads back in those days. All the way up to the Red Eye Demon Wide Body and the TRX. Never the 170. The only complaint I had was that shifting into 6th required me to stick my right elbow way out to catch the gear. Now I'm hearing about the "Hemi Tick."

I have a 5.7 and a 6.1.....Both pushing 100K miles without a tick. I use the Mobile 1 recommended on the filler cap, Change oil every 5,000 miles and have never heard any ticking. I attribute my luck to the fact that I never let them idle for more than a couple minutes. When I first heard about the lifter issue most of them were cop engines. Lots of idle time waiting for a speeder to go by.