Join me for a full video review of the all-new 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170! The Dodge Demon 170 packs 1,025 horsepower and 945 lb-ft of torque through its 6.2L V8 and a modified 3.0L Supercharger. This is the first factory muscle car to run E85 to increase horsepower! On E10, the Demon 170 produces 900 horsepower and 810 lb-ft of torque. Equipped with Mickey Thompson ET Street Rs and TransBrake 2.0, this Challenger hits a 8.91s 1/4 mile at 151.17 mph. The question is, will this be the ultimate muscle car of all time? I get behind the wheel!
Challenger SRT Demon 170 will be available at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $96,666 (excluding destination and fees) - Dodge / Stellantis Official
00:00 I've got the keys! 01:00 Horsepower Wars 02:43 Front Design Changes 05:45 Engine Upgrades 08:57 Exterior and Tires 12:30 Drivetrain Upgrades 16:00 Interior Changes 21:00 First Start 21:43 New Racing Software 29:18 First Drive 38:26 Final Impressions
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well this is it the last call is finally
here in front of me is the Dodge Demon
170 the fastest production car you can
buy down the quarter mile no it's not an
exotic car it's not a Bugatti Veron or
an electric vehicle accelerating that
fast this is a Dodge Challenger today
we're going to find out what has been
changed from an engineering point of
view and then we're going to see what
it's like to drive I'm very excited
about this my friend just took delivery
of this Dodge Demon 170 in front of me
make sure to follow him on social media
I'll have his info in the description
down below and floating on the screen
right now but let me give you a tour of
the vehicle let's pop the hood and then
get inside to see what it's like is it
the best muscle car of all time I can't
wait to find out so we need to talk
about what this vehicle means as you
guys know I think Dodge really kicked
off The Ultimate Muscle Car horse power
race between them and Ford even uh Chevy
with their Camaro because if you look
back to around what 2014 2013 you had
the 660 horsepower GT500 then Dodge made
the 707 horsepower Dodge Challenger
helicat flash forward through all the
years these Brands really went head on
against each other it seemed like the
greatest time to be a muscle car
Enthusiast right we have the 760
horsepower Shelby GT500 and then Dodge
also came out with the Dodge Demon back
in 2018 or so which was a 9se second4
mile muscle car with a factory trans
break and drag strip technology to
maximize StraightLine acceleration they
were the king they still are the king of
the drags strip they're going all out
for the muscle car scene of raw power
and straight line performance versus
what Ford and Chevy are trying to do to
create more of a European inspired
American muscle car meant for the
corners since we're going all to EV all
electric we have to make one final send
off a last call for enthusiasts to get a
piece of History a piece of IC internal
combustion engine powered muscle cars
that can take down the electric vehicles
so this can go down the drag strip in
8.9 1 seconds at
15117 mph blows my mind that's faster
than really anything else down the drag
strip so I can't wait to see videos of
this going against like Tesla plaids
this has got
1,025 horsepower so let's start off with
the front end of the vehicle it's a
familiar place when you're looking at
Dodge Challengers but they've changed
quite a few things here Gary actually
did put on the Black Edition painted a
front hood panel which is a couple extra
thousand I'll put over the screen right
now I do know that you can get both the
hood and the roof line both with the
black uh painted finish for extra money
on top of that for a starting price of a
little over
$100,000 and then maxed out close to $1
130 plus th000 it's actually not that
bad when you consider how expensive a
lot of these American performance cars
are getting the Kingpin Mustang now the
Mustang GTD is a $300 plus th000 Ford
Mustang yet this is going to be much
faster down the uh the drag strip of
course and it's got more power 1025
horsepower on
E85 interestingly though with that power
output on ethanol it will actively
adjust to the percentage of ethanol
content you have to give you a different
horsepower output so if you roll up to
the gas station and put in California 91
octane it's going to be able to read
that it doesn't have a certain
percentage of ethanol combined with the
fuel so it will limit the power down
standard on E10 it'll be around 900
horow with torque you're getting
945 uh pound feet of torque which is
incredible for for a vehicle like this
is not a truck you know some trucks can
get a th000 pound feet of torque this is
not a truck this is a muscle car so all
that torque is going to propel you right
out of the Dig now let's talk even
further about the air flow going on at
the front end of this vehicle this is
the air Grabber hood that you actually
originally saw with the Dodge Demon the
first generation model grabbing all that
air flow I'm also a fan of the air
catcher headlights right here that's
going to be feeding more air flow
straight from the front fascia through
