[82178]

I remember some time back, one of the major magazines had tested the Hellcat and came up with a 11.2 et. They also claimed that with DR tires that a 10.8 et was achievable. These times are really the item that made me want the Hellcat. But, since then, I haven't seen any other times by someone else come close the this time. I know its early, but has anyone got a chance to get to the track and get a time close to 11.2? Has any other magazine come in with a similar time? Cecil........:icon_confused:

 

[HemiDave1399]

Simple....Those 11.2 and 10.8 Hellcat times were produced on a drag strip......


The slow mag times were not.


One regular Joe reviewer got consistent 11.4's......at a drag strip.


Traction is the Hellcats friend

 

[jsd512]

Just wait for owners to start practicing, getting their techniques worked out and doing all of this on actual drag strips instead of runways. This car is going to crush ****.

 

[Dr.Buick]

Just wait for owners to start practicing, getting their techniques worked out and doing all of this on actual drag strips instead of runways. This car is going to crush ****.

10's or bust needs Roll bar out of factory >

 

[redcliff]

10's or bust needs Roll bar out of factory >

While a roll bar would be nice for safety its not required by the rules of NHRA on a 2008 and newer vehicle untill the 9's according to our local track tech rep who spoke with nhra's head office about it.

 

[tbrenny32]

Just wait for owners to start practicing, getting their techniques worked out and doing all of this on actual drag strips instead of runways. This car is going to crush ****.

That and more favorable conditions. All the mags were doing testing in the middle of July! DAs are pretty rough then.

 

[Mtr]

I remember some time back, one of the major magazines had tested the Hellcat and came up with a 11.2 et. They also claimed that with DR tires that a 10.8 et was achievable.

No magazine has come close to those numbers AFAIK. Those are the numbers Dodge achieved on a drag strip with a prepped surface using a pro driver.

 

[sorbs]

No magazine has come close to those numbers AFAIK. Those are the numbers Dodge achieved on a drag strip with a prepped surface using a pro driver.

"NHRA certified 10.8 @126 with street legal drag radial tires. NHRA certified 11.2 @125 with production tires."

This is in the Dodge literature and on their website. Every magazine uses a paid professional driver (Randy Pobst ring a bell?) who runs their favorite cars on their track and publishes said magazine publishes their personal bias.

Dodge went to a drag strip, NHRA was there, and did the runs. Nuff said.

 

[gr8srt8]

No magazine has come close to those numbers AFAIK. Those are the numbers Dodge achieved on a drag strip with a prepped surface using a pro driver.

Uh! Where else are they supposed to do it?

As a matter of fact, I don't "get" the magazine types! They'll argue the use of a "prepped" quarter mile strip when testing the acceleration of a car. They'll get out there on some dusty airport runway with a high-torque American car, blow-away the tires run after run then note how they couldn't get it hook and dismiss it as slower than some under-torqued import.

Then go RENT Road America, Mazda/Laguna, VIR, or some other REAL race track (not a dusty old airport), equip the "other" car with $20k worth of suspension, brake and tire options then brag how much better it is.

I'm like, give me a break!!!!!

 

[Bad daytona]

Wait till someone sticks some drag slicks on and really see what the beast will do.

 

[tbrenny32]

Uh! Where else are they supposed to do it?

As a matter of fact, I don't "get" the magazine types! They'll argue the use of a "prepped" quarter mile strip when testing the acceleration of a car. They'll get out there on some dusty airport runway with a high-torque American car, blow-away the tires run after run then note how they couldn't get it hook and dismiss it as slower than some under-torqued import.

Then go RENT Road America, Mazda/Laguna, VIR, or some other REAL race track (not a dusty old airport), equip the "other" car with $20k worth of suspension, brake and tire options then brag how much better it is.

I'm like, give me a break!!!!!

Couldn't agree more. Just take it to the damn strip! Don't call those 1/4 mile times if they weren't done at a real drag strip

 

[Charger440rt]

For years now I've noticed certain mainstream magazines seem to post 'best of' acceleration times for cars they like (usually certain foreign ones) and 'averaged' times for cars they don't. I'll never forget back in the 1980s a certain magazine going out of their way to test a Buick Gran National and Mustang 5.0 in Arizona during mid July without mentioning how this 'might' effect their performance stats and ran a review claiming both were high 15 second cars when either would run 14s all day long without effort at the local tracks. To an extent this same prejudice exists still today although it is more subtle as it is harder to get away with in the internet age.

 

[2013r/t]

Personally, I hope a ton of people buy into the arguments against the Hellcat. I hope every single person who races and bought what they have based on what one of these magazines put out, shows up with a big ego. The spanking is just going to be that much worse for them.
It's going to be magic for you HC owners. Hell, it's fun to watch for your brothers and sisters like me. It's a good thing Dodge put so much effort into the new looks of the back end because that's all anyone's going to see of it.
I also think People are going to need to start ordering their roll bars because soon there will be a backlog when the pcm gets cracked and custom tunes and smaller pulleys are added. Just sayin'.

 

[USMCAv8R]

Probably just another couple months before we have a few in the mid 10's