It’s not often a Dodge Viper makes headlines for losing cylinders — but this one’s rewriting the rulebook. The team at BoostedMotorsports stunned enthusiasts during last week’s Roadkill event by swapping the legendary Viper V10 for Stellantis’ new twin-turbocharged “Hurricane” inline-six engine — and the results were nothing short of astonishing.
The project began with a high-output version of the Hurricane, an engine normally found in newer Jeep and Ram performance models. BoostedMotorsports stripped away the factory twin-turbo setup in favor of a single, custom twin-scroll turbocharger paired with an in-house manifold. The result? A sleek, six-cylinder monster that produces more power than many supercars.
On its initial dyno runs, the Hurricane-powered Viper laid down 492 horsepower and 345 pound-feet of torque at the wheels — already topping the output of a stock 1996 Viper GTS. But the BoostedMotorsports team wasn’t satisfied. After several rounds of tuning, the power climbed dramatically: 593 horsepower and 544 pound-feet, then 704 horsepower and 616 pound-feet. By the fifth run, the car was making more power at the wheels than a stock Dodge Hellcat does at the crank.
The final dyno pull revealed an incredible 840 horsepower and 700-plus pound-feet of torque, with tuning still underway. For its on-track debut, the team dialed it up further, running more than 900 horsepower at the wheels — an astonishing feat for a six-cylinder build.
While purists may balk at the idea of a Viper without its thunderous V10, the Hurricane swap shows what’s possible when innovation meets audacity. It’s not just a performance upgrade — it’s a statement that modern engineering can push classic American muscle into entirely new territory.
This Viper may have lost four cylinders, but it gained an entirely new kind of power.
