The Exorcist Camaro ZL1 Is A 1000HP Demon Killer!

Next to me is the Exorcist, a Camaro zl1 turned up to 11; actually, in this case, it increased to 1,000 horsepower last year. I drove an original zl1 and was incredibly impressed with the quality of the interior, the performance, and the new 10-speed automatic transmission, but today I'm about to drive one with almost 400 more horsepower saved thanks to exterior decals and badges . The Exorcist looks pretty stuck exactly how you want it now, since Hennessey Performance Engineering is only building a hundred of these, you can guarantee that too. You will be the only one in the neighborhood who will have this kind of power in your zl1.

However, under the hood lies a series of improvements that will leave the

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running the other way. Oh what version of the Corvette zo6 is LT for Grace. In the original zl1 we still have a 6.2 liter supercharged V8, except the blower has been increased from 1.7 liters to a 2.9 liter Whiple supercharger. We also have new cams, new valves, headers with new lifter ports and a really advanced cooling system and an air-to-water heat exchanger that One of the engineers will talk about a little bit more later to make sure the blower doesn't overheat and that you always get maximum power.

Now, the original label was not far behind. 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque seem like enough for a Camaro, but now we have a little higher power, 1000 horsepower and 885 pound-feet of torque, so the question is what with a thousand horsepower, a rear-wheel drive layout, and a car that weighs 4,000 pounds actually reduce power now. I know some people like to think that there is no such thing as too much power, and that might generally be true, but there is such a thing as too much power for a given platform if the car doesn't have the right setup and the right tires.

Rear-wheel drive to put that power down is going to be really difficult now as this car is currently sitting on the optional 20-inch forged wheels that Hennessy offers and they're on the OEM Eagle F1 supercar tires with those until you're about 70 years old. At 80 miles per hour this thing will burn through tires like nobody's business, as you'd imagine. I haven't driven a vehicle that scared me as much as the Exorcist and that's part of the fun of it, but if you want leave it. a good time on the track, they have a different set of wheels that you can put on the rear as well as drag radials and then it grips extraordinarily well.

Get this 0 to 60 in under three seconds, pretty impressive at this point, it gets even more impressive. The quarter mile happens in nine point five seven seconds at one hundred and forty-seven miles per hour, the devil catches 140 in nine point six five and that's the fastest time anyone has ever gotten from the manufacturer themselves. This can consistently do nine fifty-seven at a time. forty seven that's absolutely crazy and what's even crazier the top speed remember this is a Camaro not a hypercar 217 miles per hour okay let's hit the gas here because we're not into those drag radials , but I'm sure you can see my face during that and normally when I'm stomping around in fast cars a lot of times you guys think I'm exaggerating because I laugh and generally if you've never been in a fast car, it's one of The first things that happen is that your passengers start giggling like a little girl, but this is so fast that I can't really say anything.

I just hold on to the wheel hoping that my life will be safer. that the car doesn't turn sideways and I keep moving forward, but when you really crush this I can see why they call the exercises, it's actually like your soul leaving your body, what I really like about this is apart from the fact that because it doesn't have a really aggressive cam, it moves and when you're stopped the car vibrates a little bit, which is really cool when you're going fast and you put the car in normal mode, it drives like a normal Tamara. like an SS but it has a thousand horsepower.

You could, I'm not kidding, drive this car daily. That's right, you could drive this 1,000-horsepower ZL1 daily. There is no problem. You have all the comforts of the zl1. It's really hot outside at the moment the air conditioning works exceptionally well the seats are comfortable we have beautiful Alcantara and leather throughout contrasting red stitching a touch screen infotainment system nothing has been removed we even have rear seats but is capable of running a nine fifty seven now 10 speed automatic transmission which was actually a joint build with Ford and General Motors to develop the new 10 speed transmission now Chevy decided to adapt the application for higher performance vehicles like the zl1 and that's what we have in this transmission and it runs very, very fast, let's go ahead and put it in manual mode, we're in track mode right now, we have tour, which is the casual driving mode, which I just call normal, but it is known as torrid and we have sports and track, as well as snow and ice.

I can't imagine a thousand horsepower car would be any good on snow and ice, but I think we'll leave it in track mode right now, in third gear, accelerate to 40 miles per hour wearing out the tires, yeah, that was 130 miles. per hour. The other thing that really impresses me with the Exorcist is that I'm leaving traction control at text. In fact, he says the traction control isn't too intrusive even with the power boost. A lot of cars when you modify them, even like the e63 that I have, when it went from 602 horsepower to 740, the traction control system really limited the car, I mean, severely, but on this, once you're up to speed, really despite the fact that it's flashing basically saving my life from certain doom it still allows the car to move forward with enormous speed the good news is that despite the power we still have all the great driving characteristics that the zl1 has we have magnetorheological shock absorbers Magnetic ride suspension that scans the road a thousand times per second to adjust to optimal conditions, whether you're simply trying to drive down the highway or doing laps on a race track when you buy a thousand-horsepower car from Hennessey that you imagine at some point. the car can blow up, well I'll tell you they've built a lot of these and that's Hennessey's claim to fame is they build them in volume and they build them a little less than peak performance so they take the car when they develop it .

