There are some exceptionally powerful high-performance cars being developed nowadays that are likewise progressively eco-friendly too. All-electric vehicles like the upcoming Tomahawk EVO can boast 0 to 60 miles per hour times as low as 2.0 seconds, and Mercedes-Benz AMG is quickly to release a 1000+ horsepower hybrid to eclipse, such as the Porsche 918 and McLaren P1.
It’s still the case that nothing truly stirs the soul the way a fantastic V-8 petrol engine does, specifically when it’s one as ridiculous as the 707 horsepower unit American producer Dodge puts in its Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat models. However that engine is now set to be completely eclipsed by a brand-new, even more, Dodge Challenger in the shape of the 2018 Challenger Demon, and Dodge has now released the complete engine specs.
The engine being installed into the 2018 Challenger Demon is still a 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V-8, however it features at least 62 percent of new material and it does a lot more than simply seeing and raising the Hellcat’s 707 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. of torque a bit. When operating on Premium 91 octane fuel, the 2018 Dodge Demon will make 808 bhp (603 kW) and 717 lb.-ft. (972 Nm) of torque. If the Demon is defined with the Direct Connection Controller and is operated on unleaded 100 octane minimum fuel, those numbers then increase even further to an incredible 840 bhp (626 kW) and 770 lb.-ft. (1,044 Nm).
The supercharger is a twin screw, said to be 2.7-liter per revolution unit, with rotors that are 1.1 inches larger than those discovered in the Hellcat’s supercharger. This helps to provide a maximum boost pressure of 14.5 psi, which is substantially more than the Hellcat’s 11.6 psi that now appears reasonably modest by comparison.
All that power is sent out to the rear wheels by means of a TorqueFlite 8HP90 eight-speed automatic transmission, including an updated automatic transmission torque converter to boost torque multiplication by around 18 percent. The drivetrain includes a limited slip differential, a 20-percent thicker prop shaft made from high strength, low alloy steel tube, and the Nitto drag radial tires provide as much as 40 percent of additional launch force.
There are no formal performance figures as of now. One intriguing fact we do understand though is that during a quarter-mile drag run, the Demon’s V-8 absorbs 173 cu.-ft. of air, which is the equivalent of the lung capability of at least 816 humans.
