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The last Hellcat rumor mill

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I thought Tim K mentioned the Hellephant would return.

So seeing it in catalogs isn't misleading. Hopefully, they just keep building them.
This is how the Hellcat lives on past 2024.
 


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If Ford actually comes out with a Raptor R, and if it has more power than the TRX, I can see Ram doing a one year run with the Redeye.
Ford can't get their head out of their ass on regular models.

I doubt any non Ford loyalist is getting one of those trucks and i'd bet 150k minimum with markups.
Maybe Ram does similar with the TRX, idk. The current TRX is pretty bonkers as it is.
 


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Well, let's see. 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, the Georgia senate race was as was the recall election of Newsom in California.
What's the chances of getting an honest election this time?
Oh it will be, I have it on the highest authority on that one along with 2020 being fixed.
 


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Oh it will be, I have it on the highest authority on that one along with 2020 being fixed.
What's the hold up?
 


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Not Republicans or Democrats.

The People need to correct this. We've all been conditioned to believe that someone else will always take care of things. Look where it has us?
Man cannot fix this, yet it will be fixed.
 


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What's the hold up?
DJT WILL be back this year, but that is just one facet. The justice that we have all been waiting for will be delivered.
 


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DJT WILL be back this year, but that is just one facet. The justice that we have all been waiting for will be delivered.
You're going to have to fill me in on your sources.
 


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Has anyone actually been able to purchase one of these DC Hellephants? The 100 limit initially drove prices pretty high as people snatched them up to put them away in bubble wrap.
Kahl SRT on YT got ahold of one and put it in a Chrysler 300. Look him up on YT.
 


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Kahl SRT on YT got ahold of one and put it in a Chrysler 300. Look him up on YT.
That's the one I referenced, but he paid a pretty hefty price and claimed he took out a loan or put it on a credit card or something.
 


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That's the one I referenced, but he paid a pretty hefty price and claimed he took out a loan or put it on a credit card or something.
Right, saw you referenced that deeper in the thread. I think he was being secretive about the price he paid for it after getting it bc he wasn't sure if he was going to use it or flip it at the time.
 


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Based on his comments I surmised $50k
 


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Based on his comments I surmised $50k

Am I understanding that somebody paid a $20K mark-up on a $30K motor???

Wow...

@16GoManGoHC2 - what would you say you invested in your build (no worries if you're not comfortable sharing...)?



To be fair, I've thought about trying to get the Helliphant, but not at any sort of mark-up...
 


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Am I understanding that somebody paid a $20K mark-up on a $30K motor???

Wow...

@16GoManGoHC2 - what would you say you invested in your build (no worries if you're not comfortable sharing...)?



To be fair, I've thought about trying to get the Helliphant, but not at any sort of mark-up...
Build your own.
 


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I have the mechanical skills and capability, but I do not have the specific "engine build" experience such as what @16GoManGoHC2 shared during his build.

There is a definite tribal knowledge in really building a solid engine that doesn't either have excessive blow-by, or runs too tight, or eats its own bearings...
 


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I have the mechanical skills and capability, but I do not have the specific "engine build" experience such as what @16GoManGoHC2 shared during his build.

There is a definite tribal knowledge in really building a solid engine that doesn't either have excessive blow-by, or runs too tight, or eats its own bearings...
Get someone to build it for you. That's what I would do.
 


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If I remember correctly there was a $75k asking price on the Hellephant but that's from memory so don't quote me.

And the aluminum blocks have a not so great history so there's that.
 


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If I remember correctly there was a $75k asking price on the Hellephant but that's from memory so don't quote me.

And the aluminum blocks have a not so great history so there's that.
The blocks are sleeved, right?
 


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Am I understanding that somebody paid a $20K mark-up on a $30K motor???

Wow...

@16GoManGoHC2 - what would you say you invested in your build (no worries if you're not comfortable sharing...)?
..
Just long block? 6-7k maybe, never added it up, custom pistons and their wrist pins where the biggest expense at 2500. Buy a RE long block for 8500 and just put a lightweight Manley I beam on the stock pistons, open up the ring gap a bit and give her hell. That’s what I’d do if I could do it all over again. Ship the motor and rods to me and I’ll do the swap for you cheap, I’d enjoy it. Run it on the same bearings if came apart with. Stud the mains and heads maybe if you really want to lean on it and I’m sure it’d take 1000-1100 wheel on corn with a 10% OD lower and 2.72 upper on a 2.4 blower for years. You’d spend 12k maybe
 


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Lets blow this completely out of the water.
Open the DC catalog and screw together a complete roller with a VIN.
Drop the Hellephant/ t-400 into the engine bay.
No radio/heater, manual steering/brakes.
DOT tires.
3450 lbs.
We don't need air bags or inner crash bumpers either.
 




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