this hollowed out headlight it's really
cool finding the ways manufacturers and
Engineers figure out to maximize air
flow because airf flows everything
especially for the cooling factor of
this engine one funny thing though is
you still have the typical designed
front splitter down below that you've
seen with uh the Hellcat red eyes in the
past thankfully though the owner has
pulled off the yellow tape that you
sometimes get in the corners because I
think everyone always uh has a good
laugh about that it's good I guess you
want to protect it for shipping right
but on the street go on pull that tape
off and enjoy the mean menacing look of
that black uh plastic it looks like
finished front splitter down below
bringing in all those that that air flow
towards the intakes and also the center
cooling system right here in the middle
Behind These massive grills it's meshing
it's all about air flow to be able to
feed that much air and combust that much
fuel to get this to produce 1,25
horsepower let me go ahead and pop the
hood actually I'm a big fan of the laser
etched alcohol injected badge right here
on the hood to show off what is
happening here okay so popping the hood
to the the Dodge Challenger demon 170
here we go guys lifting up the hood this
is such a cool place to be not only
because you have all the cool Easter
eggs like the demon 170 badge right
there on top of the supercharger but
they've changed quite a lot under here
so this is the best technology they have
yet in an official muscle car so right
away most of the primary engine
components have been upgraded the cam
shaft has stayed the same that not
changed the 3 l supercharger has been
modified you have a new 3.02 in Pulley
with it as well in a larger um snout
with throttle body assembly so
altogether again it's about upgrading
the internals to be able to handle that
flex fuel type where you can put on the
ethanol uh mixture or the normal
gasoline mixture to make it adapt and go
really fast they need to find out a way
to sell this with a warranty so I would
bet the internals don't qu quote me
though I would bet the internals on this
engine could probably take even more
power because usually what you find with
manufacturers is that they can give you
let's say 1,25 horsepower or even with
Ford in their GT500 you have 760
horsepower uh usually the engines can
handle more but they have to dial it
down a little bit because they need to
sell this with a warranty or these
things could blow essentially over time
one unique feature that I believe uh
Dodge with their SRT brand is the only
one that has this they can actually use
the uh AC to cool the supercharger
intercooler meaning you can use and
divert the air flow instead of cooling
yourself down let's cool down the actual
Workhorse not not you not the one
sitting in the driver's seat relaxing
let's let cool down the whole
supercharger assembly with the
intercooler they can do that with a
switch of button which is fantastic uh
to hear I love seeing how this air
Grabber Hood actually feeds air directly
to the right right here with this big
air filter it's enclosed a closed box
for the airf flow coming in now to
produce 1,000 horsepower it's not only
about pulling in as much air as possible
towards the engine block itself to cool
it down or even internally but also you
need to get more fuel consumption
rolling in to be able to combust and
make all the power happen so they've
upgraded the fuel rails you have brand
new high flow uh fuel rails for the
engine block itself it actually is able
to push through 164 Gall of fuel per
hour at Max throttle which is more um
fuel than your average US showerhead can
actually um exert with water during your
time taking a shower underneath the hood
you'll find your last call plaque which
actually tells you where the vehicle was
designed that being Auburn Hills
Michigan and assembled in Bramton
Ontario okay here comes the scary part
lowering the hood on the Dodge uh
Challenger demon 170 I get nervous when
I have to drop the hoods of these muscle
cars because you're supposed to actually
drop it from a height and I get kind of
freaked out when it slams down but it's
meant to do it so let's do it right now
and it worked just fine when you look at
production numbers just 3,000 of these
will be here in America and 300 will
actually be arriving in Canada that
means a total production run of 3,300
Dodge Challenger demon 170 so if you can
find one I'd recommend getting one now
because they're committed to making this
for one year only they're not going to
be bringing it back in a year from now
and extending it a long ways down the
road if you're a collector hey this
could be a really good proposition
because as you know the vehicles that
hold their value usually are the ones
that are numbered and they've explicitly
stated how many they're making so just
3,000 in America I think these are going
to be pretty sought after let's talk
about what's changed on the side of the
vehicle it's similar to the previous
hellcast and even the demon but they've
changed a few things to maximize
performance namely right here on the
front fender there's no more wide body
they're actually saving 16 PBS by
