{"id":66375,"date":"2022-11-15T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=66375"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:13","slug":"a-herd-of-hellephant-engines-coming-from-direct-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2022\/11\/a-herd-of-hellephant-engines-coming-from-direct-connection.html","title":{"rendered":"A Herd of Hellephant Engines Coming from Direct Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dodge had an array of announcements for the Direct Connection catalog at the recent SEMA Show in Las Vegas, but the biggest news was the introduction of not one, but four Hellephant HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> crate engines coming over the course of the next 18 months. After the original Hellephant 426 Supercharged Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> Crate HEMI engine sold out in just two days, due to the low production volume of just 100 units, the company has decided to bring that engine back, along with three new engines with a similar overall architecture. The result is a herd of four Hellephants roaring into the Direct Connection catalog in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct Connection Hellephant Crate Engine Series<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

When the Hellephant name was first introduced back in 2018, it was an all-aluminum, 426-cubic-inch engine topped by a 3.0-liter IHI supercharger, offering 1,000 horsepower and 950 lb-ft of torque on 93-octane pump gas. As mentioned above, that engine was called the Hellephant 426 Supercharged Mopar Crate HEMI and with an MSRP of $29,995 and just 100 units produced, it sold out in less than two full days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the introduction of the Direct Connection Hellephant Crate Engine Series, the original Hellephant is back, but with a new name. It is now called the A30, but other than the name, the engine itself is unchanged. That engine will be the first to go on sale through Direct Connection, with the company planning to begin offering it during the second quarter of 2023. It already has a part number \u2013 P5160184AC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The A30 name is made up by using the \u201cA\u201d based on the fact that it has an aluminum engine block, while the 30 is the \u201cproof\u201d on which the engine runs. In the world of cocktails, alcohol is measured in proof, which is twice the percentage of alcohol by volume, and that is the approach with these new engines. The 30 proof engine is designed to run on a mix of up to 15% ethanol, which is most normal pump gas in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n