{"id":34373,"date":"2022-10-23T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34373"},"modified":"2022-10-23T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:04:00","slug":"1137364_hellephant-powered-1968-dodge-charger-heads-to-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34373","title":{"rendered":"Hellephant-powered 1968 Dodge Charger heads to auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever want to own a muscle car powered by Dodge&#8217;s 1,000-hp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1122801_the-hellephant-in-the-room-hemi-crate-engine-delivers-1-000-horsepower-for-29-995\">Hellephant<\/a> crate engine, now&#8217;s your chance. A Hellephant-powered 1968 Dodge Charger named Dumbo is slated for a Mecum auction running in Las Vegas from November 10-12.<\/p>\n<p>The supercharged 7.0-liter V-8 was unveiled at the 2018 SEMA show, and went on sale as a crate motor in 2019. The initial production run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1122942_hellephant-1-000-hp-crate-engine-sold-out-in-48-hours\">quickly sold out<\/a>, so now it&#8217;s likely easier to get a Hellephant if the engine is already installed in someone else&#8217;s build.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100858010_m\" title=\"1968 Dodge Charger named \" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"1968 Dodge Charger named \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858010_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1968 Dodge Charger named <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based on the Hellcat supercharged 6.2-liter V-8, the Hellephant makes 950 lb-ft of torque in addition to the aforementioned 1,000 hp. The name combines the &#8220;hell&#8221; from Hellcat with &#8220;elephant,&#8221; the nickname of the original 426 Hemi, which just so happens to match the displacement of the new engine in cubic inches.<\/p>\n<p>In the modified Charger, the Hellephant is connected to a 6-speed manual transmission and 4:10.1 rear end. The Charger also has upgraded suspension and brakes, as well as a custom exhaust system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100858015_m\" title=\"1968 Dodge Charger named \" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"1968 Dodge Charger named \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/1968-dodge-charger-named-dumbo-photo-via-mecum-auctions_100858015_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1968 Dodge Charger named <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Painted Destroyer Gray with a gray interior, the car sports elephant graphics and badges in the style of the Dodge Hellcat logo, and subtle modernizing touches like LED headlights and taillights, Rushforth alloy wheels, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1134719_1969-dodge-charger-named-captiv-by-ringbrothers-delivers-a-707-hp-throwback\">Ringbrothers<\/a> billet door handles.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the only Charger packing a Hellephant engine. Wisconsin-based SpeedKore Performance Group stuffed a Hellephant in a 1970 Charger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1131175_speedkore-stuffed-a-hellephant-v-8-into-a-1970-dodge-charger-for-kevin-hart\">for comedian Kevin Hart<\/a>, and also built a Hellephant-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135988_speedkore-built-a-hellephant-powered-1968-charger-for-stellantis-design-chief\">1968 Charger dubbed Hellucination<\/a> for Stellantis design boss Ralph Gilles. Both Chargers also have carbon-fiber bodies, which are SpeedKore&#8217;s specialty, as well as custom frames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever want to own a muscle car powered by Dodge&#8217;s 1,000-hp Hellephant crate engine, now&#8217;s your chance. A Hellephant-powered 1968 Dodge Charger named Dumbo is slated for a Mecum auction running in Las Vegas from November 10-12. The supercharged 7.0-liter V-8 was unveiled at the 2018 SEMA show, and went on sale as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}