removing the Hellcat wide body up front
even the demon wide body you think about
it there's no real need for a wide body
in the front end of the vehicle because
you don't need extremely wide tires up
there the the tires doing all the work
for the traction are going to be the
rear it's not like you're steering left
or right on the front end either for the
track it's meant to maximize that weight
transfer from the front to the back to
get the acceleration going forward so
the rear end is what it's all about the
rear suspension everything has been
maximized and revised to give you more
traction in the back especially with the
weight transfer from the front to the
back with the rebound and compression so
let's talk a bit more about these tires
coming up closer these are Mickey
Thompson ET Street RS you have them both
on the front and back this is an 18-in
wheel up front and a 17-in wheel
Outbacks if I go more to the left it's
incredible to see the contact patch
because this 315 by 50 x 17 you won't
find on any other production car at
least with Mickey Thompson ET Street RS
for the caliper system you do have a
four piston brake caliper up front
you're not chasing lap time so there no
need to break EX extremely hard this
four piston brake setup should do the
job just fine for going down the drag
strip at 151 mph interestingly you get a
little piece of factory ppf right here
this film you see the seamline to
protect the side of your widebody Fender
from getting Rock chips from the front
end so yes there's Factory ppf not only
right here but behind your rear tires as
well to protect the paint it's a pretty
cool brag and right the Dodge team has
now with this vehicle because able to
take down what everyone thinks the
fastest cars on the drag strip that
being electric vehicles with a gas
powerered muscle car it's the ultimate
bragging right isn't it to save weight
you also have the interior seats pulled
out for the standard model in total you
are saving about
157 lbs versus a normal Hellcat widebody
which is that's a ton you can get the
optional carbon fiber wheels for almost
$122,000 it's like
$1,995 incredible how much money they
are uh they're going to be a two-piece
carbon fiber wheel something I haven't
really seen yet in the industry usually
I find the one piece Carbon wheels from
for example carbon Revolution uh I've
had those on a few cars of mine like the
C8 ZO6 even the GT500 a lot of like the
Ferraris now are getting that option I
love seeing Dodge exploring in the wheel
sector because that's rotational mass
and that saves weight even further
instead of pulling off panels and
turning them into carbon fiber
rotational Mass helps you more because
it's actually a moving weight of inertia
that you're dealing with if you can
lower that resistance of stopping and
rolling you're good to go so in summary
then yes you still have the Y body out
back you have a suspension revised for
drag racing you have a trans brake 2.0
configuration which for from what I read
from Dodge's media site it's patent
pending so this is a technology that you
can use to really dial in your drag
racing set up for launching out of the
Dig with the torque curve so you can
dial in precisely where you want to be
at depending on how sticky and pre the
surface is down below if it's like this
where I can see little rocks and dust
move when I kick obviously you don't
want to be high in the RPM for your
trans brake setting to launch you want
to lower that to maximize the best
friction you get on this type of a
surface for a really sticky surface like
how they got the 8.91 second quarter
mile time you want to be able to max out
that trans brake setting obviously to
the best of your ability Furthermore
with the inside software you can dial in
the actual power application through the
gears going forward so the drag systems
are incredible with this vehicle and I
can't wait to show you when I get inside
but let me first wrap around to the rear
show you what's going on out here and
then let's get inside now here's where
it gets interesting because I can't
visibly show you too much other than
right away you can notice how well this
rear wing is extending a bit far out to
give you an overhang to give you more
stability for a high-speed drag pass
that's good if you notice drag cars
usually have a rear setup like this for
aerodynamics you can buy an optional
parachute that's right a parachute
Outback after the fact which is really
cool does see as an option for people to
put on if they want to get around around
that NH ban that you have because you
need a parachute to go sub n seconds and
you need a roll cage assembly which that
is also available through Dodge direct
connection after the fact let me talk
more about the rear suspension the
geometry what what has happened because
to be able to put down all that power
you would think I'm going to break
something right it's going to break
something's going to snap well they've
actually improved a lot of the rigidity
and structure with the components
underneath all this body work so for
example the rear axle is 53% stronger
you have stronger half shafts too with
the new rear drive line setup you also
have a hot isostatic pressing setup
