February 5, 2012

Hennessey Wraps up Visit to Barrett Jackson Orange County

Hennessey Performance is settling back in after wrapping up our visit to Barrett Jackson’s first Orange County edition of the famed auto auction. Nestled right beside duPont Registry’s sprawling display, we had roughly 3,000 horsepower lined up under the awning for attendees to get up close with.

Here’s the rundown of what you missed out on:

It might be safe to say we had one of the highest power to square foot ratios on the grounds at this past weekends event!

And incidentally, if you watched SPEED’s coverage of the event, you may have seen our trailer during the sweep away transitions. The camera guy across from us was continually panning and sweeping for those commercial cutaways you see before sending you back to the auction block.

Dyno Video: 544 rwhp Hennessey HPE600 Supercharged Challenger SRT8

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Hemi owners rejoice! After long last, the Magnuson TVS2300 supercharger is finding its way onto the 6.1 in a big way: To the tune of 544 rwhp and a wicked torque curve that pulls the big-boned LX platform (and in this case, a 2010 Challenger SRT-8) through the gears.

The new staple of our supercharged HPE600 Challenger upgrade, the TVS2300 blower does for the Hemi what it’s been doing for the new Camaros for months. Namely, transforming a 420-something HP piece of modern muscle into an all-out street brawler.

With our HPE600 Challenger on 93 octane fuel, it put down 544 rwhp and 512 lb-ft of torque at 8 psi. On the standard pulley, making closer to 6 psi, it was still knocking out runs at 508 rwhp and nearly 480 lb-ft of torque.

All this on a brand new Hemi with only a few miles on the clock. Once the car gets a few thousand miles under its tires, the potential will only open up as the motor gets fully broken in.

Check out the dyno video below, and check out the 6.1L Hemi Magna Charger TVS2300 supercharger now for sale at our website.

And here’s the dyno sheet:

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