When Dodge placed the 707-hp Hellcat V-8 in the Challenger SRT and the Charger SRT, it threw a little cold water on its Viper supercar. As a model whose sales have been already disappointing, the last issue the Viper needed was to have the authority of its mighty 640-hp V-10 contested by supercharged 8-cylinder upstarts from its personal loved ones. But a report from the Mopar fanatics at Allpar suggests that the Viper might have a program to regain its title as the brawniest production Chrysler solution.
The people at Allpar have a confirmed track record of gleaning accurate behind-the-scenes info from Auburn Hills, and the internet site 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 ought to very easily yield a lot more than 707 horsepower, despite the fact that the final figure would likely 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 74-liter V-10, look no further than Hennessey’s 1120-hp Venom 1000 twin-turbo upgrade.)
Creating key powertrain alterations charges bucks, though, and the last issue the $ 25,000-plus, slow-selling Viper demands is a cost hike. So why not just toss the Hellcat V-8 engine in the Viper and turn up the wick just adequate to reclaim its perch atop Mopar’s Horsepower Hill? There are the tiny matters of the Viper possessing 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 as well tall to match under the Viper’s hood. Where the present round of horsepower 1-upsmanship will finish is anyone’s guess, but we’re surely enjoying the show.
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