which stands for
hip uh even the prop shaft is
30% stronger again all these upgrades
come together to make sure this is a
platform that is to Able be utilized
effectively with a warranty getting
inside first I want to hop in the
passenger seat because there's a really
nice um do I want to call it Easter egg
I want to call it just commemorating
feature right here in front of me so
closing the passenger door directly in
front of me there is the demon badge but
it has yellow accents to highlight the
ethanol injection that you have with the
vehicle but even further to the right
you get a chass number which I love how
Dodge did this this is something more
brands should do because it lets you
look your car in the garage and go that
is number 2, let's say
900 and I'm the only one with chassis
number 2900 or I'm the only one with
chassis number 39 it makes the car more
special I think down the road because
people can write about the history about
each model or people can understand and
recognize one down the line if they sold
it nonetheless I love seeing that logo
right here on the instrument panel in
front of me the interior is actually
pretty good uh for being over $100,000
that's a lot of money you got to realize
it's a lot of money for a for a Dodge
yet I think the team knows this we don't
have the standard cloth in here which is
obviously the standard option which is
no cost
this one has the upgraded $6,000
interior it's got the red demonic
leather all throughout plus it's got
very nice Alanta on the roof line you
have the Alanta all over your head there
is one pricey option which I'm stunned
I'm stunned about I was talking with the
owner Gary and he has the option of the
$10,000 sunroof right here in the middle
I have to manually pull this back and
the sunroof above my head with my Ford
Raptor R I can't recall how much money
it was for the sunroof but I believe it
was less than half the price if not half
the price and it's massive it's on a
truck I wonder what went through Dodge's
head when they decided that should cost
$10,000 I won't I won't complain I won't
complain because I know Painis Stripes
can be $10,000 with Mustangs and let
let's just forget about that that that
didn't happen at least he can say he
ticked the boxes got all the boxes and
this is something he has and doesn't
have to worry about after the fact
getting overall it's very comfortable
with these seats they don't give you the
the greatest lateral support uh left and
right when it comes to a corner but but
you're not meant to be taking this
through the corners fast it's meant to
maximize uh straight line performance
even with the suspension calibration
same with the tires you don't want be
attacking the track with drag rles it it
doesn't work like that the side wall is
not meant for that the sidewall is meant
to be able to compress and maximize
straight line performance not the hard
stiffness of a Michelin cup too where
when you turn in it gives you the crisp
response right away of a fast turning
this won't won't be like that and it's
not supposed to be like that this has
got a mindset where it's not compromised
it's not trying to be compromised it
knows what it wants to do and it's it's
doing it better than anybody else let me
go ahead and hop in the driver's seat
and um well let's go the systems and
then take it off for a drive one other
thing I want to point out I love these
Dodge Demon logos right here on the
seats it has the 170 neck tattoo same
with the exterior badges so it's going
to be the demon face with the yellow eye
to highlight the ethanol the yellow is
pretty much the theme color for the
vehicle and then you have the 170 neck
tattoo right there to show off so check
this out you only get red keys with the
Dodge Demon
170 more of the yellow and red theme
right there in the middle let's go Ahad
and unlock it and head inside it's
already unlocked thankfully there we go
what do you think of this Interior right
here let me go ahead and shut the door
to get ready to drive away now right
there in the middle it says uh breake
plus the start button will turn on the
vehicle itself I'm a big fan of all the
Chrome or metall looking finishes all
over this steering wheel right here in
front of me you do have the standard
paddle shifters that you're used to with
the hellc cap models even the jail
brakes but looking to the right what do
you notice right here well you get tons
of carbon fiber all throughout the dash
you have a Harmon and Cardon uh sound
system for the vehicle itself I I wish
the materials were a bit higher quality
you have some Plastics around I love the
rear seat delete it's really cool to see
them save weight behind you by pulling
out those seats let me go ahead and
start up this be so we hear what it
sounds
like
wow it sounds pretty
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good I'm a really big fan of all the
carbon fiber you have down below and in
the middle this is where you'll find
your climate controls I'm going to turn
them down for now so you can hear me
better you have heat and cool Plus front
and rear defrosters on the left and then
recirculation on the right above that
this is where you'll find your
