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Originally Posted by Race Car
I’m no Demon fan but I can respect what Dodge has done with both the Hellcat and Demon. Even after beating on a Hellcat for a week on a track, I didn’t got run out and buy one. However, I don’t think tires, pads and brake fluid modifications severely change the character of a car. The Demon has a wider track from the factory, so I’m sure some PSC2s or T’Rs would help handling quite a bit. Not sure what spring rates the Demon has versus a standard Hellcat. Can’t be that vastly different.
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It's a lot more than just a regular HC that's lightly tweaked.
Here's the Demon's stats:
35 percent lower rate front springs/28 percent lower rate rear springs
75 percent lower rate hollow front sway bar/44 percent lower rate rear sway bar
I'm also not speaking of the basic Hellcats in Challenger and Charger variety. I'm talking about the drag race specific Demon.
They also turned the boost way up and while I'm sure that's all fine and good on a 1/8, 1/4 or 1/2 mi... I'd be curious to see someone road racing a Demon, with that and their cooling systems and see how it handles the heat it's going to generate.. Pretty sure the rotors and pads will not like stopping the car over and over and over and I don't see mention of proper ventilation going to the wheel wells to help with heat. In fact, they've noted they even stepped down the brakes on the car from the HC models.
Also, there's a different converter in the car allowing for more slip and different lock up... all of this will require checking on or working on to handle 20m at a time on a road course stressing parts meant for 9s bursts.