It's not the new-gen Charger family that gets all the attention at Dodge these days, as while it may be more modern and cool to look at, the older Hellcats and Demons can humiliate it.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 remains the greatest and fastest production muscle car. This model opened the gates of hell roughly one and a half years ago, boasting never-before-heard performance, courtesy of which it can humiliate real hypercars that cost way more.
Under its hood lies a heavily modified version of the famous Hellcat motor. The 6.2L supercharged V8 pumps out up to 945 pound-foot (1,280 Nm) of torque and 1,025 horsepower (1,039 ps/764 kW) on E85. Fill the tank with E10, and the number drops to 810 lb-ft (1,097 Nm) and 900 hp (913 ps/671 kW).
In its top specification, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is capable of zipping to sixty mph (97 kph) in just 1.66 seconds without a rollout. Let that number sink in: 1.66 seconds! Like the regular Demon that preceded it, the Demon 170 was basically born at the drag strip, so it can run the quarter mile in no time. The official number is 8.91 seconds at 151.17 mph (243.28 kph).
Photo: Screenshot Youtube | Wheels
Thus, it's no wonder that all eyes are on this model whenever it hits the drag strip, and it has countless times. One of our latest encounters with the mighty muscle car came courtesy of Wheels on YouTube, which shows the insane ride in action at the Mission Raceway Park in Canada.
As for its ad-hoc rival on that day, it was none other than the Chevrolet Camaro. As a result, we can call this race the battle of the dead muscle cars. As every gearhead and their pet can tell you, the bowtie brand's model is inferior to the Demon 170, as even in its top configuration, namely the ZL1, its 6.2L supercharged V8 produces 'only' 650 pound-foot (881 Nm) of torque and 650 horsepower (659 ps/485 kW).
On a good day, the Camaro ZL1 needs around 11 seconds to deal with the quarter mile, and guess what? The Chevy depicted in the video below is not even a ZL1, but an SS, apparently. Surely, it must have some wild upgrades unleashing many extra horses under the hood, right? We obviously won't answer that question, as it may ruin the outcome of this quarter-mile battle. In fact, the two muscle cars went at it twice, and each time, the loser couldn't catch up to the winner.
The gap was very big, and we reckon you already know which of the two crossed the finish line first, right? Now, head on down to see if you were right.
After a series of unfortunate events put an end to Cristian's dream of entering a custom built & tuned old-school Dacia into a rally competition, he moved on to drive press cars and write for a living. He's worked for several automotive online journals and now he's back at autoevolution after his first tour in the mid-2000s. Full profile
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