performance setting now on the left side
for the infotainment system to mute it
the middle is your hazards and then the
far right is to turn off the screen but
this middle row right here is my
favorite row because it has those drag
racing features so on the far left you
have your SRT button if I hit it it'll
enable your SRT preferences for the
modes right here you can control your
engine holding RPM so if you want to
lower it or raise it depending on the
drag surface you are currently driving
on you have that customization right
here in front of you to the left you can
control your shift lights your Chiller
feature this will use the AC controls to
cool down the supercharger intercooler
for a hot day and continuing uh runs
plus you have activation for line lock
hit this button it'll lock your front
brakes so you can spin the rear tires
freely to warm them up in the water box
section of a drag strip or if you just
want to light them up to show off what
you can do all conditions must be met
before activating a cool down let's hit
the uh system details for that so this
will show us the I temp meaning the
ambient temp the target temperature
right now it's a bit warm outside it's
cool it's 68° outside but this
technology is incredible tell me one
drag car out there that you can build
that has this level of connectivity and
features like this on a high quality
display it's incredible what you can do
with this out of the box but if I hit
this I icon for more information race
cool down feature allows you to cool the
engine between runs with the engine off
it is optimal for cooling to keep the
hood closed the feature can be enabled
but not active if one of the main
preconditions is not met Hood a jar will
deactivate the feature but keep the
coold down timer effective it makes
sense it's trying to use the cooling
systems of the vehicle effectively let's
continue to check out the next button
which is the launch control button so
hitting that one time it says launch
control unavailable it would want your
foot all the way to the floor with the
brake and you can dial in that launch
setting again we're not going to do it
cuz we're on the street we're not on an
actual prep drag strip let's go ahead
and turn on the trans brake feature
right here so clicking it one time what
do we have going on that is cool like I
mentioned outside you can customize your
launch torque and your shift torque for
your desired uh settings you can
actually save a memory configuration on
the right side to my left we have launch
control maxed out at 2400 but I can
lower that and Watch What Happens going
straight down and then straight up high
letting you know effectively where you
will be at the second that it launches
this is incredible if I were to look at
the shift torque if I click on the right
hand side it'll show me a display per
shift and this again can be customized
for different shift events depending on
the surface it's all about managing the
relationship of friction and the power
you're putting down so the team here
they definitely know exactly what
they're talking about and let's turn
traction all the way off off huh let's
do that hold it hold it is it going to
turn off come on oh electronic stability
control is disengaged click and hold on
the trans BR info page it tells you this
allows you to configure torque delivery
while using the trans BR feature
available torque is the blue line it's
based on environmental conditions fuel
present and configured launch RPM driver
desired torque which is the red line
shows the current configuration for
launch and shift torque the lower these
curv values at each time will be
delivered three memory configurations
allow for varying conditions one can be
default for high grip one could be
medium grip and one is low grip
currently it is defaulted to the factory
settings of a is the highest grip
possible for the fastest times and then
uh C is going to be for a very low grip
drag surface with Optimum fuel ideally I
I think you'd maybe be using B the most
unless you are in the the perfect
conditions to utilize A and C shift
light is turned off let's turn the shift
light on shall we let's quickly just go
through this display you do have the SRT
Drive modes to my left you can choose
how much horsepower you have so you have
ethanol detected the red key is enabled
because this only comes with red keys
right now we have the transmission on
the street setting which you can choose
uh to put the transmission in drag mode
you can choose to put the paddle
shifters on or off you can have Street
tracks or drag traction uh Street or
drag suspension and finally Street or
drag steering very minimal with the
options here because hey they're not
worried about wet mode in this Beast for
the suspension going in drag mode it's
going to allow more for that weight
transfer to happen for the drag
transmission settings it will allow for
more of the brutal up shifts and Etc
everything changes to give you Optimum
performance with feedback for the
climate controls it's pretty standard
you have a mirror dimming feature on
also heated and cooled seats I don't
know why the heater is on cuz it's
pretty hot outside let me turn that off
