Hellcrate 6.2-liter V8 delivers plug-and-play Hellcat hype to SEMA

SEMA just provided another entry for the folder marked “What A Time To Be Alive,” with Mopar’s announcement of the “Hellcrate” 6.2-liter supercharged Crate HEMI engine. Enthusiasts have been desperate to upgrade their vintage rides with the woozy thrills provided by Dodge’s
Hellcat motor, so
Mopar answered.

The Hellcrate engine assembly ships in plug-and-play configuration, in specially designed packaging with “Hellcrate” logos. The assembly sells separately from the Hellcrate engine kit, the kit adding a powertrain control module, power distribution center, engine wiring harness, chassis harness, accelerator pedal, ground jumper, oxygen sensors, charge air temperature sensors, and fuel pump control module. The PCM comes programmed with the production-car engine’s 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. An optional front-end accessory drive kit contributes peripherals like alternator, power steering pump, belts, and pulleys. Don’t bother trying to lash up a sleeper 1997
Chrysler Sebring, though; Mopar tuned the Hellcrate for pre-1976 vehicles and manual transmissions.

The engine assembly retails for an MSRP of $19,530, and the kit wants a further $2,195. Mopar didn’t announce pricing for the accessory drive kit. The engine and kit come with a three-year, unlimited-mileage warranty when bought together. The
Mopar Hemi Crate website will be happy to take your orders as of now.

For help envisioning the possibilities, stop by Fiat Chrysler’s 15,345-square-foot SEMA booth to check out the Limelight Green, Hellcrate-powered 1970
Plymouth Superbird clone worked up by Mark Worman of Velocity’s “
Graveyard Carz.” While you’re there you might as well peep Worman’s encore, a 1968 Plymouth GTX stuffed with Mopar’s 392 Crate HEMI in place of the original 440 big block, and the 1937
Dodge pickup that swallowed a Mopar 345 Crate HEMI. Mopar’s come a long way from its original product: antifreeze products.

Tomorrow it’ll be Jeep’s turn to ring the SEMA bells, once the noise dies down from the Mopar-jacked
Wrangler Switchback, CJ66 and
Jeep Shortcut. You can
watch the brand’s presentation online at 7:26 p.m. ET/4:26 p.m. PT. Until then, we’re going to work the angles on a Hellcrate-powered Plymouth Volare. The sedan, naturally. Because we’re practical.

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