Direct Connection, the Dodge performance parts brand, is launching a new engine block for the 1,000-horsepower, 950-lb.-ft. of torque Hellephant A30 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI® engine (shown here), ...

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Direct Connection doubles down on HEMI® power for the 2025 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. The performance parts brand is refueling its crate engine lineup with the ...

Dodge’s Direct Connection offers drag racers and horsepower junkies the opportunity to buy the same parts that power the brand’s Scat Pak sportsman racers, including full crate engines. At this year’s ...

Whether it's due to the rise of nostalgia drag classes, the growing trend of retro-rods, or just the longing for something unique and different, Chrysler's first-gen Firepower Hemi V8 engines of the ...

Originally introduced in 1974 but reborn for the modern age in 2022, Dodge's Direct Connection performance parts line is expanding rapidly at the SEMA Show with loads of HEMI delicacies. Stellantis is ...

Dodge is bolstering the brand's Direct Connection performance parts line, launching Hellephant A30 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI® and Drag Pak 354 Supercharged Crate HEMI engine blocks as ...

The Direct Connection performance parts brand is refueling its crate engine lineup with the relaunch of newly upgraded versions of the Hellephant A30 426 Supercharged Crate HEMI® engine (pictured) and ...