Got into a new ride......
 

2017 Go Green Hellcat, 8 spd auto, etc.

Picked it up 2 hours ago. And its raining. Traction control is your friend.

WOW! Nice ride!

Crazy cool, keep the shiny side up!

Bummer on the rain.You must be "car high as hell" LOL enjoy that bad boy!

Car high for sure!

Nice!

Very nice.

Enjoy! They are a blast to drive.

Hey yea. I hear that you might want to keep the original parts on them musclecars.

Soooooo, what modifications are on your mind?

Love it!

Very cool!

Sweet I love the color!!!

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makes me think spring is around the corner .I shopped that model car last summer,Colonial Dodge in Mass they would not let me take the car for a ride down the street. soooooo I BOUGHT ELSEWHERE POOR Sales policy

Ohhhh man, a Go Green Hellcat? Damn!

Congratulations! My all time favorite modern muscle car ever! Dodge really nailed the styling on those cars.

DizAAAYUMM...

Nice! Enjoy!

Welcome to the club! Got mine as a 50th birthday present to myself in 2015. Don't put too much faith in that traction control, its setup to be very hands-off - and you can still get plenty sideways, especially in the rain.

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Wont be touching the factory original engine for any mods.

There is no shortage of gen III Hemi stuff. I am considering my options engine wise. A 426ci (REAL HEMI) is easily done in all aluminum. Mopar has a few aluminum blocks available and Thitek has a very nice aftermarket head. The Mopar Apache head is pretty good too. A 426 with a Whipple 4.5L twin screw supercharger sitting on a set of worked Thitek's would be a nice bolt right in 1200HP combo.

Right now I am looking into a very nice carbon fiber hood. I think that would look awesome on the green. Also a 3.09 rear diff and one piece aluminum driveshaft.
Stainless works has a complete 304 exhaust system. 1.875" primaries, hi-flow cats and 3" exhaust out the back.
All removed factory parts to be properly stored inside.

Very nice! I'm getting ready to turn my 2015 B5 Blue V6 into a Scat Pack 392 this summer.
Be safe in that Green Monster...

Nice. I cant remember my 50th present. You likely will never forget yours.

I didn't get a lot of seat time this weekend because of the rain, and I work in San Diego, so I will be gone til next Friday late. Maybe the weather will improve a little next weekend.

You'll get more seat time if you drive it back and forth between Mesa to San Diego

Should be a "hell" of a lot of fun!

I have the Road Warrior (2012 Dodge Caravan) for that trip. I will take the Hellcat at least once after the 1500 mile break in has been reached. Dodge recommends specific use during that time frame and setting the cruise at 2000 rpm for hours isn't in that recommendation.
Neither is driving it like you stole it.

My trips will soon be cut in half. My employer now has several offices in AZ. At the end of last year, they purchased NXP. Biggest semiconductor acquisition in history I believe. I will be working in one of those offices every other week. And I have been convinced to go direct.

How in the hell have you not put a number 43 on that door? :)

So I did end up making a few mods to the Hellcat over the last couple of years. The GTO engine is going slow, but progress is still being made.
The mods on the Hellcat are....

Demon 2.7L supercharger. 3" upper griptech. ATI standard lower. Snout CNC'd by Jokerz Performance for the 105mm VMP throttle body.
Fore staged dual fuel pumps and rails with #10 PTFE supply lines with #8 return. Aeromotive boost referenced regulator and ID1300x injectors. Setup for E85.
BES CNC ported cylinder heads. Stainless Works 2" long tube headers and complete 3" exhaust system. Spintech chambered mufflers.
OST Dyno Demon Plus cam, springs, ti retainers, pushrods and VVT limiter.
180 degree thermostat, reprogrammed fans, Forced Inductions Interchiller, Ron Davis Hellcat radiator.
Cometic MLX head gaskets, ARP head studs, Legmaker carbon Fiber intake.
Demon torque converter, CCI driveshaft, 3.09 differential, Per4mance Developement DIRS differential brace, KW adjustable springs, BMR spherical bearing sway bar end links.
AAD Performance billet adjustable inner/outer rear control arms and training arms, AAD Performance billet adjustable upper control arms in front.
Currently being remotely tuned by OST Dyno.
Custom offset wheels, 11" wide rear & 10.5" wide front. Nitto 315/35X20 NT-05R rear and 285/35X20 NT-01 front tires.

And the result? 858 RWHP & 786 ft lbs torque.
On 18# of boost.

Is it more enjoyable to drive? I’ve thought about modding my wife’s 2015 Charger Hellcat but the car doesn’t hook up as it is. I don’t know that I could use an extra 150 HP. They sure are fun to drive!

It all depends. Its still kicks the tires loose like a stocker, but will even do so at 80 MPH on the freeway if you feed the throttle in to quickly. I'm currently on standard Nitto NT-05's, and as soon as the remote tuning is complete I will switch the rear tires out for a set of 'R's.
But I don't expect it to be a whole lot better in the traction department.

I am looking into a Davis Technologies traction control box. A remote tuner I spoke with said they work pretty well.

It’s nice but Bitter sweet, saw another thread guy has a zl1 and now a hell cat both are bad ass both are very cool but it’s people who would have bought a T/A if GM didn’t blow! Hopefully it’s not showing the future or lack of future for the Pontiac classics. Lord knows there won’t be any new ones.

And as for the Camaro based T/A why the hell do they take a car based on a 69 and make it into a 78 or 79 t/a. Keeps me from buying one, I’ve thought about it and just can’t bring myself to do a Camaro. I’d probably go hellcat or mustang first. My dad raced a d500 -1 convertible and a 69 mustang so my roots are just as much there as Pontiac. No chevys in the family though. Congrats on the purchase It is a sick car though have some friends w hell cats great time for new cars and that’s a great choice of car and color,

Just Sad Pontiac is missing the new power wars though. .

Nice job Tom.
Have you had any mechanical problems with the vehicle,seeing that you bought it 4 yrs. ago?

None so far. But, this is a limited use car and after 4 years has under 5000 miles on it.
Just an old mans toy.

There are long stretches when I am unable to drive due to some medical issues.

The plan is to sell the Hellcat, likely late this year or early next year. And then fund finishing the GTO.
I believe the only custom parts remaining to complete the longblock are rocker arms for the Warp 6 heads.
The bare castings might already be at T&D, but if not they should be soon.

Very sweet cars both of them Dodge still makes a t/a all is not lost. My son bought a ZL1, 1LE 2020 last summer bad azz car wish PMD was still around to have a version of it.

Very cool! Must be insane power. Can you floor it any any speed? Lol!

Only if you want to loop the car.