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Pacific Exchange Rate Service Current Exchange Rates Database of Historical Exchange Rates Canadian Dollar Services Exchange Rate Economics daily updated. Challenger SRT Demon, the 8. Hellcat that can rip through the 14 mile in 9. I was sitting alongside Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands at Fiat Chrysler, in one of two Demons onstage as media and Dodge fans pored over its every angle. Id asked Kuniskis, previously the President and CEO of SRT, whether owners of regular Challenger SRT Hellcats could upgrade their middle rung 7. Demon level performance. The Dodge exec made it seem nearly impossible. Number one, the engine is completely different, he told me. We deck hone the block, a different machining process on that. New crankshaft, new connecting rods, new pistons, new camshaft, new valvetrain, new supercharger. Basically, its just the heads that carry over. He continued. The suspension, technically, I guess you could replicate, but youd literally have to rebuild the whole car. You cant duplicate the trans brake. You could duplicate the driveline youd have to replace the driveshaft, the half shafts, and the rear gear assembly. You could probably take the torque converter. Thats about it, really. Kuniskiss answer shows his obvious pride in what SRT engineers have accomplished with the Demon. The car offers a whole raft of equipment and technology thats never before been offered on a production car, all aimed at making it the quickest stock vehicle ever to run the quarter mile. The suspension he mentionedConvert money between all worldwide currencies using up to date exchange rates. Its a trick active system that goes all the way soft up front and firm in the rear to promote weight transfer on a drag strip launch but snaps back to a firmer, more stable setting when you need to steer. The trans brake Its a tried and true piece of drag racing hardware, one that no automaker has ever before offered from the factory in part because aftermarket systems have a reputation for grenading drivelines if used clumsily. SRT engineers made hundreds of changes, big and small, to create the Demon. Its more than 2. Challenger Hellcat its based on it makes 1. This is a nine second car that pops wheelies, yet still carries Dodges 6. No, its not fair to compare aftermarket tuner offerings to the factory Demon. But it is inevitable. So I went to the guy building the quickest hot rodded Hellcats in the world to see how he could replicate the Demons performance, and at what cost. Joshua Schwartz is the owner of High Horse Performance, a Smyrna, Delaware based speed shop specializing in the third generation Hemi V8 engine. High Horse tuned Hellcats routinely run nine second quarter mile times clearly, Schwartz knows how to build a Cat that runs with the Demon. To get a standard Hellcat up to Demon levels, its really just turning up the boost, doing exhaust work, intake work and tuning, Schwartz told me over the phone. Add in a gearing swap, from the factory 2. Demons neighborhood. We have a ton of customers where we take them from 1. Hellcats. Strip out the 2. Demon sheds, and youre well on your way to 9. Schwartz says. But youll need plenty of practice to do it. Program Schimbare Buletin Sector 6. High Horses developments are all real world tested on the shops white Challenger Hellcat. Nicknamed Top. Cat, it currently runs a 9. ZF eight speed automatic transmission. When the car was running 9. I learned how to launch the car, Schwartz told me. His best times are achieved by loading the torque converter at the line, releasing the brake, then patiently adding in throttle. As I feel the rear end squat, I can just roll in quicker on the gas pedal, but I have to initiate that weight transfer myself, Schwartz said. Schwartz said his shop is experimenting with suspension upgrades to help with weight transfer, and his Top. Cat runs with a race seat, race fuel, the NHRA mandated chute, and drag radials. The Demons combination of launch control, trans brake, and suspension assisted weight transfer likely make a measurable difference in the cars drag strip performance, Schwartz said. So, what would it cost to build up a Demon chasing Hellcat High Horse offers a package with 1. Its right around a 1. Schwartz says, and with drag radials we had a bunch of guys last year running in the 9. Such a setup usually nets around 8. Schwartz says, though he prefers to go by drag strip times over chassis dyno numbers. A base model Challenger SRT Hellcat with an automatic transmission skates in at just under 6. Add ten grand for High Horses upgrades and tuning expertise, and youre running mid nines for right around 8. With the Demon expected to come in at just under 1. So why spring for the Demon at allI think the fact that it has a warranty is huge, Schwartz says. That alone, to a lot of our customers, is really a huge selling point, because pretty much everything I do, Im voiding the warranty on that car. Add in the super limited production numbers 3. Enable Thumbnail Preview Vista Explorer. Demons slated for the US, 3. Canada, one model year only and the peace of mind of knowing your speed equipment is street legal and engineer tested, and suddenly that factory built drag racer begins to make sense. Not that Schwartz and the High Horse Performance team are worried. Were hoping that once the Demon comes out, well get a nice influx of them through our shop for roll cages to make them NHRA legal, he said. And perhaps some of those Demon owners will ask him to add a few horses on top of the 8. Dodge offers. I dont know how aggressive they were, if they left horsepower on the table, he said. There might still be some room in there for tuners like myself to get our hands on the cars and turn it up a little bit more. You Might Also Like.