When Dodge placed the 707-hp Hellcat V-8 in the Challenger SRT and the Charger SRT, it threw a tiny cold water on its Viper supercar. As a model whose sales have been already disappointing, the last thing the Viper necessary was to have the authority of its mighty 640-hp V-10 contested by supercharged 8-cylinder upstarts from its personal family members. But a report from the Mopar fanatics at Allpar suggests that the Viper may have a program to regain its title as the brawniest production Chrysler solution.
The folks at Allpar have a proven track record of gleaning accurate behind-the-scenes information from Auburn Hills, and the website says 2 separate sources have confirmed the delivery of supercharged V-10 engines to Chrysler, ostensibly for installation in the Viper. Fitting the 640-hp 10-holer with a supercharger need to very easily yield much more than 707 horsepower, even though the final figure would probably be limited by the durability of the engine block and internals. (For an idea of what engine upgrades and forced induction can do to the Viper’s 8.4-liter V-10, appear no further than Hennessey’s 1120-hp Venom 1000 twin-turbo upgrade.)
Making major powertrain modifications charges bucks, though, and the final point the $ 100,000-plus, slow-promoting Viper requirements is a value hike. So why not just toss the Hellcat V-8 engine in the Viper and turn up the wick just sufficient to reclaim its perch atop Mopar’s Horsepower Hill? There are the modest matters of the Viper getting usually been a V-10—fans may possibly go apoplectic if it loses 2 cylinders—and the reality that the Hellcat V-8 and its impressive intake plenum are also tall to fit under the Viper’s hood. Where the existing round of horsepower a single-upsmanship will end is anyone’s guess, but we’re undoubtedly enjoying the show.
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