2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Explained

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How many of you here doubting the Demon have ever drag raced? Now how many of you have done it with a 9-second capable car?

Do you realize how damn near perfect the air and track have to be to squeeze out a 9-second pass with a car that is only 9-second capable? I don't blame Dodge one second for using the best time they were able to manage after 2,478 passes (using a random number here).

If a Demon owner can't manage at least a 10.20 out of this car in cool weather at a track like Darlington (a usually well-prepped 1/4), it's either a track or driver error.

If I was a business man with expendable Demon money, but otherwise not a car guy, I'd buy one in a second to thrash around in.

no man, apparently everyone here drag races in the 8s on a regular basis.

lolololol bet 80% of this forum hasnt seen 10s much less 9s.....
 

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Another problem is he's counting on a bad pass from the Demon to allow those supercars to be in the same ballpark at the drag strip.

Demon is the quickest production car in the 1/4 mile. Not sure how you think you can justify that it isn't.
 

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It cost money to go fast. If people have not gone that quick at the strip it's because they can't afford or don't feel like putting the money towards it. Setups are documented for modern muscle cars. Someone else did the work. You just have to open your wallet and familiarize with your car a little.
 

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Demon -9.65 1/4 mile
Porsche 911 turbo s-10.5 1/4 mile
McLaren 720-10.3 1/4 mile

Guess Dodge's claim is true. Imagine that.
 

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Run the 720s a thousand times with the intent to get the fastest time.

Do the same with the p1, 918, veyron, chiron, etc... (All production cars)

There claim is marketing shit. They knew it would sell the cars and get hype. They did awesome with it.
 

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All of your deflecting doesn't change the fact that the Demon is the quickest production car ever made. Their claim is 100% accurate. No other stock production car has ever run quicker.
 

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So number 2,3,4,5 on the list couldn't hold the designation as the quickest production car if there manufacturers cared to do have it?
 

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Dodge is the only manufacturer to ever truly ring the neck of there car in the 1/4 to get the best possible time. No other manufacturer has cared.

I'm looking forward to customer times in stock for and with the after market mods and race gas tune provided by Dodge at purchase.
 

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So number 2,3,4,5 on the list couldn't hold the designation as the quickest production car if there manufacturers cared to do have it?

The Tesla, at one time, was widely advertised as the quickest accelerating production car ever. And nowhere else besides that Wikipedia article and as far as FIA is concerned, would a limited number production like the cars you are citing, be considered a production car anywhere else. Not your problem, I know, but certainly not my problem or Dodge's problem. You see?

Dodge is the only manufacturer to ever truly ring the neck of there car in the 1/4 to get the best possible time. No other manufacturer has cared.

I'm looking forward to customer times in stock for and with the after market mods and race gas tune provided by Dodge at purchase.

Insert a product in the corner of a market nobody else has seemed to pay attention to, when their current lineup is receiving near universal praise? Sounds like a good way to generate money and publicity. Shame on Dodge!
 

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The Tesla, at one time, was widely advertised as the quickest accelerating production car ever. And nowhere else besides that Wikipedia article and as far as FIA is concerned, would a limited number production like the cars you are citing, be considered a production car anywhere else. Not your problem, I know, but certainly not my problem or Dodge's problem. You see?



Insert a product in the corner of a market nobody else has seemed to pay attention to, when their current lineup is receiving near universal praise? Sounds like a good way to generate money and publicity. Shame on Dodge!


your $85,000 dodge will outrun my $1.5million Porsche 918, what a piece of shit that Dodge is!
 

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I didn't say Dodge did anything wrong, their marketing is great.

This is the stated quickest production vehicle. Outside of gross driver error this car should win every head to head against any stock car available on planet earth regardless of the price. I'm waiting for these match ups. Anything outside of a random loss here and there would discredit their claim and make you question the stipulations surrounding it.

9.65 is significantly faster than any stock car it will likely ever face. It should win every ****ing match up.
 

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I didn't say Dodge did anything wrong, their marketing is great.

This is the stated quickest production vehicle. Outside of gross driver error this car should win every head to head against any stock car available on planet earth regardless of the price. I'm waiting for these match ups. Anything outside of a random loss here and there would discredit their claim and make you question the stipulations surrounding it.

9.65 is significantly faster than any stock car it will likely ever face. It should win every ****ing match up.

what's your point....?

They clocked a 9.65 with the car.

That is the fastest a production vehicle has ever gone in the 1/4.

Period.

End of Story.

The end.

There is no arguing that point.

Do you stand outside at night and just yell at the moon?
 

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