The Dodge Demon has never been slow. What happens when you remove several hundred pounds of weight?
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00:02 Yes friends, it's loud.
00:09 Hi guys, Douglas Glad from Hot Rod Magazine
00:16 and I am driving a 2018 Dodge Demon from Speed Corp.
00:20 Instead of a blower, it has twin turbos
00:26 and it makes 1200 horsepower at the wheel.
00:29 All they did is add the turbos, give it a tune,
00:33 give it some fuel system.
00:35 That's all you need to do to make 1200 horsepower.
00:37 And what's cool about the Demon is it comes with 315s
00:41 all the way around and they're drag radials
00:43 so it has some grip.
00:45 So it's not just a one trick pony
00:47 where it goes fast in a straight line.
00:49 Although it will go fast in a straight line.
00:51 1200 horsepower plus the carbon fiber lightens it up
00:55 to about 3,800 pounds.
00:57 People look, Dodge guys know.
00:58 They give you the nod, they see the Demons on the fenders.
01:02 Other people look 'cause it's loud.
01:03 Exhaust comes out the front
01:05 so you hear it coming before you see it.
01:07 It's triple black, kind of sinister.
01:10 But it drives like a real car.
01:12 Most of the time drag cars, they don't steer,
01:16 they got a spool in the back.
01:18 There's a whole bunch of sheet metal
01:19 that are throwing rocks up there.
01:21 They're loud, they're hot.
01:22 This one, not so much.
01:24 Quiet, cool, like a Challenger until you get on it.
01:28 So Speed Corp has addressed a couple of the things
01:31 people talk about when it comes to the Demon
01:34 and that's obviously making it a little lighter.
01:37 But they want Navi, they want air conditioning,
01:40 they want comfortable seats, but they want it to be light.
01:43 So it's got some carbon fiber on it.
01:45 So the final weight is about 3,800 pounds.
01:48 So you can kind of hear the engine in drag mode
01:50 because it's shifting down to a lower gear.
01:53 And you can really hear it when you get on it.
01:57 (engine revving)
01:59 All right guys, thanks for watching.
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