Here’s A 1000bhp Jeep Trackhawk Drag Racing A Ford GT
We all know the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is stupidly quick. Thanks to the wonders of all-wheel drive traction off the line, the 697bhp beast can beat an impressive array of cars to 60mph, including the pre-update Dodge Challenger Hellcat with which it shares an engine.
But the Trackhawk surely doesn’t have a hope against Ford’s GT supercar - which completes the benchmark sprint half a second quicker - in a straight-line battle, does it? If we’re talking about a normal Trackhawk, hell no. But this is no ordinary example - it’s been overhauled by Hennessey.
The Texan tuner’s HPE1000 kit boosts the output to a maddening 1012bhp at the crank, by switching out the standard supercharger for a 4.5-litre one and adding all manner of supporting mods. 0-60 drops to 2.8 seconds, a couple of tenths brisker than the GT. Suddenly, this quarter-mile battle is looking a lot closer.
We don’t want to spoil the ending, so press play to find out which of the two comes out on top.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Don’t be fooled, the Trackhawk walks all over that GT without even trying. It has 300 more horsepower and two more driven wheels than the GT. It’s fairly clear who’s gonna win
If it were a longer track though that GT was reeling him right in past 120
The Ford GT is in Sport mode, not Track mode (01:05). Wouldn’t it be quicker in Track mode?
The Hennessey trackhawk is closer to 400 horsepower more powerful, but almost a metric ton heavier and much less aerodynamic
Take away the AWD and this race is that much closer with the Hawk possibly losing.
This looks almost like a NFSU2 race where modded suvs would out-accelerate almost anything.
Even the supercharger of the jeep has a larger displacement that the gt’s v6!!!!
God I love America.
Seems like the GT’s low drag was making it catch up if they had more space
This looks illegal
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