VIDEO: Commencing countdown, engine on for LS9-powered Hennessey HPE700
Normally the twisting of an ignition key doesn't constitute news here at Autoblog, but this is one of the few exceptions. Back in January, Hennessey Performance announced the HPE700, a concoction born from the combination of an LS9 supercharged V8 from a ZR1 and a 2010 Camaro. The Texas-based company only recently shoe-horned the engine into the engine bay. A video camera was on when it was finally time to start the newly created monster, and the sound is nothing short of amazing. The result of open headers plus what appears to be a fairly aggressive cam makes for a sound that has the hairs on the backs of our necks standing on end. Have a listen for yourself by watching the video after the jump. Thanks for the tip, Brian!
Gallery: Hennessey Camaro HPE700
[Source: YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
woootles 3:05PM (6/25/2009)
inb4 crook comments.
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aj121489 3:19PM (6/25/2009)
Wow over 20 min and still none yet. I'm surprised
tankd0g 1:00AM (6/26/2009)
Hardly any point anymore, AB is obviously in his pocket.
VW GTi 3:05PM (6/25/2009)
Sounds amazing.
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aj121489 3:16PM (6/25/2009)
At first I thought "hmm this is a quiet video let me turn my speakers up." And then it started lol
skzzilla 4:04PM (6/25/2009)
worst acoustics ever... lets stand 5 feet from GM's most powerful engine ever while inside a concrete garage... i'm sure the car sounds amazing, but whoever created the video needs to learn how to use a camcorder and edit audio
or this car is so amazingly raw that no mic can capture it's note
Acefighter 4:12PM (6/25/2009)
@skzzilla: I think it's probably a mixture of both.
william tell 5:09PM (6/25/2009)
sound has more to do with the exhaust mods than the engine.
jbuers 5:32PM (6/25/2009)
There are no exhaust mods, because there is no exhaust. Open headers=nothing connected to the headers. It's very likely that they don't even have a manifold mocked up yet.
S.P. 6:58PM (6/25/2009)
Sounds like my father in laws 68 GMC grain truck when it lost its exhaust...ie sounds like shi7.
Narconethree 3:13PM (6/25/2009)
I dont even like GM's and my leg is sticky.
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adam1drift 3:51PM (6/25/2009)
+1
redeye 3:13PM (6/25/2009)
That thing sounds awesome.
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UCJR 3:14PM (6/25/2009)
Are you there, God? It's me, Jake. Please grant me the talent to make enough money to afford one of these, and the talent to drive one of them without wrapping it around a tree. And if it be your will for me to kill myself driving it, please kill John Hennessey so that he may build me another one to drive in Heaven.
Amen.
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Joe 3:50PM (6/25/2009)
Dude, you don't need talent to afford one of these. If you're female, you can just screw your way up the pop charts, make a million bucks, and whammo, ZR-1 powered Camaro. If you're male, screw your way up the female corporate ladder until you find a CEO both attractive enough and of the correct sex, and whammo, lawsuit, make a million bucks off the lawsuit, THEN ZR-1 powered Camaro.
alshirey 3:19PM (6/25/2009)
No one noticed...."The result of open headers plus what appears to be fairly aggressive CAMS"....?
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Joe 3:51PM (6/25/2009)
Most definitely a typo.
RITmusic2k 4:04PM (6/25/2009)
So, what is the problem with that sentence?
m 4:09PM (6/25/2009)
Why would you say that's a typo?
CarGuy312 4:29PM (6/25/2009)
They must be using some really agressive cams, as the engine does not sound happy at idle, and is really lumpy (even through all the mic distortion). This thing would sound absolutely friggin ridiculous at 6000 RPM.
I know it's from a totally different era, but it reminded me of my '69 charger... it had a 732 cubic inch crate engine, and we threw a roots blower on it.... I still have goosebumps from even thinking about that comparison.
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