“When I first saw the Challenger driving down the road, I said WOW that thing is beautiful!” | Bill Scharing is no stranger to speed. As a detective, a car chase was a regular thing. In fact, one of his more memorable pursuits ended up with a street racer jumping a hill and getting airborne after being chased for 3 miles!What helped him keep up with suspects for years and years? Mopar Muscle. This definitely influenced Bill’s preference on the ‘ol Ford, Chevy, or Dodge question. He’s a Mopar Man, all the way. He was most likely swayed by the team of powerful Mopar-powered cruisers he was exposed to early in his career. “Sometimes we would have multiple suspects lined up out on the street and we’d call for backup. You could hear the sound of their 340ci Belvedere’s four-barrel carb sucking in massive amounts of air a mile away, and that was a comforting feeling. 
The 4.7L twin-screw Kenne Bell supercharger has a rear-facing intake, opposite of most setups. | Bill has since retired from the police force and resides in sunny Orange County, CA. After his initial retirement, he decided to get back into the car scene and had his mind set on one car, and one car alone; the Dodge Challenger. Bill says “I didn’t want to clunk around the freeway in a 1932 Ford. When I first saw the Challenger driving down the road, I said WOW that thing is beautiful!” Love at first sight, perhaps? He acted on that “love” and ordered a 2011 Dodge Challenger with a 392ci Hemi and 6-Speed manual transmission right away. “Right after break in,” he says, “l started racing it at the drag strip.” After some time, his tolerance for speed had increased, and the car just didn’t seem fast enough. He investigated the option of installing a tuner on his Challenger, however Chrysler had locked the computer and nobody had cracked it 2011 yet. So what does he do? Buy a 2010 Challenger, obviously! 
Bill’s Challenger makes well over 1,200HP to the crank. | He decided to keep the 2011 and use it for a parts-chaser. “I wanted to run 200mph in the standing mile” He says. “I planned on taking it to track events, and use it as a daily driver as well.” He took the 2010 Challenger to Spankin’ Time Performance, in San Bernardino, California to get that project started.First on the mod list was an NHRA-legal roll bar (safety first!), followed by a BES Racing Engine 436ci Gen III Hemi to power this beast. It gets better...he then outfitted his Hemi with a 4.7L Kenne Bell twin-screw supercharger capable of producing 1,600 horsepower. Bill definitely spares no expense when it comes to engine building, and he doesn’t cheap out on the smaller but equally important parts either. When deciding on a filter Bill went with K&N’s RU-3100, a massive 6” flange universal cone-filter to fit the large oval shaped throttle body on his Kenne Bell supercharger. He had a cutout made in his cowl hood to direct fresh cool air into his intake, and that was that! Bill was able to get this part by using our universal cone-filter search lookup. 
In Bill's garage is not only one, but two Challengers parked right next to each | So what about drivetrain? Bill’s Challenger is equipped with a Paramount Performance built NAG1 five-speed automatic transmission, utilizing his stock 3.05:1 ratio differential. This setup translates power from his supercharged Hemi to the wheels with ease. He also has Crower Cams camshaft, a water-meth injection system for his fuel, Kooks headers followed by a “Zoomers” exhaust and MSD coil packs. Quite the performance package, right?Once bill had all he needed to quench his speed-fix, he headed to the dyno room. Turns out, his 2010 Dodge Challenger puts out a stunning 1,018 horsepower to the wheels and 856 lb-ft torque on the chassis dyno. Interestingly enough, Bill runs E85 fuel in his car even at 20 psi. He has precisely metered squirts of methanol injection at the ready in case ambient conditions call for additional octane. 
The cowl hood on Bill’s 2010 Challenger provides maximum airflow to his Kenne Bell supercharger | Some days Bill likes to head to the local track meets or car shows. He’s been to the Auto-Enthusiast show in Anaheim, California, where he received a trophy for the best modern muscle car. He’s also gotten trophies for best interior as well. We met up with Bill at the O’reilly Auto Parts’ Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals last year in Pomona, California. When we spotted that Orange, race-striped, blown Challenger we had to stop in our tracks to take a look. Bill ended up inviting us to come visit at his home to do a photoshoot of this beastly Mopar Machine. When we got there, we saw that he had not only one, but two Challengers parked right next to each other looking almost like a married couple.At the dragstrip Bill’s Challenger ran a 9.76 at 144mph making it the first Challenger to run 9s in the quarter-mile that’s also driven to and from events without a trailer. This car has been called the “Hellcat Killer” by some and amazingly enough, this car was around a few years before Chrysler revealed their factory 707HP “fastest production car”. Could it be possible that an engineer from Mopar saw him do a few runs at the track one time and became full of inspiration? We’d like to think so! Either way, Bill Scharing could be called a visionary, trendsetter, rebel with a cause or even just your everyday car-lover. It’s safe to say, Bill has definitely showed how his Detective work and Law Enforcement career influenced his passion for speed and support for the Chrysler/Dodge/Mopar brands. If a type of car helped you put away several criminals throughout your career, you just might be partial to that specific brand as well. 
Bill Scharing's Hemi-powered Challenger features a 4.7L twin-screw Kenne Bell supercharger | 
Bill’s Challenger has an NHRA-legal roll bar to keep him safe while testing the power of his 1000HP | |
