Another Thursday means more Demon propaganda from the horsepower fetishists at Dodge. This time, it’s about the ultra Challenger’s new Drag mode and adaptive suspension.
Compared with the Challenger SRT Hellcat, the Demon’s adaptive Bilstein dampers are “drag tuned,” which in the racing community means they are designed to maximize load transfer to the rear axle during a hole shot by limiting rebound on the front axle. They’ll work in concert with what we assume is an upgraded launch-control system meant to kill every rear-wheel-drive competitor on a quarter-mile. Fiat Chrysler included a few other cryptic details that may refer to Drag mode’s launch characteristics (disabling traction control, keeping stability control), but we’re not attempting to decode them until we hear more. Or, you can try cracking the “13.5 = 575 @ 500” formula in the smoke cloud above.
To launch even harder than a Hellcat, the Demon employs spring rates that are 35 percent lower at the front and 28 percent lower out back. Anti-roll bars tone it down, too, with a 75 percent lower rate up front (a lighter, hollow piece, by the way) and a 44 percent reduction for the rear. More details will trickle out in yet another video that we ultimately have no choice about covering and you cannot resist watching.
We are fairly confident the Photoshopped “815” marking on the Demon’s sidewall means this drag-ready Challenger will make 815 horsepower. Which means our earlier wild-ass speculation isn’t so wild.
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