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It's Thursday morning, which means we have more news on the upcoming Dodge Demon, the pumped-up Challenger Hellcat variant that's looking to cause mayhem at a drag strip near you. This week's video, "Third Law," shows the Demon's revised suspension in action and displays another one of SRT's cryptic messages.
Dodge claims that the 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8 in the Hellcat twins is compromised because it's fitted to a car that needs to be comfortable on the street in addition to a performer on the drag strip. Not so with the Demon, as Dodge says the car is "designed to be highly competent in all drive modes and configurations," including the all-new Drag Mode. Dodge says details about the new mode will trickle out over the next few weeks, but all the info this week focused on suspension.
The "Third Law" in this week's title refers to Isaac Newton and motion: "When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body." We're not sure what Newton would have thought seeing the sidewall wrinkling Nitto NT05R drag radials in action, but he'd probably have a reaction of some sort himself.
An ideal suspension setup for the drag strip makes for a poor setup on the road. As Dodge puts it, the "old school" way to set up a drag car was to "get the quickest reacting springs upfront, the softest rebound front shocks that wouldn't restrict the springs' reaction, remove any restrictions (sway bar) and increase the compression of the rear shocks." This would give a car great front to rear weight transfer but made for very poor lateral direction control, meaning minor corrections were difficult. The Demon's Drag Mode will use electronics to give the car the best combination of launch and lateral stability.
Dodge listed some of the parts to help aid in this goal. They also gave us a few equations that we can't make sense of. Let us know if you have any clues.
Hardware:
35 percent lower rate front springs/28 percent lower rate rear springs
75 percent lower rate hollow front sway bar/44 percent lower rate rear sway bar
Drag-tuned Bilstein Adaptive Damping Shocks
Software:
Rear = F/F and Front = F/S
F/F – F/S maintained @ wide open throttle (WOT)
F/F – F/F < WOT
Traction control disabled/ESC maintained
Result:
13.5=575@500
Wtf does that mean?
That better be the black key!the word is 13.5lbs of boost, 575tq@500rpm.
the word is 13.5lbs of boost, 575tq@500rpm.
A little early for sarcasm perhaps?? Basically 600 ft lbs of torque at idle and your acting like that's crappy?
the word is 13.5lbs of boost, 575tq@500rpm.
Agreed! And doesn't really make sense. It cant be making 13.5psi at idle, and it's basically been figured to have almost 20psi by everybody.... so....i almost think that's too simple.
Why would i want a smaller dick?Makes your penis 13.5 inches?
Why would i want a smaller dick?
well played sirFor the speed and comfort. I agree our penises are maxed due to owning srt4s in the past but the wind drag is getting ridiculous. It's time to down size
When did [MENTION=340]Eagle[/MENTION] start working for Dodge's ad department?