10.8@127mph - 4200lbs race weight
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All this talk about the Demon in a 2020 500 thread.
Trolling at it's finest
Trolling at it's finest
You could drive to the track on the drag pack set up. Many people drive on welds regularly even if it’s not recommended.
You keep harping on needing a drag set up, short of a couple hundred thousand dollar 720s what other car is doing that? What other car under 100k in competing with the straight line performance the demon offers? None that I can think of, generally people at least toss a drag radial on their vette, camarro, mustang etc
They’ll be close. The gt500 is the more versatile package for a twisty fan.
Also 100ft 60-0 is great, and square drag radials will grip hard. That said, the lateral loads and complex cornering scenarios that would be traditionally associated with braking zones would likely lead to much less controllable braking traction and longer decels around a circuit.
The demon does do straight stuff really well.
Also 100ft 60-0 is great, and square drag radials will grip hard. That said, the lateral loads and complex cornering scenarios that would be traditionally associated with braking zones would likely lead to much less controllable braking traction and longer decels around a circuit.
The demon does do straight stuff really well.
It all started with the very first reply lol.
Full loaded Demon on 93 will be at a disadvantage from a roll vs the lighter version of the GT500.
Link? Running 8's with nothing more than a turbo kit for mid $50's and a bumper-to-bumper warranty is the steal of the century. If it's truly just a turbo kit and nothing more, I can't imagine that rest of the car would hold up very well to the abuse an 8 sec car is capable of.
I would love to read the fine print on that warranty.
Also, I know this is a very small detail, but is said car you mention actually legal to sell and license in the U.S.?
From their website.
WARRANTY INFORMATION
The vast majority of mustang owners are going to add a cold air intake, a custom tune, long tube headers, or just go crazy like us and throw forced induction on their car and go fast. We love modifying our cars, and we also understand that doing these upgrades will likely void the warranty. Naturally as you can expect, adding twin turbos and the best tune in the business will void your power train warranty if the failure can be attributed to the additional modifications. However, that means many suspension, driveline, and accessory components would likely be safe despite the added upgrades. Additionally, you still have that bumper to bumper warranty. For specific warranty questions, please contact one of our dedicated LFP Mustang sales specialists at 513-934-0318
I cant imagine theres even a spec of truth in a dealer slapped together twin turbo gt running 8s for 50k
Even if the warranty is useless, you can take the $30k you saved over buying a Demon and put it in a laddered CD and earn interest on it while you smoke it in a straight line and laugh at it on anything involving a stop or a turn.
Lund is also in the 8's on a modified 6R80 (to a 4R or something like that). Special car, blah blah blah, if going fast in a straight line were my biggest goal, the platform of a 4500 lb vehicle is comical.
In fact, the ZL1 is a pretty badass platform in it's own right and haul's ass around a road course too.....
Maybe Dodge could keep the motor and spend some money on lighter components.
No one has taken me up on my challenge to show me a SINGLE SOLITARY piece of carbon fiber on the Demon/Hellcat. For a car that many are paying near $100k and EVERYONE else in that tier and above in the market segment is using all sorts of new/modern components, it's pretty sad that Dodge said "**** it, we don't care if the car is a pig, we'll just put a big crank hp # and people will pay ridiculous money for it").
Lund is also in the 8's on a modified 6R80 (to a 4R or something like that). Special car, blah blah blah, if going fast in a straight line were my biggest goal, the platform of a 4500 lb vehicle is comical.
In fact, the ZL1 is a pretty badass platform in it's own right and haul's ass around a road course too.....
Maybe Dodge could keep the motor and spend some money on lighter components.
No one has taken me up on my challenge to show me a SINGLE SOLITARY piece of carbon fiber on the Demon/Hellcat. For a car that many are paying near $100k and EVERYONE else in that tier and above in the market segment is using all sorts of new/modern components, it's pretty sad that Dodge said "**** it, we don't care if the car is a pig, we'll just put a big crank hp # and people will pay ridiculous money for it").
You still have yet to name a factory car in the under 100k bracket that comes close to the straight line performance the demon offers even at its seemingly ridiculous weight.
The buyers don’t care because the car is still stupid fast. Many of the newer cars are pigs, it’s not like everything else is weighing in at 3500 lbs and the demon is so much heavier.
From what I’m seeing the demon is 4200 lbs, the zl1 1le is 3820 the GTR 3929 the GT500 is supposed to be around 4K lbs as well so I fail to see what the demons weight is actually that big of a deal....pun intended.
Because they can't. It doesn't exist. I just can't wait until the GT500 optioned out with all the carbon goodies comes in at 100K and all these guys run for the hills.
I answered this in another post or thread. I said you can’t match the drag performance of the demon for under $160k.
My biggest issue is they keep harping on 9.xx with no seats race gas skinnies. Off the showroom floor in street trim it’s a hell of a car running 315 all the way around and clearing 10.5 at 130+. Awesome.
Having said that I’d buy a viper for the $100k before a demon.
Badass! Is that one built and sold and by Lebanon Ford for $50k?
Where is that full 315 nitto run. The runs I see people talking about 9.9x stock only to find out they put different dr while still running skinnies.
Roush advertised full warranty as well. I only heard of two warranty being issued. Both had personal connections to Jack Roush. Other than that you were out of luck.
HOLY CRAP!! That thing is moving!
Dom is that on the stock block/transmission/rear end?
No sir. However the Hellion equipped cars sold by Lebanon perform VERY similarly.
Thing is a beast. All those are stock, yes, although it’s rumored he’s been through 2 trannies.
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Can’t dissagree there, for the money I’m going gen V viper.
Sadly with just having a kid if I do buy a toy in the next year or two it’ll need 4 seats so enter hell cat or GT500 variant lol.
Just so we’re clear as I stick up for the demon I still love me some GT500 goodness and it’s going to be a hell of a well rounded machine. Ascetically I still prefer the hellcat but the more I see it the more I’m loving the loom of the GT500.
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