Last years hot "tuner" Challenger was the Mr. Norm's GSS. Big hemi, KB 4.2L Mammoth kit, supporting mods, made a little over 1000 rwhp. I'm sure if someone did a full prep on one, it would do much better than the magazine tests, but it struggled to get into the 11's in both of the "big" Mopar performance magazines. Probably didn't want to break the half shafts with a serious launch.
The rumor mill is already quoting a drag slick equipped Hellcat as running 10.90's with no other mods. Seems obtainable, given what my car did with about the same power and a few hundred pounds less weight. It should be interesting to see some real world tests, and also should be quite eye opening when the first tuners get a hold of one. Will it be like a GT500 and an extra 80-100 hp is only a pulley change away? We'll see.
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