[SpeedIsLife]

The Hellcat was designed differently from the ZL1..plain and simple.

Besides, how often do you hear "Yeah you know what, lets set a time and day and we'll go to Road Atlanta/Willow Springs/Laguna and run and we'll see!" vs "Hey...XYZ Friday night drags are only 20 bucks..come and run your car instead of your mouth".

Because lets be honest...that is where the majority of American racing is done

[rocket403]

Here is an article on the Engine from Hot Rod they are impressed with it

http://www.hotrod.com/features/1502-...-hellcat-hemi/

[gen6waiter]

Originally Posted by SpeedIsLife

The Hellcat was designed differently from the ZL1..plain and simple.

Besides, how often do you hear "Yeah you know what, lets set a time and day and we'll go to Road Atlanta/Willow Springs/Laguna and run and we'll see!" vs "Hey...XYZ Friday night drags are only 20 bucks..come and run your car instead of your mouth".

Because lets be honest...that is where the majority of American racing is done

true dat!

[hotlap]

Originally Posted by newmoon

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No it won't beat the ZL1 on a track where maybe .01% of owners will ever take their car regardless of brand, however it will beat the ZL1 on the street where most everyone with a performance car will play from time to time, and also at the strip which is a much more popular venue even for the ZL1.

Dodge didn't build this to set lap times, it built the car to be the King of the Streets/Strip.

Without an automatic transmission (it appears) the Hellcat's power is uncontrollable. So, with a manual trans, its not a given that the Hellcat can beat anything. Kind of sucks for guys that like to row the gears

Add to that, keeping a car between the yellow lines is pretty important on the street too.

Great engine, great sound, I'm sure it would be a hoot to drive

[SpeedIsLife]

After driving a 2013 GT500 with "only" 662 HP...I cannot imagine what a car with almost that much at the wheels would be like.

Terrifying mixed with amazing I think...

[RGRCamaro]

I have a couple concerns with this video...not accusing MTC of being biased or paid off, just a couple things that rasies my eyebrows:

1. they used a manual ZL1 vs the auto...(Aren't the autos faster?...)

2. If you look closely, you can clearly see the brake lights of the ZL1 come on at 12.25, with what looks like to be at least 30-50 feet left....now I am not a drag racer or a track guy...but shouldn't you wait to apply the brakes until after you cross the finish line?

Either way, This hellcat looks and sounds sweet. I can't wait to find one on the road!

[woodside783]

From what I remember it was fastest auto zl1 was faster 0-60 but manual zl1 had a faster 1/4 mile time I think. I know it is out there some where

[hotlap]

Originally Posted by woodside783

From what I remember it was fastest auto zl1 was faster 0-60 but manual zl1 had a faster 1/4 mile time I think. I know it is out there some where

0-60 mph in 3.9 sec (automatic) or 4.0 sec (manual)

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...-camaro-zl1-2/

11.93 @ 116 MPH auto
11.96 @ 117 MPH manual

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/04/2...11-93-seconds/

The times quoted in the press release – 11.93 for the auto and 11.96 for the manual – were recorded on the stock Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2 tires. According to Chevrolet, the team knocked about a tenth of a second off those numbers with the Mickey Thompson drag tires.

[MEDISIN]

Originally Posted by newmoon

No it won't beat the ZL1 on a track blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

I lost you after "No, it won't beat the ZL1 on a track". The rest is attempting to justify the car doing one thing well. Have you ordered your hellcat yet? What color did you get?

[PQ]

I found some deleted footage of the Hellcat testing in the twisties.

[96MrBass]

[lewylew]

another hellcat runs advertised times

[newmoon]

Good but the car had DRs on it! Looking at the 1.78 60' he really launched the car easy maybe because of the recent driveshaft failures on the black car. A hard launch and low 1.60 60' this car would be deep into the 10s though.

[rocket403]

He did have DR's but only his 4th run with the Hellcat so with some more seat time he will get into the 10's