Wild Horses: Ten Incredible 1000+ Horsepower Restomods

March 31, 2018

1969 Dodge Charger

Hot Rod

Produced by Detroit Speed and Engineering, this Charger takes the General Lee and makes it a Field Marshal. The unnamed customer who commissioned the car wanted supercar technology in an American package, and boy, did they get it. We’ll talk about what’s under the hood in a minute, but first of all, take a look at the exterior. Looks stock, right? It really isn’t. Almost every panel has been modified in some way, while staying true to the old Charger stylings. Take the hood, for instance. To make room for all the extra power under there, they needed a new piece. Instead of creating one from scratch, which would be a trial-and-error affair aesthetically, they did something better. They took the front of a Charger hood and welded it on to the rear of a Road Runner hood. The grille isn’t stock either. It’s a new monocoque piece, created from billet aluminum using a CNC machine. There’s a wealth of other changes too, but this is the level of ingenuity we’re dealing with here.

Now, it’s time to look under the hood. Here, you’ll find an Arrington Performance III Hemi, which has been bored to 426 ci and fitted with a new crank, rods and pistons. Then there’s the supercharger. The reason they needed that new hood. It’s a four-liter blower, which allows the Charger to crack 1000 horsepower when fitted with the right tyres to prevent huge amounts of wheelspin. The ABS, traction control, and carbon ceramic brakes also lend a hand in keeping this monster well-mannered.

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