Dodge Wants To Tell You About The SRT Demon's Massive Airbox Using Metallica Lyrics
Funnily enough, I don’t think I’ve ever read Metallica lyrics in an automotive press release. But as they say, there’s a first time for everything, and if anyone’s going to quote a heavy metal band while making a media announcement, it’s going to be Dodge - the same company that saw fit to celebrate the Durango SRT’s arrival with a socking great burnout earlier this week.
“‘Gimme fuel! Gimme fire! Gimme that which I desire!’ is poetry by Metallica that speaks to every gearhead,” Dodge confidently tells us, while releasing the latest Challenger SRT Demon teaser entitled ‘Forced Induction’. I swear I’m not making this up.
Bringing things around to give some sort of vague context, we’re then told: “But, any engine builder will be quick to point out that the ‘power of that poetry’ is actually limited; limited by the chemistry of combustion; limited by thin air.” And that’s the news: the Demon will get a massive cold air intake box.
Measuring 110 square centimetres, Dodge reckons it’s the “largest functional ‘Air Grabber’ cold air intake hood ever installed on a production vehicle”. In other words, it’s some kind of monster. Oh, and you also get a pair of illuminated ‘Air Catcher’ headlamps.
All told, the cooling additions will drop the temperature of the inlet air by 30 degrees compared to the Hellcat. This should amount to a little bump in power, helping you seek and destroy your toughest dragstrip rival.
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So much want for this car. Shame it’s unlikely that most of us will be able to afford it…. you know it’s sad but true…
this is gold. i think king nothing definitely wont be able to afford it
Dodge is just so… ‘murica
sad thing is, the challenger is made in canada
Still doesn’t take as much air as Clarkson
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So they banned pop-up headlights because pedestrian safety
Yet an air intake which can suck in those kids crossing the road is ok
If a regular Hellcat can suck up all the air in a big room (I can’t remember the size exactly) in about 14 minutes, then this Demon does actually pose a hazard for those standing near it XD.
“Seek and Destroy”… I see what you did here
This is a massive middle finger to Prius owners, love it!
Ah very nice. I expect this air intake to be “Sad But True” to JDM fans such as myself. I sure hope that the air grabber doesn’t “Spit Out The Bone”
Neither of those make sense.
Performace > Creature Comfort