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Corvettes have been racing muscle cars for decades and the fact that the latter can now be had with superchargers straight from the factory only spices us the rivalry. As such, seeing a Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody duking it out with a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 seems only natural. 6 photos
While Dodge keeps coming up with new ways to improve the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI formula, the aftermarket has been hard at work since 2014, when the Hellcat V8 was introduced and the unit we have here serves as the perfect example of that.
To be more precise, this bad boy packs north of 1,000 horsepower, and the four-digit muscle number was achieved on a stock motor - the beast uses full bolt-on goodies, with this including an E85 setup (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline).