{"id":6195,"date":"2017-03-26T16:26:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme.visualmodo.com\/mechanic\/?post_type=portfolio&p=6195"},"modified":"2017-10-26T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:39:24","slug":"jeep-grand-cherokee","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/theme.visualmodo.com\/mechanic\/portfolio\/jeep-grand-cherokee\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeep Grand Cherokee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWe are still dealing with physics here. I just want you to remember that.\u201d So says Erich Heuschele, manager of SRT vehicle dynamics, to the 20 or so writers he\u2019s about to turn loose on a racetrack in the\u00a0Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk<\/a>. We\u2019re dealing with physics, sure, but also an earnest effort to defy them with equal parts horsepower and lunacy. Say \u201c707-horsepower Jeep\u201d to anyone who hasn\u2019t been paying attention and they just wiggle a finger into an ear and squint at you. \u201cHuh?\u201d<\/p>\n

HIGHS<\/strong>
\nThe world champion of indiscriminate throttle application.
\nLOWS<\/strong>
\nAbove $80K, the \u201cwhy not get a ?\u201d question becomes harder to answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That same phrase, the one with the big number lashed to that old army word, carries the mystical power to convince even the most jaded auto writers to back away from the lobster roll and don a balaclava. We did drive the maximum Jeep on public roads, but it says \u201ctrack\u201d right there in the name, so we also hit Club Motorsports, a New Hampshire club track so new that crews were still installing Armco barriers the week before we showed up. It\u2019s a 2.5-mile StairMaster that works its way up and down 250 feet of elevation change at a maximum 14 percent grade. Keeping his new Trackhawks from bending that fresh Armco is something about which Heuschele cares deeply.<\/p>\n

The topography, on the other hand\u2014nobody\u2019s too worried about that. Few things flatten the hills quite like this much horsepower. Insane as it may be, the 707-hp Hellcat engine should at least be familiar by now. Down 251 cubic centimeters compared with Mopar\u2019s naturally aspirated SRT engine, it\u2019s a 6.2-liter V-8 capped with a 2.4-liter IHI supercharger, which stuffs those eight cylinders with 11.6 psi of boost. In the Trackhawk, it makes its full complement of horsepower but loses five pound-feet of torque\u2014to 645\u2014due to a more restrictive exhaust system.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1509033120264{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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