let me turn on actually the vented seats
and turn off the heated steering wheel
at least if have a heated steering wheel
in a 8sec drag car that's pretty cool
isn't it you the standard AC control
systems then finally for media you can
connect with Bluetooth or you Ser your
XM I think my favorite page though is
going to be performance because you can
see in the moment where your timers are
for going uh down the drag STP you can
see where your recent test what your
best were so so far best quarter mile
has been a tra speed of 47 mph and 17
seconds yeah hasn't R it yet let's see
the G4 so this can hit over 2 G's of
acceleration specifically 2.04 G's at
maximum maximum acceleration out of the
Dig
2.4 GS this is a pretty cool circular
Optimum performance uh gauge which tells
you your power application your boost
pressure which is blue right there in
the middle so the power can be all the
way up to almost a th000 on the right
side actually past 1,000 it says
1,00 which this doesn't make 1100
horsepower but it would probably rest
right around here pretty similar to the
the dino graph which will actually be
utilized in the moment if I barely touch
the throttle see how it goes
up it's showing you what the engine
power train is actually doing finally in
front of us with this front driver
display this instrument cluster is
similar to all the other models that you
find on the streets you can go through
different driver settings in the middle
of the cluster to see uh gauges or
stored messages and uh MPG so far he's
been getting 9.4 that's not too bad but
maybe let's not stare at the gas mileage
and let's stare at the best Up
Performance settings that you have like
a speed see a battery voltage oil life
oil pressure oil temp trans temp coolant
temp tire pressure which is pretty high
you want to lower that for the drag
strip maybe around uh 18 PSI don't quote
me you have IC cool intent boost
pressure air fuel ratio then engine
power o I like that let's leave that one
on for our drive so let's pop it into
drive and let's see what it's like okay
let's do it guys let's go into drive and
I'll leave it an automatic right now
getting behind the wheel right now we
are in the 900 horsepower
calibration meaning it doesn't sense the
proper amount of E85 in the fuel mixture
to give us more power you can always
kind of hear this whine in my um you
know F-150 Raptor r with a supercharger
I don't hear the wine uh very much at
all even with my GT500 iion in the past
I didn't hear my super snake I could
hear the wine but that was with a 2014
Shelby G t500 wow those pops are really
fun to listen
to oh my
gosh
wow that sounds and that feels good let
me roll up the right window a little bit
so we can hear more of the uh exhaust
noise from the left hand side that
[Music]
wind oh that that's fun oh I love the
noise we got a hammy baby a hamy so for
having 900 horsepower this is very
streetable if I roll up the left window
yes it get dark in here so just bear
with me but just driving normally like
this the car is comfortable it's not
beating me up whatsoever let me fix the
rear mirror uh it's really not even
coming off like it's an all out race car
when I'm just smoothly driving with the
transmission um sometimes these vehicles
can feel very jumpy with the throttle
response or the braking input when you
touch the pedal it's too responsive it's
just you're feel like a flying forward
with the front end clamping down but
thankfully with this you could drive
this to cars in coffee like no problem
you can daily drive this it's not
beating me up and it's going to be like
this because to drag race you don't want
the stiff suspension possible you want a
very plush suspension that allows for
weight transfer cuz like right now I'm
at around 1,700 RPM if I barely hit the
throttle and go to let's say
[Music]
35 wow that is so fun right now it says
we're only using what 30 horsepower
[Music]
unbelievable it's just smooth it's very
smooth it's violent but it's smooth the
suspension is blowing me away right now
and then when you're ready get to the
drag strip turn on your trans breake 2.0
feature dial everything in and go for it
because literally it feels like it can
have a split personality where when you
get an ethanol injector with E85 this
thing is turning into an animal an
animal but what then when you want it to
be you know not as crazy still a demon
of course on the street hop inside put
in pump gas go to a car meet or just
drive to the drag STP it won't beat you
up that's my takeaway the technology of
how they've Blended in the fastest
performance ever yet the allaround craft
of a challenger on the street let's go
into drag
Mode Power 900 horsepower drag
transmission drag traction and drag
suspension so right away the steering
calibration has changed you see how much
input I'm giving in it's doing that
because when you're going very fast
close to 150 M hour in a quar mile drag
strip you don't want to put in any
miscalculation with the steering wheel
okay all the weight's shooting backwards
right because lifting up with the weight
transfer to gives you that front end um
lift and rear grip any let's say mess
ups that you can have with hitting the
