Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

zhisel said:

I stopped listening to his shitshow awhile back, so I honestly don't know what he's said about the Demon. Nor do I care.

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MG0h3 said:

Pretty cool!

How do other manufacturers calculate 0-60? I know they use the tires the car comes with but are they on a prepped track or street somewhere?


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GotHemi? said:

Some quotes from this allpar article... http://www.allpar.com/news/2017/04/the-2018-demon-everything-there-is-to-know-37153

"Also, while those record numbers were achieved with the skinny wheels up front and the high octane race fuel computer from the Demon crate, the numbers aren’t all that bad in the Demon’s basic form. With the stock computer system running on premium gasoline (91+) and the huge 315 Nittos up front, the new supercharged Challenger will still lift the front wheels off of the ground on launch and it will still run a 9-second quarter mile – 9.90 to be exact."

"Best of all, a Dodge representative confirmed that while the torque convertor is designed to “Stall” around 2,350rpm, launching with the stock drag radials to get the numbers mentioned above will have racers leaving the line around just 2,000rpm – so there is room to improve for those folks who swap to a full slick tire."

"While the Demon doesn’t come with a front passenger seat, a rear seat or trunk trim from the factory, buyers can add each of those items as an option for a dollar. Seriously – the front passenger seat costs $1, the back seat costs $1 and the trunk trim costs $1. That Demon Crate with the skinny front wheels, the tools, the high performance PCM, the new switch panel and a few other odds and ends also costs $1, so if you check all of the boxes for those items, it adds $4 to the final price."

"When the Demon buyer orders his or her new Mopar muscle car, that person’s name is applied to the Demon Crate which has a matching VIN to the car. This cannot be ordered blank, so dealerships will be forced to provide a name and if they just put the dealership name or a generic name – it will make the car less attractive to some buyers. With this system, dealers almost have to order the car with an actual buyer lined up, which should help curb the massive markups."

"All-wheel drive was never a consideration for the Demon. The car essentially comes with four rear tires, but having those big, sticky tires up front makes the car far safer for road use than the race skinnies. In fact, even with the smaller (than the Hellcat) front brakes, the Demon will get stopped from 60 miles per hour in just 98 feet. That is supercar-like stopping performance."

"The Demon comes with the standard FCA warranty of three-year/36,000-mile bumper to bumper coverage and five-year/60,000-mile limited powertrain coverage. This warranty covers problems which occur on the dragstrip, even when running on 100-octane fuel, but it only covers the car in stock form. Any aftermarket engine tuning, adding nitrous, swapping to a smaller pulley or other power-adding goodies will impact the warranty, but in bone-stock form, damage which occur at your local test-n-tune should be covered. In other words, the Demon is literally a 9.65 quarter mile car with a drivetrain warranty."




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capnkirk52 said:

Cool car. They went all out on this project!

Didn't someone put skinnies and drag radials on a stock Eco-Boost Mustang and lift the front tires? I dunno if it was a magazine or a shop car.

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Silverstrike said:

I'll take this a step further and say 85% of these probably will never even see any pavement beneath their tires, as all of them are going to be in climate controlled garages with only 5 to 35 miles on them.

But yes got to love spending stupid money on a banned car at all dragstrips/ tracks. Now to see if Fiat, Chrysler abysmal reliability raises it's head on these or not and see just how many recalls and fixes it'll need in the next 5 years.

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ON D BIT said:

Good read: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...mons-details-dodges-terrifying-car/100368350/

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earl lee said:

The question now is how many runs did Dodge make to get that 1/4 mile time. It seems it was done in the fall at a track in FL last year.

Was this an easy run or an "hero" run?

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black99lightnin said:

I had read on HotRod when they did their reveal it was $85K. Now I can't find that anywhere.

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Jefe said:

Here are the full specs on the Demon: http://www.hellcat.org/attachments/2018_dg_challenger-srt-demon_overview-pdf.175873/

Red Key on pump gas is 808HP/717TQ and it will run 9.90@130. The crate, PCM and race gas gets you 840hp for $1. Thats how they run 2.3s 0 to 60 and 9.65@140mph.

With the entire drivetrain beefed up, a smaller pulley and nitrous should put this thing well over 1,000rwhp and easily in the 8s

Hopefully they make some of these Demon options orderable. 2 step, transbrake, intake chiller, etc

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Steve@TF said:

while its not marketed towards me nor would i have any desire to buy one as a car guy i think its cool as shit and much respect to dodge for doing it. id be more than happy with a hellcat challenger to drive around town!

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spitin venom said:

To bad Dodge didn't put an ecoboost v6 in it.

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black99lightnin said:

That motor is reserved for supercars and the next gen GT500.

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