[Jim Doran]

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...think-we-know/

It'll be more than 200 lbs. lighter than the regular Hellcat; someone with knowledge of the Demon project that the car will offer the option of ditching the rear seat and spare tire, as well as the front passenger seat, in order to shave weight. Our source tells us that, in order to get a Demon that's 200 lbs. lighter than the regular Challenger SRT Hellcat, you'll have to be very particular about which options you choose—meaning that not every Demon will be two C-notes lighter than the similar Hellcat.

The Demon has "the largest functional 'Air Grabber' cold air intake hood ever installed on a production vehicle, measuring more than 45 square inches,"

Demon will be the first factory production car fitted with drag radial tires, and mama mia are they some big'uns: 315/40R18 Nitto NT05Rs, front and rear, the closest thing you can get to a drag racing slick while still having enough tread to be street legal

Dodge gave the Demon a liquid-to-air charge air cooler. But that's not all: In Drag mode, the Demon uses the air conditioning system to chill the charge air cooler. It's a world-first feature in a production car, and Dodge says it can achieve a reduction in intake air temperature of up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Dodge says it's "enough to make the engine perform like it is running in the cold Alaskan air, even after a day of runs down the strip on a hot summer day.

Dodge announced that the SRT Demon will come from the factory equipped with a trans brake, a device that lets automatic-transmission drag cars explode off the line on launch.

super-Hellcat's infotainment system can display the car's real-time horsepower and torque output, with data logging to track power improvements from modifications (including from Mopar Direct Connection Performance Parts). It can also display intercooler coolant temp (shown above), as part of the car's After Run Chiller—the first production car that keeps the coolant fan and intercooler pump running after engine shutdown to properly cool the supercharger system.

7:57. That number has appeared in previous Demon teasers, leading us to believe the car offers 757 horsepower in at least one of its drive modes. Is that the max? We can't be sure just yet,

[goatless]

You buying one for Jimmy?

[The Champ]

So this Challenger Hellcat will be 200 pounds lighter than the normal Hellcat.

That means it's still well over 2 tons...

"the 6.2’s iron block contributes to putting nearly 57 percent of the Hellcat’s 4493-pound curb weight on its front wheels."

The ZL1 Camaro is nearly 400 pounds lighter and will actually outperform this Demon Hellcat.

"That exhaustive development was applied to some of the most astonishing hardware extant. It's magnetorheological dampers take their cues from sensors that read the road 1000 times per second; an electronically controlled limited-slip differential shuffles torque between the rear wheels with computer precision; and a wet-sump variant of the LT4 supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 delivers incredible thrust.

Imagine a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that can corner, a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 with an additional 124 horsepower, and a BMW M4 with even better steering. The Camaro ZL1 is all of these things and more."