There are some things the Dodge Challenger Demon is good at. Then there are things that the Dodge Challenger Demon is great at. Considering that it has 840 horsepower at its disposal, you’d think that it’d be the perfect car to do burnouts and go drifting in. Oil company Pennzoil seems to think so, too, and was actually front and center in unleashing the Demon’s drifting abilities in a video called “Exorcising the Demon.”
Clever titles aside, the video is as good as it gets in terms of showcasing the Challenger Demon’s capabilities. Sure, we know it to be a juggernaut of acceleration and a monster on the drag strip. But what happens when you put it in an urban setting like a night in Pittsburgh, ask rallycross star Rhys Millen to drive it, and let it run loose? You get what can best be described as a two-and-a-half-minute highlight reel of the Challenger Demon doing anything from burnouts to donuts and everything else in between. Throw in some special effects to highlight the muscle car’s earthquake-inducing, torque-tactic acceleration and you have as good a promotional video for the Challenger Demon as anything Dodge has released before it.
The treatment of the video is exceptional in it of itself. The cinematography captures the grittiness of the Steel City, serving as the perfect backdrop for a car like the Challenger Demon to run roughshod over. And like any video these days that’s worth its salt, the ending of “Exorcising the Demon” essentially serves as a teaser for what’s to come next. I’m not going to spoil the surprise at the end because it’s definitely worth waiting for.
2018 Dodge Demon Specifications
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ENGINE |
SUPERCHARGED 6.2-LITER HEMI DEMON V-8 |
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Availability |
Standard on Challenger SRT Demon |
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Type and Description |
90-degree V-type, liquid-cooled |
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Displacement |
370 cu. in. (6,166 cu.cm) |
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Bore x Stroke |
4.09 x 3.58 (103.9 x 90.9) |
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Valve System |
Pushrod-operated overhead valve, 16 valves with sodium-filled exhausts and hollow stem intakes, 16 hydraulic roller lifters |
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Fuel Injection |
Sequential, multiport, electronic, returnless |
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Construction |
Deep-skirt cast-iron block with cross-bolted main bearing caps, aluminum alloy heads with hemispherical combustion chambers |
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Compression Ratio |
9.5:1 |
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Power (estimated SAE net) |
840 HP @ 6,300 RPM (Direct Connection Performance Engine Controller and high-octane unleaded fuel) |
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Torque (estimated SAE net) |
770 LB-FT @ 4,500 RPM (Direct Connection Performance Engine Controller and high-octane unleaded fuel) |
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Max. Engine Speed |
6,500 RPM |
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TRANSMISSION |
TORQUEFLITE 8HP90 EIGHT-SPEED AUTOMATIC |
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Availability |
Standard |
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Availability |
Adaptive electronic control with full manual control via gear selector or paddle shifters, with three SRT-unique selectable modes: Street, Sport and Drag (features TransBrake™, rev-matching, performance shifting and gear holding feature) |
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Description |
151k |
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Torque converter |
2.3 seconds |
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0 to 60 mph |
9.65 seconds @ 140 mph |
Further Reading
Read our full review of the 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon
Read our full review on the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat
Read our full review on the standard 2015 Dodge Challenger
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