Hennessey made a splash ahead of the 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon’s debut when it revealed its aftermarket solution to the factory powerhouse of a muscle car. That is the Exorcist Chevrolet Camaro, which is based on the Camaro ZL1.
Now, Hennessey Performance Engineering revealed its plans for a second variant of Exorcist Camaro: a convertible. HPE released a teaser video for the Exorcist Camaro convertible, which houses all the same performance improvements found in the Exorcist Camaro coupe.
Notably, HPE adds a larger supercharger to the Camaro ZL1’s 6.2-liter LT4 supercharged V8 engine and dials the boost up to 14 psi. The Exorcist Camaro is also aided by ported factory cylinder heads, a camshaft upgrade, long-tube stainless steel headers, a high-flow air induction system, and custom engine management calibration from HPE. Dyno testing showed 959 horsepower makes its way to the rear wheels.
HPE plans to build 100 Exorcist Camaros, but it hasn’t revealed just how many will be coupes and how many will be drop tops. However, we really like the idea of 1,000 horsepower screaming its song without a roof getting in the way. Have a look at the video above.
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Why do they print articles like this without adding what it cost?
Articles like this is to encourage the reader to go visit Hennessey Performance’s webpage; but Hennessey Performance is sort of eye candy as this type of work voids your GM warranty meaning you’ve got to think twice before considering having this type of work performed on your car is out of warranty.
This is all fine and dandy but what I can’t fathom with some of these tuner shops is why they don’t also improve SAFETY?! Why no rollbars as part of their “upgrade” in a car with this kind of power or any power upgrade like even the HPE 750-850’s? Yeah, I know they are called Hennessey Performance and not Hennessey Performance and Safety, but seriously. They offer badges and floor mats with their package yet no roll bar options? I personally don’t trust convertibles tops on performance cars to begin with having flipped a convertible ‘Vette back in 1989. Only reason I lived was because I WASN”T wearing a seat belt and , of course, luck. I was thrown clear of the vehicle which landed upside down with the drivers seat driven through the floorpan and headrest now under the deck lid. In short, I would have been decapitated according LE at the seen. NO alcohol or drugs were involved. Shortly thereafter a friend of mine installed a rollbar in his mustang GT. Now with these increased power levels, even from the factory, roll cages/bars should be mandatory and we’ll see how long it takes for some lawsuit to change this oversight/disregard. If your going to build true race car levels of power then these same cars need race car levels of safety, IMHO…..
Roll bars! Are you kidding? My truck has 600 hp 383 and I would never install roll bars even if it had 1000 Hp! Not even in a performance car, or a drag only car!
Having that much hp comes with a responsibility of knowing how to drive and stay in control.
My recommendation is for people to learn how to drive better by going to a performance driving school with your car.
Convertible truck much? Obviously, you don’t read the WHOLE comment. AND at a certain point, isn’t it crackin’ 150 mph in the quarter at an NHRA drag strip under CONTROLLED conditions?, your REQUIRED to have the appropriate SAFETY equipment???? Nahhhhh…..safety is for everyone else regardless of who I kill, besides myself of course….. How many YouTube or articles do you need to see where some dumba$$ or totally innocent bystander gets hurt, maimed, or killed????
One thing I agree with you on is that ANYONE pushing that much HP to the rear wheels be required to get the appropriate training. Why? Because it’s not just your life, which I personally don’t give a $Hit about, it’s your passenger’s and other drivers on the road you decide to get crazy stupid on. Been on the bad side of a wreck that was not my fault ’cause some dumb@$$ wanted to cut off a ‘Vette on a road under construction with their F’n firebird. One thing more, please let me know when your on the road so I can AVOID you and await your obit, dumb@$$……
Unless the 383 in your truck has a supercharger or turbocharger pushing about 15 psi of intercooled boost, or it’s spinning at about 8,500 rpm (or some combination thereof), it ain’t making “600 horsepower.” NASCAR 358 cu. in. engines that idle at 2,500 rpm, turn 9,000, have 12.5:1 compression, solid lifter cams and ported-to-hell single plane intakes and practically no exhaust and burn 110 octane make 600 horsepower, not street-driven small blocks exhausting pump gas through Flowmasters. My point is there’s a HUGE difference in the relative safety between a truck with a (probably) 350 horsepower engine and a topless car with a 1,000 horsepower engine. Either with an idiot behind the wheel is dangerous, but the margin for era in the 1,000 horsepower car is virtually nonexistent.
*error, not era.
Clearly you don’t know much about engines!
Take your “600 horsepower 383 truck” to a dyno, then tell this engineer/ATP-rated pilot/drag racer what he doesn’t know.