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Hennessey Plays it All In With the Dodge Charger Hellcat HPE800

After the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the time has come for the Charger Hellcat to receive Hennessey's "no sugar but plenty of spice" treatment.
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Therefore, here we are, telling you about the Dodge Charger Hellcat HPE800 soon to populate the streets courtesy of Hennessey.

Remember, this is the fastest sedan in the world capable of hitting a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph), so if you're one of those who think further improvements are useless allow us to join the cause.

However, when Hennessey comes to play, they do it hard which means standard power and torque figures are put face to face with their doom.

Long story short, the HPE800 package takes those factory-sourced 707 ponies and turns them into 805 horsepower fully unleashed at 6,200 rpm.

Are you curious to know the gimmicks behind this upgrade? Well, it's not rocket science nor wizardry, as Hennessey engineers imbued the V8 with a new ECU, new tuning software and a lower pulley upgrade that slightly increases boost. Other add-ons consist of a high-flow air filter, and a port matched throttle body.

Those inside will know what kind of care they've set foot in thanks to the sedan's seat head rests wearing the Hennessey logo and the HPE800 badges scattered around the cabin.

Looking at these figures on paper, we can safely assume Hennessey Performance Engineering respected their "making fast cars faster since 1991" motto, although for now we don't get to know what the pumped-up sedan is capable of.

In any case, we're also sure not much time will pass until tuner shops will come up with tuning kits way more generous. You know, that kind of upgrades that can deliver four-digit horsepower figures and enough torque to crush one's bones when the pedal is pushed to the metal.
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