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LOL, I wonder what the insurance premiums would be. I'd call my auto insurance provider, but I'm afraid they'd raise my rate just for asking. 
2018s Top 10 Tech Cars: Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
This drag monster gives NASA-quality launches
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transport...-top-ten-tech-cars-dodge-challenger-srt-demon
Looking at the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, its easy to dismiss it as a knuckle-dragger, a relic of Detroits street-racing 60s. But in my palpitating hands at the drag strip at the Lucas Oil Raceway (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park), the Demon shows what deft application of modern technology can do: namely, enable a US $83,295 muscle car to accelerate faster than a $900,000 Porsche 918 Spyder or a $2.7 million Bugatti Chiron. Yes, the Demon was born for drag racing, where its the fastest-accelerating production car in history, as certified by the National Hot Rod Association, with a 9.65-second quarter mile (0.4 kilometer). It will reach 30 mph in 1 second flat and smoke 60 mph (97 km/h) in 2.3 seconds, faster than any other car on this years list.
Every component is optimized for speed, from its barely street-legal Nitto tires to its 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. The 2,700-cc supercharger inhales atmosphere at 1,150 cubic feet (32.5 cubic meters) per minute. Fun fact: The engines thermal energy could, in theory, take a gallon of water from room temperature to boiling in 1 to 3 seconds, depending on your assumptions. Tea, anyone?
More production-car firsts: The transbrake, long used in professional drag racing, binds the output shaft of the eight-speed automatic transmission, allowing you to launch the Dodge without holding the mighty engine in check with the foot brake. Torque reserve is another key to NASA-quality launches. The belt-driven superchargers bypass valve closes to prefill the engine with 8 pounds per square inch of boost.
Another dashboard switch preps the Demon to run on 100-octane racing fuel, which unlocks the full 626 kilowatts (840 horsepoweryou get only 808 hp on premium unleaded).
Then theres the Power Chiller, which diverts refrigerant from the air conditioner to a finned heat exchanger. The chilled coolant then flows to the superchargers heat exchangers, reducing the temperature of the charge air and thus increasing its density, for a faster burn. Diverting all the A/C turned my Demons cabin into a sweaty sauna. But I was having way too much fun to care.
[video=youtube;9dfAMpxiMz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfAMpxiMz0[/video]
2018s Top 10 Tech Cars: Dodge Challenger SRT Demon
This drag monster gives NASA-quality launches
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transport...-top-ten-tech-cars-dodge-challenger-srt-demon
Looking at the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, its easy to dismiss it as a knuckle-dragger, a relic of Detroits street-racing 60s. But in my palpitating hands at the drag strip at the Lucas Oil Raceway (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park), the Demon shows what deft application of modern technology can do: namely, enable a US $83,295 muscle car to accelerate faster than a $900,000 Porsche 918 Spyder or a $2.7 million Bugatti Chiron. Yes, the Demon was born for drag racing, where its the fastest-accelerating production car in history, as certified by the National Hot Rod Association, with a 9.65-second quarter mile (0.4 kilometer). It will reach 30 mph in 1 second flat and smoke 60 mph (97 km/h) in 2.3 seconds, faster than any other car on this years list.
Every component is optimized for speed, from its barely street-legal Nitto tires to its 6.2-liter Hemi V-8. The 2,700-cc supercharger inhales atmosphere at 1,150 cubic feet (32.5 cubic meters) per minute. Fun fact: The engines thermal energy could, in theory, take a gallon of water from room temperature to boiling in 1 to 3 seconds, depending on your assumptions. Tea, anyone?
More production-car firsts: The transbrake, long used in professional drag racing, binds the output shaft of the eight-speed automatic transmission, allowing you to launch the Dodge without holding the mighty engine in check with the foot brake. Torque reserve is another key to NASA-quality launches. The belt-driven superchargers bypass valve closes to prefill the engine with 8 pounds per square inch of boost.
Another dashboard switch preps the Demon to run on 100-octane racing fuel, which unlocks the full 626 kilowatts (840 horsepoweryou get only 808 hp on premium unleaded).
Then theres the Power Chiller, which diverts refrigerant from the air conditioner to a finned heat exchanger. The chilled coolant then flows to the superchargers heat exchangers, reducing the temperature of the charge air and thus increasing its density, for a faster burn. Diverting all the A/C turned my Demons cabin into a sweaty sauna. But I was having way too much fun to care.
[video=youtube;9dfAMpxiMz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfAMpxiMz0[/video]
