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Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, Videos

This e85-Converted Hellcat Laid Down 753 HP and 670 Ft/Lbs of Torque At The Wheels!

You’d think 700-plus horsepower would be more than enough for most people. You’d think so, but if that number is stock, it’s safe to assume that someone, somewhere will try to eek...

EVENT GALLERY: ChallengerFest6’s Race Day – Lots Of Thundering Elephants And Screaming Hellcats!

The Friday night parking lot car show for ChallengerFest 6 was a nice and relaxing afternoon and evening filled with barbecue and camaraderie. Saturday’s racing at Beech Bend Raceway was really...

Caption This: A V6-powered Chrysler Against A Charger Hellcat? How Is That A Fair Fight?

David, meet Goliath. In the right lane is a Chrysler 300. It’s a silver beauty with a V6 and the new eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission, and is dead stock. The air conditioning is cold, there...

Roadkill! Dodge Has Sponsored The Misfits And Entrusted Them With Two Hellcats And A Viper – Carnage Ensues!

Ever since Freiburger and Finnegan started teasing out info that involved Roadkill, Dodge and something involving Hellcats and a Viper, lots of people have been waiting with baited breath to see just...

Event Gallery: ChallengerFest 6’s Show Night In Bowling Green – From Mild To Wild, Plenty Of Late-Model Mopars To Check Out

ChallengerFest may have started out as one gearhead’s nod of appreciation to his car, but in six short years it’s grown to an international affair and the way “Speedy” handles...

Check Out This Footage FCA Released Of The 2015 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Playing At Moab!

For years now, Jeep puts together some excellent concept vehicles, hauls them out to Moab, and in the spirit of marketing and having fun, takes them out onto the trail during the Easter Jeep Safari....

Did Somebody Say “Dino”? FCA Confirms New Engines For Alfa Romeo, Including A Ferrari-Designed V6

Ferrari is known for their riotous V8s and screaming V12s, but the Dino V6 has plenty of racing credibility of it’s own, finding homes in the Dino 206 and 246 and most notably, the Lancia...

Does A Car Reflect A Personality Or A Culture? In The Case Of This Black Dart, It Does Both

Geoff Gates’ Dodge Dart is a sinister-looking beast, isn’t it? Black inside, black outside, and it even has California black plates on it. It’s a mean-looking Dart, one that’s...

Burnout Monday: The “Mad Matt” Chrysler 300 SRT-8, Complete With Emissions-Legal 6-71 Supercharged 6.1L Hemi

In the matter of the last two weeks, this car has been sent to me as a suggestion nineteen times. Pictures from the 2015 Spring Festival from various angles showed the same thing: a murdered-out 2006...

Ralph Gilles Named Head Of Design For FCA – Former SRT CEO Is Now Part Of The Top-Tier At FCA

You can say what you will about Chrysler, FCA and the very shaky road that they have traveled to date, but if there is one name that does command respect from all of the tradeoffs, buyouts,...

These Two Hellcat Owners Nearly Get Tossed Out Of Texas Motorplex – Owning A Fast Car Does Not Make You A Racer

In a race there are two parts to the equation of winning: the car, and the driver. Most drivers look to the car to do all of the work, but as most good racers know, owning a badass car doesn’t...

Freiburger Is Back With A Bolt-On Suspension Kit For Hot Rod Garage’s Mustang…And You’ve Got To See This Episode’s Q&A Session!

We’re really digging what Freiburger and crew are doing to the black 2005 Ford Mustang GT on Hot Rod Garage, which is pretty much what we’re doing to our Chrysler 300C. Hmm…maybe...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Texas Ranger Ram, Porsche’s Tantrum And Your Shocking New Virgin

What a week for the news…between Clarksongate, rumors for the New York Auto Show rumors and “oh, yeah, did you hear, Clarkson got fired from Top Gear?”, we were still able to find...

Question Of The Day: What Automotive “Bigfoot” Rumor Would You Like To Actually See In Real Life?

A “Bigfoot” rumor works like this: it seems that everybody knows about it, except nobody knows details, has no proof, and the ones who have claimed to have seen it are the most likely to...