---
title: "Watch the Hennessey Exorcist Camaro Hit 217 MPH in Top Speed Test"
description: "Hennessey's 1,000-horsepower Camaro has achieved its main purpose of being faster than the Dodge Demon."
date: "2018-02-20"
modified: "2018-02-20"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/18643/watch-the-hennessey-exorcist-camaro-hit-217-mph-in-top-speed-test"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Camaro"
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Coupe"
  - "exorcist"
  - "Hennessey"
  - "Hennessey Performance"
  - "muscle car"
  - "sports car"
  - "top speed"
  - "ZL1"
---

# Watch the Hennessey Exorcist Camaro Hit 217 MPH in Top Speed Test

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Hey you. Yes, you there with your milquetoast 840-horsepower Dodge Demon that can only go 203 miles per hour. Your “muscle” car has just been walloped by Hennessey’s highly modified Chevy Camaro it calls [“The Exorcist.”](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/8962/watch-hennesseys-1000-hp-chevy-camaro-zl1-the-exorcist-do-an-insane-burnout>)

That’s right, the Exorcist has just officially achieved the thing it was made to do: Be faster than the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. With a stock top speed of 203 mph, [recently confirmed for the Demon](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/18555/watch-a-stock-dodge-demon-do-203-mph-without-its-limiter>), speed shop Hennessey Performance just put a video on YouTube on Tuesday showing the Exorcist hustling down the Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas hitting a blistering top speed of 217 mph.

To recap, the Exorcist is a modified version of the Camaro ZL1. Deciding that the stock rating of 650 horsepower in the LT4 6.2-liter supercharged V8 wasn’t nearly enough, Hennessey turned up the heat using a bigger supercharger, high-flow air induction, long-tube stainless steel headers, some new internals like a camshaft upgrade, and an engine tune designed by Hennessey. The result is a [dyno-proven](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9774/watch-hennesseys-exorcist-1000-hp-chevy-camaro-zl1-scream-on-the-dyno>) 959 horsepower and 756 pound-feet of torque at the wheels with what Hennessey claims to be 1,000 horsepower and 996 pound-feet of torque at the crank. You can get one as a coupe or a [convertible](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14348/the-1000-hp-hennessey-exorcist-chevy-camaro-zl1-convertible-hits-the-dyno>).

Here’s the car doing its thing along with an explanation of what the Exorcist is all about from John Hennessey himself. Enjoy.

https://youtube.com/embed/idRbOoHoqIM

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