steering wheel on accident cuz all the
g-forces that can hurt you so by
loosening up the calibration the vehicle
itself will be more stable the stability
is what it's all about for the track
what brands do is they stiffen up
electronic steering racks to also try to
reduce any um accidental inputs from
g-forces this so make makes it so that I
can turn the wheel obviously but it's
not doing much I have the wheel clocked
what five degrees and I'm I'm barely
it's just now starting to go which is
interesting I haven't seen many
calibrations like that before let me go
ahead and give it a slight just pull on
the throttle a little bit and let's
let's see how it comes together shall we
so let's
uh Wow Let's pop it into manual mode by
pushing right or left I mean on the
transmission
selector wow that's incredible
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this thing has got bunched guys it's got
punch I'm taking it very easy and when
you just hit the gas pedal at right
around 3,000 RPM you can notice the
entire vehicle just
responds so fast there's no delay
there's no delay with the power
application it's just going to be I
think a fun vehicle to cruise around sub
5,000 RPM sub 4,000 RPM because you just
hear that whistle that whine at all
times and obviously we're not going to
do anything crazy we're on the street
this is this can go up to 150 M an hour
in about 9 seconds it's unbelievable
it's very fast and this is a brand new
car so we want to take a few steps back
and just I want to show you what it's
like on a day-to-day uh drive in this
environment and just cruising right now
it's smooth it's not beating me up and
then when we want to get on power it'll
adapt accordingly so you know what let
me go ahead and turn left and let's go
back on it straightaway again just to
feel it
out turning radius very well it's very
smooth with the turning radius for
having a curb weight of 4, 280 LBS or so
it doesn't feel like a heavy brick per
se it feels like it's able to manage um
its weight very very well very well for
the power and I think having more weight
like this is actually helping for grip
out of the Dig because more sitting Mass
on those tires is more Force to push
down on and having all that weight
transferred back lets you accelerate
even harder at a dig for it to go 0 to
60 as fast as it does I believe this
vehicle you're going to feel all the
rush of 2gs specific typically at a dig
a launch where there is a prep surface
and you're digging your way out that is
when you're going to fuel all the weight
transfer with these Mickey Thompson ET
Street RS on a regular day-to-day
driving environment yeah you're going to
get in t of G more than any other uh
performance vehicle on the road really
but it's not going to be to the same
level because you need a specific
environment to appreciate what it can do
um this guy's got full flags on his
pickup truck that's very funny a Mustang
behind us a classic
Mustang
wow the performance is just blowing me
away I think traction control is going
to be kicking on to a very high degree
on the street meaning you won't be
noticing slippage I don't think cuz the
grip is there with the tires but it'll
be limiting power much more than
completely off because trying to take
that extra edge of let's make it more
safe when the driver acknowledges that
traction is on when it's off hey let's
just let's just throw everything at you
want everything just take just take it
just take take it
all that was a downshift to a little
over 3,000 RPM unreal guys downshift
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again
oh gosh this is fun yeah if you got one
of these coming you're going to enjoy it
it's it's a different vehicle I I think
it's it's a special to special one and
uh something to keep major
congratulations to to Gary for his brand
new Dodge Demon 170 it sounds incredible
it feels incredible you can easily dry
this every day on the street have a
blast but then drop it down a few gears
and then just let it rip I I think he's
going to be very happy with this vehicle
anyways let's head back to where we
started this video and let me give you
my final Impressions all right guys
that's going to wrap up my time with the
Dodge Demon
170 now you guys know on this channel
I've come from a well a muscle car heavy
background I used to have a super snake
with a th000 horsepower and well getting
in this car just seeing it out here and
knowing what it can do this is such a
beautiful send off for the gas powered
vehicles it gives us Pride who those of
us who are very enthusiastic about gas
powered cars it gives us surprise
knowing that we can take down the
electric vehicles at the drag strip S I
really do think this is basically the
best muscle car of all time meaning for
what a muscle car is they are dedicated
straight line performers we're not
talking about vehicles that are diving
into the European space of road courses
no no this is focused it's got a pure
mind set to be the fastest muscle car in
a straight line and it is that so I I
really am a big fan of this vehicle and
yes I think it is the greatest muscle
car of all time if you enjoyed the video
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