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Dodge Hellephant Crate Engine Production Finally Beginning After Quality Issue

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Snagged me a block to build on at least...

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SXT or R/T without the brakes or suspension to back it up......I can hear it now, Crunch-Tinkle!
 


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A lot of hype about nothing! I saw a HC Charger running 9.9’s last weekend with minor mods. It was faster than a seemingly stock Demon running 10.1’s. He drove it to the track with his wife and young son. It was awesome to see! The Hellephant will not be seen in many if any real streetable cars. It’s hard to understand the whole scenario? Why have such big publicity about a race only motor, price it out of reach for most and then make it unobtainable?
 


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A lot of hype about nothing! I saw a HC Charger running 9.9’s last weekend with minor mods. It was faster than a seemingly stock Demon running 10.1’s. He drove it to the track with his wife and young son. It was awesome to see! The Hellephant will not be seen in many if any real streetable cars. It’s hard to understand the whole scenario? Why have such big publicity about a race only motor, price it out of reach for most and then make it unobtainable?
The first release of the Hellephant engine sold out in less than a week it was like 3000 units. There is a market for these.
 


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The first release of the Hellephant engine sold out in less than a week it was like 3000 units. There is a market for these.
They shut the order line down after 115 motors (they are hand built by a race shop that reportedly turns out 10 or so a month), so they sold a years worth. Some will not receive the their motor for months to come.
 


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Where can one buy that block from?
My first question would be who does Dodge have casting the blocks?
At one time they used Arrow, and there were lots of porosity issues with those blocks.
I wouldn't use anything other that the Gen III products block. That one has a lot of testing behind it on the race track.
 


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Where can one buy that block from?
My engine builder was lucky enough to get this one over the summer from FCA. I saw it in his engine room and took it off his hands immediately...$7K just for the block and that was his cost. He says he can’t get them any more. FCA said they are now reserving them for Helephant builds and race teams.

Supposed to take 140lbs off the nose. I was amazed when I could easily lift it off the ground myself.
 


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My first question would be who does Dodge have casting the blocks?
At one time they used Arrow, and there were lots of porosity issues with those blocks.
I wouldn't use anything other that the Gen III products block. That one has a lot of testing behind it on the race track.
Check out the part #P5160138. I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. Builder swears it’s the real deal. We’ll be adding a pair of Thitek heads on top.

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The first release of the Hellephant engine sold out in less than a week it was like 3000 units. There is a market for these.
It was reported that they sold out right away but I have not heard of anyone who actually has one and there are no reports of any cars running one? It’s like fake news?
 


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It was reported that they sold out right away but I have not heard of anyone who actually has one and there are no reports of any cars running one? It’s like fake news?
See the title of this thread as well as the first post. There were quality issues that needed to get sorted. Production is just now getting under way, so no there are none "out in the wild" yet going into customer's cars. Also, the rate of production is very low, (10/month per Cole above, if that's right) so it'll be more of a slow trickle of engines getting into projects than a flood of them popping up any time soon.
 


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Check out the part #P5160138. I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. Builder swears it’s the real deal. We’ll be adding a pair of Thitek heads on top.
Check out the part #P5160138. I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. Builder swears it’s the real deal. We’ll be adding a pair of Thitek heads on top.

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Damn it that’s pretty!
 


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"the Mopar parts division discovered that too much camshaft tension was causing them to break "

It is Fake News about why they are not out yet.
If you know you know ;)
 


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Didn’t Mark Worman get one....and it’s going into a 57 Plymouth? I’ll be at SEMA next week....hopefully it’s there.


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All I want to know is when/where the IHI Hellephant superchargers are being released....I feel the need to bolt one up to my hellcat
 




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