Named after the Dart Demon fastback coupe of the 1970s and the Demon concept from 2007, the Challenger SRT Demon isn’t only the most powerful passenger car ever made by Dodge. It’s also the first time an automaker offered a road-legal car with drag radials from the get-go.
The Mustang Shelby GT500 and Camaro ZL1 1LE may be nimbler but Mopar has the last laugh in terms of quarter-mile times. With 840 horsepower and tons of torque on deck, the Demon crosses the line in 9.65 seconds. The aftermarket, however, is much obliged to improve that time by a second.
Lucifer is how SpeedKore calls this all-carbon brawler, described by Donut Media as the “world’s fastest Dodge Demon.” 600 pounds lighter than stock thanks to a carbon-fiber body shell, the car has also switched from a ‘charged V8 to twin turbos, retaining the hemispherical combustion chambers and 6.2 liters of displacement of the Hellcat and Demon engines.
The reason SpeedKore went for two billet turbochargers is simple. A supercharger needs some of the engine’s resources to ram more air into the engine, hence the 840-horsepower rating of the stock specification. Lucifer, on the other hand, develops approximately 1,800 crank horsepower.
On the dyno, Lucifer version 3.0 lays down no fewer than 1,593 rear-wheel horsepower and 1,161 pound-feet of torque at the wheels. In addition to the Garrett snails in the front bumper, those insane numbers are made possible by a few other improvements such as the rods, pistons, and triple fuel pumps.
After setting the world record for the fastest Dodge Challenger SRT Demon in 2018 with an 8.77-second pass at 161.57 mph, SpeedKore returned on the blacktop in 2019 for an 8.06 at 159.54 mph. The record-breaking run took place at the Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin.
The question is, what’s next after Demon and Lucifer? Does it start with a capital S and end with… well… atan?
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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