Hellcat down

I can go pick it up for you and bring it right to the dragway for you! I'll even pay my airfare and ground transportation!

Remember, I haven't melted an engine yet! (As far as you know!)

I'll even throw in a pair of tires!

Enjoyed getting to see @Jon-MooredPerformanceLLC and Jim @Hatermkr work together to dial my car in today on Jim’s dyno. Both awesome guys who have gone above and beyond to right the wrongs of the last 8 months and I cannot thank them enough.


We ended up making 882WHP and 808TQ on 100 octane with a 2.85 pulley and 863WHP on 93. These were all done in 5th gear so probably pretty close to 900 if done in 6th, which would be 1:1.

Full build list for this 100% built Schmittinger Motorsports 426:

6.2 BGE SRT block
CamMotion big cam (Jon Moored custom grind)
ID 1050x injectors
Thytek Ported and Polished heads (Brand new titanium springs, guides and inconel valves)
Harden rocker shafts, rocker stabilizers and rocker studs
Callis 8 counter weight billet crank
Oliver billet rods
Diamond pistons - bored to fit
ATI front balancer with keyway
Heavy Duty piston pins
Moral lifters
New timing components
New oil pump
New Oil Cooler
ARP hardware holding it all together

Other:

Fi Interchillers Stage 2 Interchiller w/ 4 gallon capacity coolant tank
Stainless Works long tube headers w/ high flow GESi cats w/ custom inconel heat shielding by ATP
FI Interchiller 1" blower spacers and blanket

Overall, I’m extremely happy and excited not only to get this car back but also to enjoy what surely is a one off performance build. I effectively have Demon 170 power but achieved mostly through displacement with a much lower amount of boost. Should lead to a long happy life for this motor.

I should have the car back in my driveway by late/end of week where I’ll make sure I post any driving impressions and of course, as soon as I can get it to the track where it belongs, I’ll make sure I share the 9.X time slips.

Thanks again to Jim and Jon for a great job. Sometimes in life it’s the people you meet!

Nearly 8 months later, she’s home. And she’s loud!

So when do we go to the dragway???

Give me a couple weeks. Got it wide open today for the first time. Phewwwwwww boy she moves.

You should come over and see it so you can drop off my fuel pump kit

Very Nice...I will be picking up my 426 Build next week.

You're going to love it, especially on E85 since you have it in PA. I don't here in NH.

I wonder how much the 1” blower spacers help over the regular ones. Been eyeing these up for a while

My thought is the spacer itself is the barrier between the head so I dont see a thicker one making much of a difference. My whipple just clears with the standard spacer. The standard spacer makes a huge difference by itself

I can come any time, but don't you work for a living? We'll have to schedule around that!

I work from home so lately, have only been working….sometimes

Update: car has been running great and Jon and I have been working on dialing in the 93 tune.

Unfortunately @Hatermkr built this motor SO strong that my transmission input shaft decided to head out the other day during a quick pull on the highway and I’m now in need of a @hellno rebuild….sometimes a guy just can’t win.

Be back in a few weeks

This was on the 20" Nittos I presume. Jeeze, what else can happen?!?!

Input shaft breaking, that’s a new one. Don’t really hear of those breaking

Yep, was on the 555RII’s and buried my foot at 50 MPH and felt and heard a loud “pop” under my feet and the engine just free revved. Let it carry its own momentum off the highway to the bottom of an off ramp and there it sat until the tow truck arrived. Had to have local police direct traffic lol.

Ya, there was a specific circumstance (motor lockup) that Jim pointed out to me that may have contributed to weakening or fracturing the shaft while it was not in my possession. You and I had talked about what happened previously.

Ugh.

I guess land speed trials in July are a no go. Really sucks since they will likely cancel the Aug event. Gives you time to install a 'chute for '25!

I was thinking that was what he was going for or soon will be

Yeah, if he could stop breaking things!!!

Hey! BG! Now that you have 1,000,000 HP, maybe you need to lighten up on the pedal a bit!