To achieve maximum performance, they even deliberately blow the transmissions to discover their limits and then tone them down a bit for customer cars so that doesn't happen to you, but they've never had a single Exorcist come back. Hennessey with something that needed to be replaced, but what's even better is that even though they still give you peace of mind with a three year, 36,000 mile warranty and that's not just for the parts they modify, some manufacturers, some tuners of the aftermarket will be fine, we put it has the Whipple blower, so we guarantee the blower, but if it blows up the transmission well, we didn't build the transmission that was GM and Ford, so we won't touch it on this car, the whole drivetrain It is covered by warranty.

So, in the worst case scenario, Oriol, although it is not going to happen, they would replace under warranty the jar transmission, as well as its engine and supercharger, all functions of auxiliary power, cooling, you name it, are covered by the warranty for 36 months and 36,000 miles. Wow, this. It's out of this world. I love the feel of the steering. It's nice and tight. Inspires a lot of confidence. It now comes with a 10-speed automatic. What if you have a manual zl1? By the way, a fantastic car because of the change that Hennessey decided to make. That car instead of putting the Whiple supercharger so that it effectively works almost like a turbo and the power does not fully arrive until 5,000 rpm.

That way it's progressive and you can reduce the power with that manual transmission and the only one. and also if you take the car to the track because this power comes on instantly and I mean instantly I'm at 2000 rpm and absolutely instantaneous, that's not ideal for the track because now you would have to modulate the throttle a lot coming out of corners. If you're a professional driver, okay, let's run this down the strip, okay? I'm not going to launch it because, well, I'm terrified of launching this, especially with these tires, but by the way, if you're curious to know more. information about this car I have a link in the description below, everything you need to know about the Exorcist and if you really want to buy them make sure to contact them because this is truly epic, we are going to do it right as you can see.

It was a little all over the place there on the throttle and that's because oh that was really scary, this is the first rear wheel drive car I've driven with a thousand horsepower, even the devil wasn't a big deal with it. 840 horsepower, but this thing is a monster, the brakes are exceptional too. Wow, that slowed the car down without any problem. Oh, with that, I think I'm going to put the point of view camera on to show you what this is like from the driver's seat. and then we're bringing in a Hennessey technician to go over in a little more detail what goes into building this Exorcist, so here are the standard Chevy keys, nothing too exciting, put them in the cup holder here.

It's the button to start the engine, when it turns on, the paddles activate, then here we have the different driving modes, we'll go and put it in track mode, the exhaust got a little louder, an incredible Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel. I don't really like the actual design here, but the exterior where you actually touch the steering wheel is quite nice. We have these nice paddles, they're a little sticky, but the responsiveness is really good, which is a nice little additive because on the zo6. It doesn't have these 10 speeds the transmission response really isn't that good with the paddles which is a big disappointment for me so I think if you buy a zo6 you should get the manual but this at the time you do Paddle clicking is quite responsive, not as quick as the ZF's 8 speed unit but still plenty quick when in auto mode, shifts are absolutely instantaneous, it's crazy to use a 10 speed transmission, who would have thought it made sense?

Do you know something? Driving on the highway to get very good fuel economy, but having 10 speeds in a sports car like this is something I hadn't imagined, but it works great, so let's hit the track right here. Wow, that was really it! fast, that was very fast, oh, this sounds, this makes it just amazing on those downshifts, turning is very sensitive when stepping back on the gas, oh, this will make everything feel slow, that's unfortunate, oh, There you have it, this is what it's like to drive hard. horsepower Exorcist from a first person point of view, let's go ahead and take it to the store and see what Alex has to say about building an Exorcist.

Okay guys, I've got Alex from Hennessey here in the car now. What's going on? Man, yes. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay that you're finally here in Texas with us joining us, yeah it's a little hot, I'm sure more than it's actually hot, the fact that this car runs so well when it's 90 degrees is very impressive, very impressive. yes there is a lot of cooling even from the factory, there are something like 14 heat exchangers just from the factory, that nose is much wider than standard, very nice car from the factory and they made a little extra traction on the front bumper, yes, we add a larger coolant.

Reservoir tank that increases capacity. Well, let's say I have one and I wanted to have this package. What I do? I call them and what is the process behind it. Basically, I call one of our sales consultants to come with them. Throughout the entire process, we typically have a two-week lead time and a four-week build time, so if you sell the package, if you buy the package today, we will receive the vehicle in approximately two to three weeks and then we will complete the construction from start to finish. Time I understood you, what is a thousand horsepower?

How much does that cost? Costs? Does it cost exactly? You know you have 500 and then you get the warranty with that and you get a car that scares the hell out of me. get a thousand horsepower car with more tutorials no its cute kills the fact that i walked across the parking lot after driving this. I'm like wow, 1,000 horsepower with a rear-wheel drive layout is so intense, but every car in your parking lot is a thousand horsepower with no real props, basically, yeah, you become desensitized to horsepower, this is just terrifying. at all times, yes I'm sure the drag radials are a little more, yes possibly on Jenner, but I think I discovered on thatmoment that I.

What excites me the most in a car is when it breaks down the track, no absolutely, you got it, it makes it that much more exotic. It would be hard to say this seriously, but at this point, 805 horsepower in my car is starting to feel pretty normal. me, but a lot of that is because you press the accelerator and the car goes without drama, this car has triphala all the time, so until you get the hang of it, but even the technician took me for a spin in the car before and He said: Oh, yes, yes.

That's how it goes, yeah, you sure have to endure the ride. Well, thank you so much for letting me drive this thing you had, guys, this is amazing and ridiculous. I hope you enjoyed the video as always. Browse the channel and subscribe. Check out Hennessy at the link below. I hope to see you in the next video.