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An 840bhp Demon-engined, 4WD Charger Widebody is coming to SEMA

Could this be the wildest vehicle at the year’s maddest motor show?

Published: 10 Oct 2019

To stand out at SEMA you need to bring something pretty special. However, it looks as though this year, Wisconsin-based tuner SpeedKore is hoping to demonstrate that ‘eye-catching’ doesn’t necessarily have to mean huge wings and speed bump-scraping splitters.

The teaser image above previews what it’ll unveil at the Las Vegas show in early November. At first glance it just looks like a carbon fibre-bodied Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody right? That’d be no bad thing, of course, but with this the devil (or Demon) really is in the detail.

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Under the bonnet, SpeedKore has replaced the standard 707bhp, 650lb ft Hellcat engine with the fettled version from the bonkers Dodge Demon. We say fettled... the 6.2-litre HEMI V8 in the Demon got 25 major component upgrades including a bigger supercharger and new pistons, rods, valve train and fuel injection system. Dodge’s engineers also increased the boost pressure from 11.6psi to 14.5psi, and the rev limit was raised to 6,500rpm from the standard Hellcat’s 6,200rpm. The result? 840bhp and 770lb ft of torque. Mega.

In the Demon the two rear tyres have to cope with all that power, but SpeedKore will apparently be fitting its Charger with all-wheel drive. This could be an absolute um, demon.

The only other modification we know about so far is also pretty special. There’s a MagnaFlow exhaust that exits out of the front bumper for track use, which can then be switched to a standard setup for street driving.

Like the sound of this as much as we do? Stay tuned to TG.com during SEMA when we’ll see the finished product.

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