It's back to conquer the One Lap of America with a lot more horses.
David Hakim of Dodge Garage and David Carr of SRT Engineerinslightly modified Dodge Durango SRT. To recall, the speed-hunting duo has championed the Truck/SUV class of last year's One Lap of America and finishing 24th overall among the 50 participants of high-performance cars.
That amazing feat in the cross-country driving marathon was done using a 475-horsepower Dodge Durango SRT, pulling all that power from a 392 Hemi engine. This year, however, the dynamic David duo is stepping it up a notch with a one-off Dodge Durango SRT Pursuit called the Speed Trap.
Aimed to outdo whatever the rival powerful SUVs will throw at them, the Durango SRT Pursuit Speed Trap has a very important weapon equipped this year – a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V8 that's borrowed from a Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye. The output? 797 hp and 707 lb-ft of torque. Okay, we may be understating when we said "stepping it up a notch."
The Durango SRT Pursuit Speed Trap is set to shock other One-Lappers with the extra 300 horses under the hood – if the law enforcement livery, along with the light and siren package, isn't shocking enough.
Additional modifications on the Pursuit Speed Trap include a low-restriction cat-back exhaust system, Kooks long-tube headers, high-flowing catalytic converters, and Mopar Performance lowering springs. The latter employs a lower center of gravity for faster cornering.
As tires are an important factor in the week-long race, Pursuit Speed Trap is equipped with 305/35ZR20 Pirelli P-Zero tires, which the duo thinks could handle the rigorous power surge from the almost-800-hp V8.
Tire Rack Brock Yates' One Lap of America is set to happen from May 4-11, 2019.
Source: Dodge Garage