With the end of the fabulous Hellcat HEMI V8 engine in sight, Hennessey has decided to make one last stand (pun intended) for it by introducing the limited edition H1000 package.
Aimed at Dodge's popular SRT Challenger and Charger duo, including the Hellcat, Jailbreak, Redeye, and Super Stock, it comprises a larger supercharger (save for the Redeyes). The bundle also includes the pulley upgrade, new fuel injectors, stainless-steel long tube headers, a high-flow induction system, a crankcase ventilation system, and high-flow catalytic converters.
The result is truly staggering, as instead of the standard output that ranges from over 700 to in excess of 800 horses, the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine now produces a neck-snapping 1,000 horsepower (1,014 ps/746 kW) and 948 pound-feet (1,285 Nm) of torque.
Mind you, that is just 25 horsepower shy of the Dodge Demon 170 and 3 lb-ft (4 Nm) more, and while the devilish muscle car needs E85 in the tank to achieve that output, Hennessey's Last Stand models can do it on unleaded pump gasoline.
Now, the Challenger and Charger duo fitted with the Lone Star State tuner's H1000 package may be up there with the mind-bending Demon 170 in terms of power, but they cannot compete with it in a straight line.
Photo: Hennessey
The numbers quoted by Dodge are 1.66 seconds from 0-60 mph (0-97 kph) and 8.91 seconds required to run the quarter mile, with an exit speed of 151.17 mph (243.28 kph). The Last Stand models take 2.8 seconds to deal with the sprint and are 9.9-second cars down the 1/4-mile at 141 mph (227 kph).
It is not just all-go with no extra-show (it's usually the other way around) either, as Hennessey says that the H1000 Last Stand cars stand out courtesy of a few other upgrades. They feature some carbon fiber appointments, such as the new front apron, side skirts, rear diffuser, and spoiler. All of them ride on 20-inch alloys that can be had with a glossy black or a graphite finish and get the usual Last Stand graphics, joined by a plaque to commemorate each of the 50 cars that will see the light of day.
According to Hennessey, the H1000 Last Stand upgrade targets the entire Dodge Challenger SRT and Charger SRT series from the 2021 to the 2023 model year. All cars come with the tuner's three-year/36,000-mile (57,936-km) warranty, whichever comes first, and they are already being turned to this specification as we speak at the company's facility in Sealy, Texas.
The models are available for shipping globally, so this is probably your last chance to buy a new one – unless some undriven or barely-driven examples start hitting the used car market soon accompanied by the hefty markups.
After a series of unfortunate events put an end to Cristian's dream of entering a custom built & tuned old-school Dacia into a rally competition, he moved on to drive press cars and write for a living. He's worked for several automotive online journals and now he's back at autoevolution after his first tour in the mid-2000s. Full profile
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