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2019 Hellcat Challenger Gets a New Hood Design

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By Patrick Rall, LXForums Editorial Staff

2019 Hellcat Challenger Gets a New Hood Design



FCA announced this morning that when the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat begins reaching dealerships later this year, it will feature a new dual snorkel design. The company included two images of the new hood design, with vents that appear to be taller and wider than the scoop on the current Hellcat hood, but it looks as though this new hood might not have the heat extraction vents - or at least they don't appear to be in the same place as the 2015-2018 Hellcat hoods.


According to the brief release accompanying these two pictures, this new Hellcat Challenger dual snorkel hood design "pays homage to the distinctive Mopar design themes from some of its most famous muscle cars". Several classic Mopar muscle cars ran some variation of a dual scoop setup, including the 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee, the 1971/1972 Dodge Demon 340, several model years of the Plymouth Barracuda and various over models in specific trim levels. The new Hellcat hood looks nothing like any of those classic hoods, but I can see where the classic Mopar designs shaped this one.
We don't know yet whether this will be the only hood for the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat or if the current hood will still be offered, but even without the heat extractors, this new hood could offer some performance advantages over the current design.

Over the past few years, Dodge has developed a great many of hood designs with the two most notable here being the Challenger T/A hood and the Demon hood. Each of these engine covers use the front-facing scoop to feed air directly into the engine. On the other hand, the hood scoop on the Hellcat Challenger simply feeds cooling air into the engine bay while the two vents help evacuate hot air.

While we don't know for sure exactly how this new dual snorkel hood functions, it is possible that one scoop directs air to the engine intake while the other feeds cool air intake and engine bay. Of course, without the heat extractors, both of those scoops might be used for cooling air, but with the company's work with hoods that bring engine air in through the hood scoop, it is possible that the 2019 Hellcat Challenger could have a slightly revised intake setup.

If nothing else, the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat will have a distinctive new look with the dual snorkel hood design and while we know that both scoops are functional - it isn't clear yet how exactly the hood functions.
 
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Saw this image as well from the front:

 
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I was hoping the scoops would be wider.
For now I prefer the current hood, but it usually takes me a little time to appreciate new designs.
 
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would be a great update for an 09 hellcat clone. If it would fit.
 
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that would make folks think when they line up w/me.

even with my RT badging .
 
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That pic from the front is not an FCA pic and don't think it's right, scoops too small.

Hoods have always been interchangeable, I would think this one will too.

The paint I'm pretty sure is just IndiGo Blue with studio effects as they love to do. :D


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That's immediately what I thought of when I first heard of it.

That pic from the front is not an FCA pic and don't think it's right, scoops too small.

Hoods have always been interchangeable, I would think this one will too.

The paint I'm pretty sure is just IndiGo Blue with studio effects as they love to do. :D

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Agree, think it's IndiGo blue (which is a sweet color). Also think the head on shot is a fake, the one you shared looks right.
 
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Looks like an old WS6 hood off the 99 trans am ....i like the old hood better....guess we have to wait and see...
 
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Much better.
I like it.
 
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I guess I just expected better from mother MOPAR. Now after seeing the last picture other than the tapered ridge missing down the middle it looks like the hood off a 69' Pontiac TransAm.
 
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i like it, it looks a lot better than my 09rt hood, wonder if it would fit??
 
#23 ·
Reminds me of the Banshee aftermarket hood from the 04-06 GTO
 
#24 ·
well, i must confess, at 17 years old, i bought an olds cutlass, and 2 weeks later it had 442 scoops on it. :banana:
i likey scoops... :friday:
 
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I wonder if there are plans to update the Charger Hellcat hood also.
 
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I'm not digging it.
 
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HaHa 3 posts and he doesn't like it, :stir:

whoever buys one , i'll trade my hood for one of those. :rock: Oh i'll pick up and drop off.
 
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