Hi All, Has anyone that ordered the 1000 hp Hellephant get delivery yet or do we know when these engines are getting built and shipped to the people that ordered them???
Hellephant Engine Delivery
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Is it built yet or have you been waiting for the other parts of that go along with the Hellephant block?$7KI was fortunate to get it. Pretty much impossible to find. FCA said they're limiting them to Helephant builds and race teams now. I call it the Unicorn Block
Linda
Lolwut???
1965 Dodge Factory Altered Wheelbase
With proper exhaust systems, Chrysler's 1965 Factory Altered Wheelbase cars, which included the Dodge Factory Altered Wheelbase, would have been almost street-legal. Clearly, though, they were intended for competition. Learn more about this muscle car.
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As far as Ford and Chevy, they have the Cobra Jet and COPO Camaro, which are basically the same thing as a Drag Pack.
I’m an old school N/A guy so working on as much power as we can do without boost. Going to stroke that 426 block and see if we can make it to around 700 crank HP. Currently experimenting with Hi-ram intakes to get enough air into that beast with the Thitek headsIs it built yet or have you been waiting for the other parts of that go along with the Hellephant block?
Linda
Also had a harmonics issue on the first 426 build using Hellcat lifters so going with Johnson on this one and a little more aggressive cam. Will be 13:1 compression on pump gas.Picked up some billet rocker covers and moving the coil packs to a remote location for a little retro look...
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That car in the picture is F/X is it not? Factory Experimental?Lolwut???
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1965 Dodge Factory Altered Wheelbase
With proper exhaust systems, Chrysler's 1965 Factory Altered Wheelbase cars, which included the Dodge Factory Altered Wheelbase, would have been almost street-legal. Clearly, though, they were intended for competition. Learn more about this muscle car.
As far as Ford and Chevy, they have the Cobra Jet and COPO Camaro, which are basically the same thing as a Drag Pack.
Stock is referring to stock body sheetmetal. They were inspiring. You could build a lookalike for cheap. Some tires, a few stickers, some paint, and you had a fairly good lookalike, which was inspiring for sales.
Pro Stock used to BE actual factory hunks of steel that were the car body pieces (external shell.)
They were allowed to stretch the front end a bit, but the back end was stock and it was steel, except for enlarged wheel openings.
That, too inspired generations of youngsters to dream of a Pro Street car of their own one day.
But "Carbon Blob Pseudo Stock" or "NASCAR Template With Ford or Chevy Sticker On It" "stock?"
No identification whatsoever with what's on the showroom floor. No kid can buy a used Carbon Blob for 4 grand or less and work on it to bring it up to something resembling Pro Stock, much less afford to make is street legal or even vaguely SAFE.
If the manufacturers would get their noses off the mirror for a few minutes, they would realize that the ridiculous circus going on that has the "Pro Stock" or "Stock Car" tag smeared on it is doing almost nothing to inspire future generations, or even present generations. NASCAR cars can't even use a Hemi engine.
Nope. Put the bone-stock-sheetmetal look back in racing. Inspire us once again.
Even Trans-Am could benefit from going back to strict adherence to real, actual, factory steel full bodies, no width, length, or wheelbase modifications allowed. Imagine how inspiring an almost-street-looking IMSA racer would be.
But the IMSA cars these days? They look like the Elephant Man DNA was mixed with a factory car and produced some weird, misshapen offspring.
The manufacturers need to wise up and wake up. Formless blows with Bosuzoku flares on them on the racetrack don't inspire anyone to do anything but stop watching. They sure don't make people think, "Hey, I can go down to the Ford/GM/Mopar dealer and get me one of them, add some wheels and a few engine modifications, and have me a lookalike of Billy Bob T. Bakkychomp's Challenger/Mustang/Chevelle (which GM has been too blind or emasculated to produce, which I guaran-dang-tee you if they produced it, a lot of the lifelong GM guys buying Hellcats would seriously consider trading in to get one.)
Even Mopar guys, imagine, if you could have a 2020 Chevelle Malibu 454SS in the driveway, with IRS, 4Wdisks, and power upgrades from the NA 500hp to 750 supercharged hp right out of the dealer's parts/upgrades department, or a a 454 SSS!
You could have a GM and Mopar supercar in the same garage, then see which you liked better for what. Sadly, Ford never produced much in the way of really loyalty-inspiring muscle cars, so they are limited to the Mustang unless they resurrect the T-bolt and its strange hot-air-draining teardrop scoop hood. The T-bolt had a great big-hose-to-the-grille intake system which Dodge just basically stole for the Hellcat, to their credit.
Product association on the level of the '60's and '70's quit happening a LONG time ago.
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That is beautiful.I’m an old school N/A guy so working on as much power as we can do without boost. Going to stroke that 426 block and see if we can make it to around 700 crank HP. Currently experimenting with Hi-ram intakes to get enough air into that beast with the Thitek heads
Picked up some billet rocker covers and moving the coil packs to a remote location for a little retro look...
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If you are really sincere about NA and revs, consider going with siamesed bores and maximum possible bore diameter. That way, your stroke can be kept to a minimum and you should be able to rev it to the max. You may want to O-ring the heads or block for it, but, hey, your crankshaft will thank you.
The motor I currently have in my SRT8 Magnum (which I'd like to replace with a Hellephant) is one of the Mopar (Arrow / Prefix) aluminum blocks. It uses siamese sleeves and has a 4.185" bore. Total displacement is 7.36 liters. Given the Hellephant's 4.125" bore, it should also use siamese sleeves.
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I just joined...I took delivery of mine on 3/16/20 #0017. I was informed early on that I was to receive the 17th motor and that the serial number wouldn’t necessarily be 17 but it was #0017. I ordered it on 4/26/19 at 10:15am Florida time. I then called a dealer to make arrangements to purchase it through them. They never even heard of it. Once they did their homework they tried to bump the price and said they could sell it to another party for more profit. They wouldn’t take my deposit so I called the department that took my order and they contacted the dealer and advised them that it was my motor and if they didn’t want to accept the profit that was built in to the MSRP then I could have the motor delivered anywhere I wanted...they then took my money. I thought I was going to lose it and the dealer would have ripped me if they could have. The chances of another 100 being produced is slim (per Mopar) and because of this virus the shipping has been halted. My guess is that only about 20 have been delivered and the installation kits have not been shipped at all and won’t be available for a long time. I’m new to these modern cars and have finally realized that this is the second muscle car era and way faster! Oh yes... it’s my understanding that you only need the kit if you’re planning to install the Hellephant in an older pre-76 vehicle.
The engine was only made for pre-1976 installs . I am sure that the tuners around the country are going to try other options.Not sure about the plug and play of this engine in a new Car.
That's so awesome to hear! I'm glad someone actually received one. Would you please post pictures of what you received? You might of been the only one on this forum to receive one. I can't wait to see what mopar has in store for us this comming April 26th!
This guy must have had a Hellephant emblem made for his fender.
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Grant, Recently I heard of an engine being sold to somebody in Dubai for big $, I’ve also heard the motors are discontinued since the virus outbreak. I’m afraid that there are big profits being made on these motors. If you’re still interested, give me a call 941-662-0876.
Can’t believe it did not come with the installation kit! The whole program is a failure! All that hype and then nothing. I wonder if buyers actually had to tie up their money all this time?
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