Last summer a friend of mine drove his sons' brand-new Hurricane 6 Ram from Michigan to Carlisle and he was raving about it. This guy is a hardcore racer and knows what real power is so that seemed like a good endorsement.
Turbo anything will make power just have to manage it properly. Remember back in the '80s Buddy Ingersoll was winning races with his Turbo 6 Pro Stock Regal. Turbos just work.
Putting a Hurricane in a short bed Dakota is a damn near perfect combo. A Hellcat would be top-of-the-food-chain cool but the Hurricane is probably more reasonable all around. Start putting aftermarket parts in it and turn up the boost it will be in the 8s.
My 2017 Ram is getting a bit long in the tooth and the Ram RHO is looking good to me. More power than the stock, N.A. 5.7. Plus, the Hemi usually only gets 15mpg putting around town which kind of sucks. Best it's ever done all highway is 20.