![]() Prices for the Demon 170 will start at $96,666, not including an expected gas guzzler tax that could be as much as $7,700. ![]() Both cars will go out of production at the end of this year. It’s the last of a series of so-called Last Call special edition Dodge Challenger and four-door Dodge Charger models that Stellantis is producing to mark the end of these V8-powered models. “You know, it’s not going to be a smooth-riding drive-it-to-church car.” Buyers will need to sign a notarized disclaimer stating that they understand this is not a normal car intended for everyday driving. (Drinking racing fuel is not recommended and can be fatal.) With the more ordinary sort of fuel you can get from a street-side gas station, which is mostly gasoline, the Demon 170 can produce up to 900 horsepower, according to Dodge. If E85 were liquor it would be “170 proof” - a liquor’s proof number is double its alcohol percentage. That’s where the number 170 in the car’s name comes from. The Demon 170 will produce its maximum horsepower using racing fuel, called E85, that’s up to 85% alcohol. The supercharger used on this car produces much higher pressures than the ones used on the already-powerful Dodge Hellcat SRT Demon model. To produce this much power, the engine relies on a supercharger, a mechanical air pump that forces air into the engine allowing more fuel to be burned and more power to be produced. To deal with this engine’s “massive, massive cylinder pressures” a lot of work had “to be done to make sure that the inside parts stay inside and not outside,” he said. Engineers kept blowing up engines during development testing, said Tim Kuniskis, chief executive of Stellantis’s Dodge brand. The unveiling of the 1,025 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 has been long anticipated, and long delayed. It will be sold separately under Dodge’s Direct Connection-brand, and is designed to bolt onto the back of the car. (Ideal circumstances would include a professional driver and a properly prepared drag strip.) A possible add-on is a parachute mounting system - parachute not included - to aid in drag-strip stops. The Demon 170 will be able to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in just under 1.7 seconds under ideal circumstances, according to Dodge.
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