That’s right. The guys over at Hennessey are at it again with an idea that will make any gear head drool with envy. They decided that the 426 hp LS3 that comes in the Camaro SS just wasn’t good enough and that perhaps a little more persuasion via a 705 hp LS9 would help the tires put down a better patch of rubber. We couldn’t agree more and the rest of the package they’ve put around the new ZR1-sourced motor makes this the hottest Camaro we’ve seen by far.

When you build some of the baddest cars on the road today you tend to push the boundaries of what is considered “acceptable” for the purposes of safety. In this case Hennessey Performance was tinkering with one of its V700s, a 700hp version of the new CTS-V, when the onboard OnStar system thought something was amiss. The cause, an 11.07 second pass at 128mph in the quarter - the effect, a call from a concerned OnStar representative to see if “everybody's ok”. Check out the video of the 11-second pass and subsequent helpful call after the jump.

When Hennessey announced their plans to shoehorn a LS9 motor from a ZR1 into the new 2010 Camaro the world stood still. When they released pricing equal to that of the ZR1 again the world paused. Last night it was time for the first Hennessey HPE700 to hit the dyno with its aforementioned powerplant strapped securely under its bonnet and potentially cause a little more havoc in the earth’s rotation - luckily there was a video camera present to capture the event.