Well things have gotten a little weird with the latest release of Dodge Challenger Demon news from Chrysler. The car will have drag radials on it, pretty big ones at 315mm width. That’s the fun news. The weird part is that they are on all four corners. We’re totally not getting that part and the fact that they used a Nitto drag radial. The world of drag racing, at least serious drag racing, defaults to Mickey Thompson when the words” drag radial” are spoken aloud. The tires are “Demon” branded so perhaps that was the swing vote, their ability to do the special run of logo tires. Who knows.
We also see for the first time a fairly clear shot of the car from the back where the fender flares are present. It looks pretty mean with the 315s under it, we’re just not really getting why it will have drag radials on all four corners. Obviously the car is not all wheel drive. Obviously this thing is a drag race inspired machine, and obviously Chrysler is not really thinking that the autocross course is part of the program here, so what gives? Maybe it will be delivered with front runners and narrow wheels in the trunk? We can guess anyway.
IF (and that is a big IF) the sound in this video is the actual sound of the car, everyone has missed a huge clue to this point. The stock Hellcat has a little blower whine but not much. This car? This thing has a TON. What does that mean? We think it means that you will see a 2.9 or 4.0L Whipple blower on the engine of the Demon. It sounds all the world like a Whipple blower making the noise and either of those two sized superchargers would be a huge leap up in performance over the stock Hellcat piece.
Lastly there is an Easter Egg of some kind hiding in the cryptic numbers on the license plate. We have no idea what it is but someone out there may. The numbers speak to the cost of a set of Mopar bare casting pro stock cylinder heads, but there is no way that those heads would be on this car. What do you think?
HERE’S THE RELEASE FROM CHRYSLER AND THE VIDEO –
January 26, 2017 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Where there’s smoke, there’s tire. This fact will be confirmed when the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon roars into its New York City debut in April, ahead of the New York International Auto Show.
The third teaser video, unlocked January 26, reveals that the Challenger SRT Demon rolls on upgraded lightweight 18 x 11-inch wheels and “Demon Branded” 315/40R18 Nitto NT05R tires front and rear, making Demon the first-ever factory production car built with drag radials. The new “Demon Branded” Nitto NT05R drag radial tires were specifically designed and developed exclusively for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon using a new compound and specific tire construction.
The new Challenger Demon wide-body is laser clearanced, and the entire chassis is e-coated for durability before final assembly.
The combination of the 11-inch-wide wheels, high-profile drag radials and integrated fender flares adds 3.5 inches to the overall width of the Challenger SRT Demon for an intimidating, purposeful stance.
Fans should visit www.ifyouknowyouknow.com to binge on the 27-second “Wide Body” video multiple times, along with other teaser videos, to learn about what’s next from Dodge and SRT.
Our story so far:
Leading up to the New York reveal, Dodge is launching its first-ever pre-debut video teaser campaign, including a new website www.ifyouknowyouknow.com, where fans and followers can get weekly updates, download sharable content and gain insight into the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon’s engineering prowess.
Videos released so far:
In the coming weeks, Dodge will continue to bring fans and followers in on more details by slowly peeling away layer upon layer of the new Challenger SRT Demon via video shorts that highlight the engineering that has gone into its development.
All videos in the series will be featured at www.ifyouknowyouknow.com. A countdown clock tells viewers when the next installment will be uncaged. The final chapter arrives when the Challenger SRT Demon is revealed in New York City, prior to the New York International Auto Show.
Dodge is promoting the teaser campaign on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social media pages, directing fans to www.ifyouknowyouknow.com and encouraging them to use the hashtag #DodgeDemon.
I don’t understand with putting DR’s on the front tires unless they plan on making it AWD. They are already making a AWD Challenger now so why not make the Demon the same.
I’d imagine it’s the immense cost of engineering and manufacturing an AWD system that could live with this much power and still be reliable.
I’m not understanding how #2576@35 relates to a price in anyway. I’m thinking supercharger displacement@ manifold pressure. Somewhat resembles camshaft specs, but those are typically at 50 — not 35?
i must be bored trying to solve the # game. not sure how this plays into it but the numbers are there
http://www.kylesconverter.com/power/atmospheres–cubic-centimeter-per-second-to-horsepower#2576
Pause the video at 16 seconds. Does it look like 2 sets of burnout marks or not? Like, front and rear wheels? There are obviously the three dark lines going straight, but there appears to be a lighter set of angled burn out marks under them.
A Syclone owner would have thought of that, huh…
Makes an interesting point. I think I see \’em too, if it\’s not from some previous run. With the AWD deal mostly engineered and the market for big-dollar Challengers proven and then some, could it be?
Jalopnik comments have been all over the its-gonna-corner-like-shit with drag radials on both ends. A few years ago the editor of PHR put Nitto drag radials on both ends of his barge Chevelle and cleaned up at an autocross. I think it\’ll be fine.
It could be thrust @ 350 km/h in Newtons. If you work backwards based off those numbers, current Hellkitty trans and rear end and the tire size it would be doing 217 mph @ 6087 RPM while producing 785hp/679 lb-ft.
2576 #/hr at 35 psia of manifold pressure works out to something like 1300 CFM at atmospheric conditions. That sounds about right for an engine that is supposed to exceed 707hp.
Its the CFM and Max PSI for the supercharger, You’re welcome….
Lighter weight and AWD would be hard to pull off. So would selling an AWD system with a warranty on a car with way over 700hp. If thats what it is then it will be a monster.
I’m going with awd.
2576@35 is the load rating on the tires.
I would guess 2576cc at 35% overdriven.
As far as AWD if you look at the transparent picture in the reduction video it doesn’t have AWD there, it would also be hard to make the car 200 pounds lighter as it says while also adding the 300 pounds worth of front diff, driveline, transfercase ect.