Man, they really make you suffer for it.
In this instance, “they” refers to the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles team that inserted a line from Metallica in the ongoing peep show that is the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon’s teaser campaign. Sigh…
Besides a quote from the most cheesily overused song in the automotive playlist, there’s a technical tidbit to be found in the latest release that sheds a whole lot of light on how the Demon will top its Hellcat sibling in terms of power output.
This antisocial, one-seater Challenger variant sucks a whole lot of air.
No one wants to be the smallest in the room, and with the Demon, Dodge should have no worries about its status in the domestic performance landscape. Well, the factory landscape, anyway. We’ve been promised more power than a Hellcat — 757 hp, if a less-than-subtle clue pans out — but FCA wasn’t willing to divulge details until now.
To help the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 breathe better, FCA has outfitted the Demon with what it claims is “the largest functional ‘Air Grabber’ cold air intake hood ever installed on a production vehicle.” That’s 45 square inches of nostril. The model also gains a larger airbox, low-restriction air filter and the Hellcat’s Air Grabber headlamps to help stuff as much outside atmosphere into the engine as possible.
FCA claims the Demon’s inlet air temperature is 30 degrees lower than that of a Hellcat. As cooler, denser air equals moar power, each Demon detonation will translate into improved grunt. It’s not known what other power-generating tricks FCA might have up its sleeve.
Mercifully, all will be revealed at the New York International Auto Show in April, There, we’ll learn just how many of these stripped-down road and track machines FCA plans to build.
[Images: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles]
So if there’s smoke over the hood does that mean it’s AWD? Or that it caught on fire?
Hmm…gotta wonder if you ever had a RWD car that could do a gnarly burnout. Trust me, the smoke goes everywhere.
Well usually you want a quick getaway after the crime, can’t stick around for pictures.
Probably needs solid axles at both ends so it won’t explode at Target.
That would be interesting…
Makes me want to look up what the Veyron differential physically looks like.
It means…MOAR SMOKE!!!!
They’re actually transitioning it to a FWD platform for better handling in the snow.
The torque steer is strong enough to rip your arm off and beat you over the head with it.
Smokey burnout with a bit of tailwind.
Sure looks like a second headrest on the passenger side.
Yep I saw that too.
30 degrees cooler is pretty signification so there is more going on here then just a scoop.
Yep, came here to say that.
Over at Allpar some one confirmed that the seat delete is part of a performance option.
Wow. 757HP. Really? With the reputation of FCA in consideration, I can say: The Ron Jeremy of cars.
The more FCA leaks, the less I care.
Why does FCA think I care about their trinket for diaper-wielding sixtysomething guys whose wives no longer put out and whose idea of a car accessory is a time out doll?
Who said FCA thinks you care? Or, for that matter, cares whether or not you care.
Well, they are shoving some kind of marketing in my face practically every time I read a car website. Most cars get one, maybe two teasers. This is like #15 for this thing. By now, the people with time out dolls already know about it, and the people without them are getting sick of it.
757 HP is a big number but the blown 6.2L ( not including the volume of the blower ) is a big engine. Extrapolated downward you get a blown 1.2L engine producing 151 HP. Not really amazing.
What happened to BTSR ? I haven’t checked in for awhile.
He was appointed ambassador to HELLCAT and hasn’t been seen since.
No BTSR, no Bark, just a whole lot of vanilla to go along with the mouthy wannabe antifa types.
No false modesty, now, mtmmo.
When purebreds like you came aboard TTAC was able to dispense with those who were only recreationally moronic.
Wasn’t there a school film-strip about the dangers of recreational moronicy?
You could always rage quit like Whiskey did. mtmmo.
And offer still stands on the ex…want her phone number? You two would be a fab couple…like a scene out of “From Justin to Kelly”.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.
Rage against the Machine.
I guess I’ll have a beer with Nietzsche, then…
That which does not keg you makes you lager.
No BTSR. Good.