What happened at Sema

[D&Sadventure]

Yeah, literally nobody is gonna be building the motor in their RHO to this level.

That’s what I’m saying too.

 

[Hilton2000]

Heh, hold my beer.

for real, i want to get mine to at least 1000. it is a bmw s58 engine so it should not be difficult once the ecu is cracked.

 

[Bananarocket]

I overheard someone at Mopar booth talking to an individual that there is a 3 step DC option coming for the HO Hurricane. Sounded like stage 1 was a 50ish tune, Stage 2 was a turbo upgrade and 700ish, and then a stage 3 was like a Catx. Roll out of Johns Car was critical prior to all of this happening...Shameless plug for me video on that goes live this morning. DC team is rolling something out, I am confident something is in the works, but since these are new engines and with all the roll outs of new vehicles, they have been resource constrained to getting things done on time. I have a video coming with some others in the industry on upgrades already developed which will take the HO hurricane well past 1000hp but there is one critical piece needed to make this all work.

the thought of turbo upgrades to 700hp is exciting.

 

[sdamike]

Would a turbo upgrade really be necessary to get to 700 though?

 

[JeeperJohn]

for real, i want to get mine to at least 1000. it is a bmw s58 engine so it should not be difficult once the ecu is cracked.

That's an awesome prospect but here's the thing. If you get the motor to 1000 which would be great, you're going to find the weakest link in the drivetrain. I had an SRT Challenger a number of years ago that we got to just shy of 1000 hp (calculated using 12% drl). It was awesome until I was racing a corvette on I-80 and the clutch exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere. I was very lucky that day.

No manual clutches anymore but transmissions, driveshafts, etc, etc all really need to be upgraded once you reach that kind of power and intend to use it. I know you guys know that and I'm preaching to the choir but just add the cost of that into your project. I'm really interested to see if the presumably forthcoming DC upgrades to reach 1000ish include any other driveline upgrades considering it will be under warranty.

John

 

[D&Sadventure]

@Ctech-Review
So did you overhear anything about increasing throttle response or increasing transmission torque holding threshold with any of those “3 step options”?

 

[MurderedCat]

Would a turbo upgrade really be necessary to get to 700 though?

I don’t know about necessary but would make it a lot easier.