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How much horsepower is enough? Many would say that the 725 horsepower in the Hennessey HPE700 Camaro should have enough oomph to quell just about anyone's desires for straight line speed, especially for a street car. Then again, we're talking about a car built by John Hennessey, who surely spends every waking minute concocting ideas on how to get every last horsepower out of cars. His latest creation, the HPE800 Twin-Turbo Camaro, puts out an amazing 815 horsepower and 788 pound-feet of torque thanks to twin turbochargers strapped to a 415ci stroker motor and a host of other upgrades.

Not enough for you? Hennessey will build you an HPE1000 version complete with a twin-turbo 427ci LSX block and just about their entire catalog of go-fast parts for Chevy's musclecar. They recently strapped one down to a dyno, and the resulting numbers are just plain ridiculous: 847 horsepower and 801 lb-ft torque at the rear wheels. Watch the video after the jump to see for yourself.


Gallery: 2010 Hennessey HPE800 Twin-Turbo Camaro



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i want a turbo!!!

 

Very impressive. The dyno video is great. Note the camber change in the rear wheel under power.

 

I wouldn't touch anything Hennessey makes. The guy is a known crook.

 

Finally, a Camaro that can outrun the 2011 5.0 Mustang.

 

now you are just trying to stir the pot

 

Hey just a little joke since so many people were freaked out by the 2011 GT.

 

That dyno vid is awesome, love the sound on that run.


I thought he had a pretty good rep in the Viper world...what happened?

 

He had a poor rep in the Viper world for selling off stock parts of cars right as he would get them in his shop and then taking forever to do the builds. He didn't get caught at that until owners wanted their cars back and he couldn't give them back because they were missing parts.

At any rate, I think that the company was bought out and supposedly is more legit now.

 

Either way it's outta my price range.

 

Those numbers don't seem all that "outrageous" for a twin turbo 427. But Hennessey's past business practices would make it a non starter for me anyway (not that I'm in that price range). I'd rather do business with honest people.