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HELLCAT SWAPS
If you want to go hellaciously fast, you need a Hellcat engine.
Dodge's Hellcat engine made its first splash by giving the Challenger an immense 707 horsepower to shred rubber with. Inevitably, some Dodge Challenger Hellcat cars were crashed, and the engines were bought and transferred into other cars. Now, the Hellcat engine is available as a crate engine so anyone with the money can buy a brand new 6.2-liter Supercharged V8 engine and put it in anything they please. If you're thinking of going down that route rather than picking one up from a breaker's yard, it costs around $18-20K for the engine alone, not to mention the costs of your required conversion parts, fabrication, and labor costs. The hellcat engine is designed to work with Tremec T56 Magnum transmissions, although there is a controller available to match it to other gearboxes.
That's a huge engine and a lot of transmission to fit into a car that wasn't designed with a supercharged V8 in mind. That means it takes a creative mind, a lot of technical skill, and, in some cases, a complete lack of fear to drive the resulting car.
With 20+ year experience, owner John of Mastertech at https://HellcatSwapShop.com is considered the expert at custom engine swaps. Customers transport their vehicles from all over the U.S. to his shop in Port Lavaca, TX to have John’s expertise and knowledge. As you can imagine, his schedule books up quickly and the custom engine swaps are reserved months in advance. To get your hellcat swap quote, simply fill out the submission form or Text 1-361-248-2500 Include all the details of your project: year, make, model, existing engine/transmission - is it running/issues/or already pulled out, your new engine/transmission are you supplying your own parts or do you want Mastertech to source the parts? Are your parts New Crate/Remanned/Used? Stock parts or Performance parts? Upgrades? Mods? What time frame are you wanting to proceed on the project? What budget have you considered for this project? Mastertech will put together a quote together based on extensive research for your specific project needs.
LS Swaps VS Hemi Swaps - How much? :
There are plenty of other cars you could swap a Hemi into, but fitment is going to require more research and likely fabrication, especially compared to the ultra-popular LS swap. On the plus side, fitment should be easier than with the super wide heads of Ford's overhead cam modular V8s. Whether its GM, Ford or Mopar engine you go with, you’ll have a a whole bunch of modern, reliable American horsepower on your hands.
Hemi Swaps are considerably more expensive with parts ballparking starting at $20K. Hemi Swaps depending on the mods and fabrications can easily total $35-40K+ parts & labor. LS Swaps depending on the generation and mods, ballpark starting at $12K-$25K+ for parts & labor for completed swap ready to ride out.
It all comes down to your preference of horsepower, performance, mods, and budget.
Insane for Hellcat Swaps
Check out these insane hellcat swaps that have been completed. Imagine what you can have done….
Dodge Viper
There’s no replacement for displacement, they say… unless we’re talking about swapping the Dodge Viper’s 8.4-liter V10 for a supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8. As if the sports car weren’t powerful enough on its own, imagine the Viper with a 707-horsepower engine under the hood – that should bring its 0-60 mph sprint closer to 3.0 seconds, and a top speed well over 200 mph.
Dodge Magnum
Two words: Magnum. Hellcat. If the Hemi-powered wagon were still alive today, it would be the perfect candidate for a Hellcat swap. Just imagine cruising around town with 707 horsepower under the hood, three kids in the back seat, and room enough for a bicycle in the trunk.
Dodge Dakota
Back in the day, when Mopar wasn't doing much in the way of muscle cars, the V8-powered Dodge Dakota was the best option for big engine freaks if they couldn't afford or find an SRT-10 Ram 1500. In fact, people are still racing second-generation Dakota trucks today, including one Greg Snider. Over time, he built up the original 1998 Dakota's V8 engine and added a supercharger, but, when it broke the transmission, Snider opted to go down the Hellcat route. Power from the engine is sent to the back via a Tick Performance Stage-3 T-56 manual transmission designed for the Dodge Viper but, surprisingly, much of the Dakota's suspension is still stock.
PriuSRT8
It was only a matter of time before someone decided to transform a perfectly good Toyota Prius into a 1000-horsepower Hellcat-powered drag monster. It'll comfortably run a nine-second quarter-mile time. Not only that, but the air-conditioning in the PriuSRT8 works as well. According to the owner, it cost $150,000 to build and isn't finished. He believes the Prius has an eight-second quarter-mile time on the horizon. And, those aren't words we ever expected to publish.
Plymouth Prowler
If there's an automotive wrong from the last century that can be fixed with almost any V8 engine, it's the Plymouth Prowler. The wild-looking production homage to 1930s hot rods somehow found itself with a V6 engine from the Dodge Intrepid under the hood. You might say a Hellcat engine is overkill, but we say its justice. The front end needed some substantial re-engineering and a new cooling system, the famously fragile rear axle required something more substantial, and transferring the power to the back wheels is a two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission.
Jeep Wrangler
Having six wheels is all well and good, but, if you go off-roading, you'll want a shorter wheelbase 99.9 percent of the time. The vehicle uses the ZF 8HP90 eight-speed automatic transmission and has paddle shifters behind the wheel for manual cog swapping. For serious off-roading, it also features RCV axle shafts, a 4-inch Synergy lift, Fox remote-reservoir shocks, and a set of 37-inch all-terrain tires. Parts & labor came to $53K, and the jeep valued at $137K when sold.
Jeep Grand Cherokee
While the stock 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is rated for a factory rate quarter-mile time of 11.6-seconds, the modified Grand Cherokee Hellcat-powered SRT8 can run a 10.5-second quarter-mile pass. Equipped with a Paramount Super Pro NAG1 transmission and drag radials on all four corners, this thing can hook.