Dodge Challenger SRT Demon's Launch-Friendly Upgrades Detailed
Here it is, Dodge Challenger SRT Demon teaser number six. With 14 videos in total we’re almost at the half-way point, and this later one is all about how the Demon will be a hero when it comes to launches. No Metallica lyrics are involved this time though, I’m afraid.
We already know the Demon will get fat 315-section drag radials front and rear, but now Dodge has revealed the Demon will also be given an upgraded torque converter for its eight-speed automatic gearbox with a higher stall speed, plus a 3.09 final drive ratio, compared to 2.62 on the Hellcat. In other words, top speed is sacrificed for acceleration.
Dodge says the changes make for an 18 per cent increase in converter torque multiplication and an 18 per cent increase in rear axle multiplication, while also noting that the Demon has a 15 per cent larger contact patch and twice the grip. Bear all that in mind, and you’re looking at a car which will “generate more than 35 percent higher launch force” compared to a Hellcat, before factoring in whatever else might be revealed in the next eight teasers.
Once the teasing’s all done and dusted, the car will be revealed in full at the New York Auto Show.
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35 percent higher launch force then the Hellcat? 35 percent more tires shredded when you reach 60mph…
Yeah, 35 percent is very little if you began with nothing
35 upvotes now lol
third! ill lead myself out
The only thing you’ll be leading is amount of dislikes:D
I wonder what would happen when it rains tho
Burnout to dry it out 😎
Breaking news:
Tyres have been spotted trying to escape from service centres around the world when someone nearby says “Demon”
#spotted
You win 😂
Shouldn’t this be “Braking News”? xD
If thing thing doesn’t run 10’s in the quarter, dodge will have failed at life
If this thing doesn’t do low 9’s i’d be disappointed. Seriously, 35% more efficient launch control, probably somewhere in the region of 800-1000 HP, 315 drag radials and lighter, if only slightly, than a hellcat? If you do a little digging you can find videos of stock hellcats on drag radials doing around 10.4 on the strip, this thing should absolutely demolish that.
Why are there two seats in that one pic?
The other seats can be added back.