---
title: "Someone Dropped a Dodge Hellcat Engine into a Ram Pickup"
description: "707 horsepower in a truck? Yes, please."
date: "2016-07-27"
modified: "2016-07-27"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/4596/someone-dropped-a-dodge-hellcat-engine-into-a-ram-pickup"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "RAM News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Hellcat"
  - "pickup"
  - "ram"
  - "trucks"
---

# Someone Dropped a Dodge Hellcat Engine into a Ram Pickup

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The most aggressive truck currently offered in the Ram family is the 410-horsepower Ram Power Wagon Laramie. It's a fine machine, but it's no Hellcat. Thankfully, someone decided to bring a Ram pickup with a 707-hp Dodge Hellcat motor under the hood into the world.

The truck, which we first found through *SRTLIFE,* is a [Ram 1500 with smoked headlights](<https://srtlife.com/2016/07/pics-srt-hellcat-ram-1500-ramcat/>), Hellcat badges, black-and-red-painted wheels, a cold-air intake, and, of course, that mental, supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8. The truck was built by [Midland Dodge in Ontario, Canada](<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/707-hp-hellcat-powered-2016-ram-1500-built-in-canada-becomes-the-ramcat-109845.html#>), at the request of a customer. On Facebook, the dealership notes they plant to install a [carbon-fiber driveshaft and a lowering kit](<https://www.facebook.com/midlandchrysler/posts/844474225696142>) as well. From the pics, the build looks incredibly clean, and the [engine appears to fit almost perfectly](<https://www.facebook.com/midlandchrysler/photos/p.845523618924536/845523618924536/?type=3&theater>) under the hood of the truck.

For now, the only cars that can be bought with the Hellcat engine from the factory are the Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. The [Jeep Grand Cherokee will also soon be graced with Hellcat](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/2930/hellcat-powered-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk-caught-nearly-naked>) treatment sometime next year.

At the time of writing, the dealership's Facebook post featuring the custom truck has over [640 shares and over 400 reactions](<https://www.facebook.com/midlandchrysler/posts/844474225696142>). Hey, FCA: Maybe the Ram ought to be next on the list of models to receive Hellcat treatment? It [would surely make us happy](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/3344/five-cars-we-wish-fiat-chrysler-would-hellcat>) and probably [a few readers, too](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/2572/are-these-shots-of-the-ram-hellcat>).

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

### Author social links  
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