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I forgot to mention that the Dodge Hellcat comes with a supercharger on the hemi and still gets 22 mpg, due mostly to the 8-speed trans. Last Friday was the last 2015 event for this Chick-Fila site which ends in October. Although it is a local show (with a free sandwich if you bring a car!) there are some amazing cars there! I had never seen the Hellcat before and read up on it later but my favorite was a guy who came in with a fiberglass chopped '33 Ford coupe with no fenders which has a supercharged flathead and a fantastic exhaust sound that can only be recognized if you were a teenager in 1955! Alas the season is over and I have to put on my side curtains and hunker down over the long winter.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by Don Shillady

I forgot to mention that the Dodge Hellcat comes with a supercharger on the hemi and still gets 22 mpg, due mostly to the 8-speed trans.

I took a ride in a Hellcat Challenger this past weekend, it same to our local cruise night via the local dealership. Pretty neat car, first car I rode in where the cpu screen in the center said 700+ horsepower unlocked (had the red key)! Its a lot more sophistiocated at 700 hp than a true hot rod would be, to say the least, not much noise at idle, had a neat sound when revved up and jumped hard for a burst in 1st (standard trans) I however would rather have my 700 hp in a streetrod shaking the ground at idle and looking the part of hotrod, if I was a "new" hotrod guy who didn't mind a payment this would be my car (vs all others out there) but I'm not, fun to ride in but I'm not ready to give up my true rod's for this one yet!