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    Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500

    Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet

    562 HP Hennessey HPE550 Camaro: First Test
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    Image of Live_axle Live_axle
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500
    However close they are otherwise, we can't come to a conclusive decision until we see the camaro's elevator time.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    07/02/09

    @Live_axle: I found that comment very humorous considering your handle.
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    Image of Live_axle Live_axle
    07/02/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick:
    Eh, it was either that or "stinky_pickle". I went with the car related one.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    07/02/09

    @Live_axle: I'm not even going to question the origins of that one.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500
    I gotta give this to the Ford. All day.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500
    Or for a bit more $ you can get a Viper.. or for the same $ get a used viper.. and smoke both of them.. in a straight line or around a corner.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500
    So close in power:weight to have such a significant difference in 0-60.
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cage Match: 562 HP Camaro HPE550 Vs 540 HP Shelby GT500
    The Shelby is my choice. I like my Hennessy liquid and my muscle cars light.
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    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    Expect to fork over roughly $59,500 for one of the 500 Texas-tuned ponies.


    ...But don't expect ever to get the car in return for your money.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    Ray, step away from the bumper.
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    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet


    /mandatory


    Is the new exhaust better?

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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    Cue Clarkson voice :"This beast, has as much grunt as a pack of rabid Oklahoma football players... and about as much good taste".
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    20-inch rollers


    Slap some 17" aluminum or mags on there and you'll be in the 11s, but nobody will automatically know how small your penis is.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    Are the Hennessey wheel weights made out of gold?
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/18/09

    @Jo $chmo: I see what you did there.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    So we can pick it up in 14 years if we order it right now?


    Gotta love Hennessey.


    I hear they sell a lot of hardly used Viper parts.

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    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    I can't believe they get people to pay $60k for 140 horsepower. A local tuner can supercharge the car for much less, and then install an adjustable coilover suspension as well.


    It's gotta be the floormats that drive up the price.

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    06/18/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: 136 horsepower, sorry.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    What's with all these low-psi supercharged wimps? I fart at more than 6 psi.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon -> now boosted to 350hp: You must live in the Southwest United States. Or Boston.
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    06/18/09

    @pauljones: Canada. It's the poutine.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/18/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon -> now boosted to 350hp: Superchargers typically run lower amounts of PSI. But your one bolt and a pully away from mechanical suicide.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    In reply to Hennessey HPE550 Camaro Looks Ready To Ram 562 HP Down Your Gullet
    426hp is enough for me to kill myself with. I just can't see paying $60k for this.
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    Image of baldy_pm baldy_pm
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: But you get to have Orange Leather!
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    @baldy_pm: They actually offer orange leather straight from the factory.


    Word on the street is that they took a sample of Pamela Anderson's skin and genetically engineered it and put it into mass production. Hence orange leather in Zs and Camaros.

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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: Nothing against the Camaro, but $60k is ridiculous for exactly that. 562hp is failry impressive, but when you are pushing around a giant land barge, it only puts you in the 12s. At least with that half day of training you get with the car, the average Camaro driver might be able to get it into the 13s...
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    @Scandinavian Flick is hooning the star!:


    It's not the weight thing that bothers me. Yes, it's heavy, but at the same time, I understand why it is so heavy. Modern safety equipment, and IRS, and the fact that it is meant to be an everyman's car, which means that there is no room in the budget for a lot of fancy carbon fiber and aluminum. And even with that heft, it certainly is slow by any definition. Hell, even the V6 Camaro can hustle pretty well.


    What gets me is paying an extra $25k over the price of a fully-loaded 2SS Camaro for an extra 136hp. 426hp is more than enough to cause trouble. And if you absolutely must have that extra 136hp, you can buy the parts and do it yourself for a hell of a lot cheaper. I mean, seriously. He bolted on a supercharger and remapped the ECU. Is that really $25,000 worth of labor?


    @skaycog: Where was a girl like you when I was growing up?

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: It certainly is not slow.
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