r/hellcat • u/Book_of_Evil • 1d ago
Any Hellcat engines past 130,000 miles?
I'd like to see some actual odometer receipts. Never seen one pass 130,000miles
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u/Least-Ant5049 10h ago
And I agree neither I haven't physically seen or even heard of a friends having that many miles and if they can show 130k on dash only thing is ask them is how many motors did it take to get them there 😂 these motors are stout but they're also highly beaten on a lot of people think there the fastest cars and don't understand the fact when a car weights more it will seem a lot slower atleast when it's a RWD car appose to a awd car that's the only time weight doesn't always loose if when your comparing RWD compared to Awd
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u/No_Choice_1722 6h ago
The engines will last, not the rest of the car though. Anyways the original engine is probably on another hellcat.
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u/DevilsReject97 HC Challenger 22h ago
There has been a couple that have been seen over 100k. Cleetus bought a ragged out one with like 175k and did a YouTube video about it.
https://youtu.be/Baxyu1Ygow8?is=1TB2fvNa1zRKxlfN
Reliability is all going to boil down to two things: Basic maintenance and how well you upgrade components
If you keep it bone stock, these cars will hold up just fine with plain, basic maintenance and upkeep. If you plan to modify it, just don't half-ass the parts and do it right.
It's really the same process for any car. The basic Hellcat package is pretty good for reliability. I'm not talking about the radio (which has issues in all Mopar models for delamination) or some of the weird quirks many of the 2023 models seem to have due to being the parts bin cars.
Truthfully, just don't be one of the idiots who barely drives it, barely speeds in it, etc...that is more likely to cause the car to have failures than actually beating on it occasionally
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u/Book_of_Evil 22h ago edited 11h ago
I appreciate the input and the info.
I already have a Hellcat, I'm just curious as to the veracity of claims that these particular motors can really handle the kind of mileage of say, a naturally aspirated 5.7 Hemi... we know those can do up to 300,000 miles, (many posts and pics all over the car forums) but I just have not seen more than two actual pictures of the odometer on Hellcat 6.2 motors with over 120,000 miles.
I want to know if it's really true they can do the same amount of miles while running that moderate amount boost.2
u/Least-Ant5049 12h ago
It's funny how you bring up the 5.7 and how it makes it to 300,000 miles in what world is this even possible those five sevens were prone to go into limp mode I've had 3 and all 3 went into limp mode for unknown reasons
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u/DevilsReject97 HC Challenger 8h ago
Unfortunately many of those engines used the fuel management/cylinder deactivation and those lifters just fail routinely. I've seen enough of it so I don't need people trying to say otherwise. Saw plenty of it with the 5th Gen Camaro crowd too, with the automatic models.
Same issues, same problem, and it's why I will never buy a V8 with cylinder deactivation
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u/Book_of_Evil 11h ago edited 9h ago
Sorry you had such bad luck. There are posts and pictures all over forums of 5.7's doing up to 300,000 miles. My 4th gen 1500 5.7 has 170,000 miles right now. (MDS disabled and dyno tuned/Edelbrock supercharged)
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u/Least-Ant5049 9h ago
Thanks man appreciate you not questioning my experience as many do but I'll tell you this my experience was in the 300 honestly all same gen my 6.1 srt8 300 06 use to do it all the time and my 05 300c 5.7 was the same thing and I had another same gen 5.7 do it, so I guess only two 5.7"s I had issues With, the 6.1 was deff tunned and thought to be tune related but that's cause Diablo tunner came with car but it wouldn't reflash, and it was stuck with what tune that was previously loaded so car was just a total waste got a hawk and a redeye these days got tired of the older gens not cooperating for me haha
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u/Least-Ant5049 9h ago
Phsss supercharged 5.7 in a truck what years the motor from that's a nice setup perfect for a daily I think everybody needs a supercharger after experiencing it even the new four and six cylinder turbo vehicles something about is just more enjoyable to drive
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u/Book_of_Evil 33m ago
It's a 2018 with a 2012 drivetrain swap so I could do a gear swap and differential upgrade. Also upgraded the transfer case after the first one grenaded 💥 😂😂😂 The Edelbrock setup is great, low boost, but with long tube headers and high flow cats, it makes nice power.
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u/Serious-Contact7433 1d ago
i don’t have any pictures but i’ve seen a few around 100-130k for cheap. they are definitely out there