{"id":65326,"date":"2022-10-04T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=65326"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:17","slug":"cuda-and-roadrunner-draw-big-crowds-at-roadkill-with-srt-hellcat-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/owners-clubs\/2022\/10\/cuda-and-roadrunner-draw-big-crowds-at-roadkill-with-srt-hellcat-power.html","title":{"rendered":"\u2019Cuda and Roadrunner Draw Big Crowds at Roadkill with SRT®<\/sup> Hellcat Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Direct Connection display at the 2022 Roadkill Nights event at the M1 Concourse road racing facility focused mostly on vehicles from the Dodge brand, but there was also a pair of classic Plymouth muscle cars that proved to be popular with attendees. This 1971 \u2019Cuda and 1970 Roadrunner were on display to showcase some Direct Connection parts, and while they look incredible from afar, the big news is what is under the hood of these two stunning vintage Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1971 Plymouth \u2019Cuda, owned by Kurt Schuster, is powered by the 1,000-horsepower Hellephant crate engine, while the 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner, owned by Brian Doxsie, is powered by a 707-horsepower SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcat HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> engine. As you can see, these cars have been modified to resemble each other, leading to Schuster referring to these two beautiful machines as \u201cSisters from Different Misters\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After falling in love with these two stunning Mopar muscle\ncars, we reached out to Schuster for more information on both of them. Today,\nwe look at how these show-stopping Plymouth came to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hellephant Plan<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

This story begins back in 2019, when Brian Doxsie, owner of Great Lake Muscle Cars in Macomb, Michigan, built a 1970 Dodge Challenger restomod for Kurt Schuster. A few years later, Doxsie acquired Mopar Hellephant crate engine #34 from Mancini Racing, with the plans of putting it in his 1970 Roadrunner. However, Schuster suggested that the \u201choly grail of crate engines\u201d should go in the \u201choly grail of Mopars\u201d, which in his opinion is a 1971 Plymouth \u2019Cuda. It just so happens that around this same time, Doxsie had found a 1971 \u2019Cuda for sale in Indiana, Schuster bought it with the plan of Doxsie building it with the 1,000-horsepower Hellephant crate engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1971 Plymouth<\/strong> \u2019Cuda \u201cElee\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n