Direct Connection Will Sell Whipple-Blown Rumble Bees With Up to 900 HP and a Factory Warranty

Mopar's factory performance arm is doing something the aftermarket usually has to do on its own: bolting a bigger blower onto a brand new truck and putting a warranty behind it. On August 4, Direct Connection announced supercharger kits for every version of the Ram 1500 Rumble Bee muscle truck.

Each kit uses a 3.0-liter twin-screw supercharger with an oversized air-to-water intercooler and a high-capacity coolant pump. On the 5.7-liter HEMI Rumble Bee, Direct Connection's target is over 600 hp. On the Rumble Bee 392 and 392 Track Pack, it is over 700 hp. On the Rumble Bee SRT, the kit replaces the standard 2.4-liter supercharger and targets over 900 hp, up from the stock 777 hp and 680 lb-ft.

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Mopar enthusiasts have never been shy about asking for more horsepower, and we're right there with them.

The warranty is the story

Every kit carries an MSRP of $10,995 before installation. Installed by an ASE-certified Mopar technician, it comes with a five-year/60,000-mile limited powertrain warranty, according to the release. That is the part that changes the math for a lot of buyers. An aftermarket blower on a brand new truck usually means arguing with a dealer over warranty claims. This is the factory saying yes ahead of time.

Trade coverage, including Motor1's gallery of the kit-equipped truck, ties the 3.0-liter unit to Whipple. The finished trucks wear 5.7L Supercharged hood badging.

Timing

The 5.7 kit is planned to launch alongside the truck in the fourth quarter of 2026. Kits for the 392 and SRT follow in the first half of 2027. The horsepower numbers are targets, not certified ratings, and the release frames them that way. For Rumble Bee buyers, the practical takeaway is that the cheapest truck in the family gets its kit first, and the base 5.7 is the one most people will actually buy. A factory-backed path to 600 horsepower on that truck is the headline for the street truck crowd, and the 900 horsepower SRT target is the one that will fill the comment sections.