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Helliphant availability a pipe dream/joke/con?

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so, none are available, but its in the catalog. WTF are they doing?
 


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You would think there would be all sorts of news by now of these Hellephants running fantastic times in all sorts of drag cars…but where are they?
 


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Pubic conversatiy. Bad news all the way around.
 


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You would think there would be all sorts of news by now of these Hellephants running fantastic times in all sorts of drag cars…but where are they?
good question. saw the plymouth fury they did. i guess for that $ they all show cars,

idk, how much to build a comparable motor?
 


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I forget which speed shop bought up a :poop: tonne of the first batch.

They had rack after rack of them in one of their YT videos, I'm guessing , but I would bet they had 30 of them?

As for this batch, it's much like the other stuff they've been talking about...
 


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I forget which speed shop bought up a :poop: tonne of the first batch.

They had rack after rack of them in one of their YT videos, I'm guessing , but I would bet they had 30 of them?

As for this batch, it's much like the other stuff they've been talking about...
I saw a special on that shop...they also had multiple crates of Demon and HC motors...I believe they specialized in various jeep transplants...if I remember...it was quite a sizeable operation..
 


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And that’s the shit they so shouldn’t allow .
 


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And that’s the shit they so shouldn’t allow .
shame, always some kind of back door deal
 


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Back when they made the first batch available for sale (hype to the moon) they sold out immediately. Then those “buyers” waited a year. By the time the connected celebs got the first few, many of the regular people said screw it and cancelled their orders. Surely I’m not the only one who has noticed that this is SOP for Dodge. The motor is a nice piece and at $30k (if you could get one) is tempting. I’m waiting on parts for a second engine build and when I saw the Hellephant listed on Direct Connection, I started thinking. I could sell that 3.0 IHI for big bucks because they never made it available by itself. I could put my new 3.8 Whipple on there and have a Ethanol drinking Whipplephant! But instead…. Same unavailable bs as before 😕
 


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Smoke and mirrors.
 


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good question. saw the plymouth fury they did. i guess for that $ they all show cars,

idk, how much to build a comparable motor?
The fury they did on graveyard cars they pulled the motor out because the guy that bought it wanted it to look more like Christine. Not sure what they did with the engine
 


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They said they will release more of them.
Its a specialty engine so I am assuming it just needs to be scheduled into production.
 


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Well, the first batch was not built by Mopar - they were built by BES Racing Engines in Indiana. Have no idea WTF they are doing this time around, but it sure has been a shyt show from the onset.
 


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Not impressed with MOPARs business practices this far. Who is running the PR division? El Biden??
 


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Not impressed with MOPARs business practices this far. Who is running the PR division? El Biden??
They have sucked since the merger talks began.

Fun times are ending
 


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I have one sitting in a crate in my shop. Waiting to install it in the Trackhawk when I need it. Beautiful setup and not smoke and mirrors.
Good morning Ed,

As per our call this morning, will you please reply all to this email as acknowledgement that Xxxxxxcc Garage (xxxxx) will be receiving the following order and will notify Jeffrey Kupiec at xxx-xxx-xxxx when the engine arrives?
  • Hellephant 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI Engine (p/n P5160194)
  • Customer: Jexxxxxx Kxxxxxxxx
  • MSRP: $29,9995

Please note, Jeffrey also wants the following parts. These will need to be ordered once they become available.
  • Engine Plug & Play kit (p/n 77072500)
  • FEAD Basics kit (p/n 77072492
 


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That’s one of the very few known. I wonder how many actually got shipped?
 


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This is what one looks like btw..... DBB193EE-4C9A-424F-A67D-A2301847F564_1_201_a.jpeg 8511EDE4-677A-4AE1-AB4A-1D6C9689D4A3.jpeg
 


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I want one in a Super Stock.

But 30k Yeesh.

I need more money. Also want the GM 632 crate
 




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