2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Reveal

[pontiacgp]

Ford was smart and realistic with the Super Snake, they knew the people who bought a 725 hp car the car would be abused so they offered no warranty.

 

[L67ss]

Ford was smart and realistic with the Super Snake, they knew the people who bought a 725 hp car the car would be abused so they offered no warranty.

Those should have come with a spare paint matched front cap 😉

 

[pontiacgp]

this isn't the first time dodge has build a drag car and the 68 Dart came with no warranty..and I like the old version better

http://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/car-features/muscle-cars-you-should-know-1968-dodge-hemi-dart
super-stock

 

[Bar50]

I am just saying, I have been road racing, it was more fun and easier to compete with motorcycles.... drag racing is as American as apple pie. I do not now, nor will I ever care what kind of skid pad times or lap times a car will lay down. That is totally personal. If I could have a weekend warrior version that is stretch legal...I want one. Just prefer a GM.

 

[jiho]

Nhra legal cage can be built for under $1k

Someone who shells out for one of these babies off the showroom floor (so to speak) is going to immediately start cutting into it and hacking a roll cage into it ....

 

[MrSony]

So it's "a purpose made drag car," except not quite, because to get the advertised ETs you need thousands of dollars more in third-party equipment, which is not well suited to the street use the car is actually sold for. And then there's insurance.

EDIT: And then toss in the warranty, as pontiacgp just noted.

Not to get the advertised ETs. It runs 9s stock off the showroom floor. You need a 1200ish dollar cage to be NHRA legal. That's it.

 

[MrSony]

Someone who shells out for one of these babies off the showroom floor (so to speak) is going to immediately start cutting into it and hacking a roll cage into it ....

The hell did you think was going on in the 60s? People have been doing that since the dawn of the automobile. Buy new car, drive it for a while, want to go faster. Instead of buying something else, mod what you got. It's not a hard concept to grasp.

 

[MrSony]

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Someone who shells out for one of these babies off the showroom floor (so to speak) is going to immediately start cutting into it and hacking a roll cage into it ....

And you don't have to do anything to the car. IF you want to run in the 9s, yes. Add a cage. If you want to drive it as is, that's fine too.

 

[pontiacgp]

Not to get the advertised ETs. It runs 9s stock off the showroom floor. You need a 1200ish dollar cage to be NHRA legal. That's it.

They do that with sticky tires on a sticky drag strip track and put those numbers up against a Telsa that did their 0-60 on the street in street tires. If you read about the Demon it will not be a very streetable car and only 3300 will be made. I wonder how many Grand Cherokees will be made with the 707 hp engine

 

[olds307 and 403]

. FCA's warranty for all models – meaning the new Alfas, Challengers and Chargers, including those of the Hellcat variety and other SRT models – states in oversized bold text: "Racing Not Covered." Under that heading the paragraph reads, "Your warranties don't cover the costs of repairing damage or conditions caused by racing, nor do they cover the repair of any defects that are found as the result of participating in a racing event."

Unfortunately this is also true for almost any of the aftermarket parts for our old cars if we use them for racing. Either void or cut back to 90 days, if they catch you.