Dodge Demon

The first time I ever took my demon to the track, it was 90 degrees out and VERY humid. The air quality was so bad, the car itself displayed an "air quality" warning, the same way it displays severe weather warnings like tornados and storms. It was horrible. I took a pic of it because I thought it was funny that I was on my way to the track in that terrible of weather. I had no idea how to drive it, so I figured for my first pass, I'll just stage, floor it, and see what happens. Then I'll see what it does and start playing with tire pressure, launch RPM, etc.

That first pass in high humidity 90 deg weather was a 9.8x and it was also the slowest pass my car has ever made. It's since been to the track many times, including a street car shootout for which we had to drive it 2 hours to the track. We went to the finals at that one and only lost on a holeshot.

No, my car is not "bone stock", but it has very little done to it, and it's a hell of a lot of fun and VERY fast for a brand new car with bolt-ons. It's never had a single failure. I consider it a hell of a good deal, and I'm super happy with it.

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Lol, yes, I'm well aware (I'm guessing by the winky face that you noticed the 'sarcasm' tags on my post).........and nice car.
 
paul09 said:
Lol, yes, I'm well aware (I'm guessing by the winky face that you noticed the 'sarcasm' tags on my post).........and nice car.
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I know you know, but some people really think it's crazy for a 4500# 9 second car to break on a prepped track. I'm not sure what the deal is with the one in the video above, maybe it's stock, maybe not. I do know that most of the stock ones that broke the diff, failed because the guys were not experienced and let the wheels hop too much......tire shake can break ANYTHING.
 
Agree 100%. I've heard/read some real stupidity when it comes to these cars. Even with the Hellcats, I read about a stock one that ran a real good ET. Then a 'naysayer' said that it wasn't 100% stock because the driver used the gear shifter to shift each gear of the automatic transmission at a slightly higher RPM than stock, which resulted in slightly more boost, and by that logic, said it wasn't stock anymore:shake:
 
Just out of curiosity, is there instructions on how to set the trans brake? I remember when trans brakes came out for the 2004R on the Grand Nationals, they were very specific about loading the drivetrain before setting the brake. If there was slack in the driveshaft or something, it would bust the pumpkin almost every time. It is like the difference between brake torquing a car and dropping it into drive from neutral with the gas floored. I am just curious. I still think the a factory trans brake is the most amazing thing in these cars, I am just wondering how they make the rest of the driveline survive the hit.

-Geoff
 
WhiteHawk said:
Just out of curiosity, is there instructions on how to set the trans brake? I remember when trans brakes came out for the 2004R on the Grand Nationals, they were very specific about loading the drivetrain before setting the brake. If there was slack in the driveshaft or something, it would bust the pumpkin almost every time. It is like the difference between brake torquing a car and dropping it into drive from neutral with the gas floored. I am just curious. I still think the a factory trans brake is the most amazing thing in these cars, I am just wondering how they make the rest of the driveline survive the hit.

-Geoff
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To be honest, in my opinion the trans brake is a mess.

Your post actually describes why it's a mess lol. The thing was designed to also use the cars braking system in a way that helps eliminate the slack in the drivetrain, in an effort to save the parts. Because of this, it kind of takes a lot of effort and a lot of misc actions in order to set the trans brake. I have never even used it successfully, although I think mine is worse than others because my car makes a decent amount of torque more than a stock one.

I'm going to spend some time on it though and with some more work on the tune, will hopefully get it working. I'll post up if I do.
 
Fryguy302 said:
To be honest, in my opinion the trans brake is a mess.

Your post actually describes why it's a mess lol. The thing was designed to also use the cars braking system in a way that helps eliminate the slack in the drivetrain, in an effort to save the parts. Because of this, it kind of takes a lot of effort and a lot of misc actions in order to set the trans brake. I have never even used it successfully, although I think mine is worse than others because my car makes a decent amount of torque more than a stock one.

I'm going to spend some time on it though and with some more work on the tune, will hopefully get it working. I'll post up if I do.
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OK, so it is even more impressive if a lot of these cars (or most) are pulling these times off the foot brake then? Crap! Or is there some kind of launch control like the Camaro.

-Geoff
 
The Demon and Hellcats are cool, I wish FCA would change up the body a little more than minor tweaks they do year after year.

They are already slowing/cutting production of the line due to a slump in sales.
 
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