This 1150bhp Challenger Hellcat Still Can’t Beat A McLaren 720S

Despite a 440bhp advantage on paper over the standard, but insanely quick British supercar, this massively upgraded Challenger Hellcat still isn’t quite fast enough…
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We all know that if you tune a slower car you can make it faster than cars that originally had the upper hand. It’s not rocket science; just plain, old, ordinary physics and we love it.

These tuning exercises often throw up surprising comparisons. This Challenger Hellcat owner, for instance, has uprated his car’s V8 with a much bigger supercharger and a whole suite of power-boosting extras for an output of 1150bhp… and yet it still can’t outpace a standard McLaren 720S in a 45-160mph drag.

It’s not that the Hellcat is slow, by any means. It’s just that the 720S is ridiculous…

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Anonymous

I’ll just leave this here

07/26/2018 - 09:48 |
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CannedRex24

The 720s isRidiculous?

Jeez that’s just an understatement

A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT

07/26/2018 - 09:48 |
16 | 0
TheMindGarage

Well the 720S has about 2/3rds the power and about 2/3rds the weight…

07/26/2018 - 10:23 |
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CS55

This is why the 720S is called a supercar. And the Challenger isn’t because it wasn’t meant to be one basically. And besides, the 720S would also humilliate the Challenger around a track… But that doesn’t mean that the one car is better than the other. Both have their ups and downs… And both are cool and unique in their own way…

07/26/2018 - 10:37 |
10 | 2
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Insert meme template here Aerodynamics

07/26/2018 - 10:37 |
2 | 2
Anonymous

The Mclaren army is growing stronger. Soon we will strike fear into the hearts of even the greatest- koenigsegg.

07/26/2018 - 10:39 |
10 | 0
Pluvio

I’m not happy.

07/26/2018 - 10:47 |
8 | 0
Vincent Lin

More like a 340 bhp advantage regarding recent discoveries of the 720s power output…

07/26/2018 - 12:45 |
2 | 0
The White Indian 3.0

UK vs USA all over again

07/26/2018 - 13:40 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

The Challenger Hellcat is as nimble as a two ton uranium brick compared to the McLaren. Plus it’s stuck in 1968.

07/26/2018 - 14:17 |
8 | 6

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