Pretty sure that is Ron Silva with his new Demon

104 mph in the 1/8 is a long ways off from 9 sec 1/4 mile potential. Does look like the 60' was pretty slippery though.

It would be fair to say, that You no doubt will be one of the Demon owners to get there cars into the 9,s with your skills. Probably may need after market slicks to do it though.

The car that mopar ran 9.78,s with the track was sprayed almost the whole length. You wont find that at most normal tracks.

Yep, and its already known that most people that buy these cars wont be getting them into the 9.8,s Most will run 10.20,s and 10.40,s The car Does indeed have the potential to run in the 9,s as already proven. But those were achieved with test after test in the most perfect conditions with a heavily sprayed down track.

Its kind of like back in the day when the V Maxes came out and were supposed to be a true 10. second street bike. With 90# Gleason on it with lots of experience he did run some 10.9,s.

But the rest of us common street riders could only muster 11.20,s to 11.60,s

This Hellcat demon is not truly a Turn Key 9.78 second ride, that Everybody can just jump in and run the Number. But, even with that said, it still is a Truly impressive car.

Pretty sure that is Ron Silva with his new Demon

I thought the top tune required race gas? High octane unleaded? What would the addition of leaded fuel do to it?

His 1/8 mile time converted to 1/4 puts it at a 10.40 per Wallace. Not bad considering there’s a couple of features he hasn’t used yet

He was saying on other forum. Was having trouble gettingbtrans brake to work so he foot braked it. Stock ecm..91 pump gas. No torque reserve wich lets it have all 14 pounds boost in just 6 feet. So yeah the car will deff be faster after he gets the bugs lined out

Saw the vid of using the trans brake, did seem a little tricky, The instructions were like Press the two paddles on the coloumn, press gas peddle to floor, release one paddle, release foot break, then release 2nd paddle for launch, or something like that, I was like, W,t,h.

Most of them will never hit the track but if you run into the owners at the car shows theirs will run 9.0's.

Hokey Pokey transbrake

Saw the vid of using the trans brake, did seem a little tricky, The instructions were like Press the two paddles on the coloumn, press gas peddle to floor, release one paddle, release foot brake, then release 2nd paddle for launch, or something like that, I was like, W,t,h.

Actually saw the vid where they had the best run for the Demon of 9.65, the DA was like -1280 or so, so Mineshaft conditions, that most of us wont see unless your near sea level to begin with.

I think Mopar made a big mistake by putting out the very Best et, that most Owners wont come close to hitting. A lot will be disappointed I bet.

They should of listed a Et of like 10.40 so that most all owners could hit and even Better that ET, That would make for A lot of Happier owners IMO.

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No proof. But claim. Is. The 9.65 wasn't the best pass. Just the best when doing the record thing
The fastest pass was a 9.30 something at 150 mph

When Pritchett made the 9.65 pass the very next pass one of the high ups..at str.. made a 9.66 pass....so the 9.65 pass wasn't a fluke pass that no else can also do

Never saw a vid/comment or hint of a 9.30 pass, Anywhere. You stated No Proof, But Claim.

Personally, don't believe it ever happened. It took every trick in the book they could muster to get a 9.65. I'm sure that was backed up with a 9.66 right after as the track and DA conditions were the same.


My Point is, These cars are advertised as Turn Key, if everybody can put the drag strip package on from out of the trunk and run a Easy 9, or even a 9.65.

Not going to Happen, most will run 10.20,s to 10.40,s Some, will and may get into the 9,s as delivered from the factory.

It is one heck of a car, but its not going to run as the Marketing guys would have you think Turn Key. For the most part, I see disappointment over the web as to how these cars that Have been run down the track are performing, not Nearly up to par as they Thought they would...

Granted, Modified from stock, Even the Hellcats are running into the 8,s, the Demon will as well.


But I will back up, 10,20s or better from a Turn key Factory car, Waaay Impressive.

While I was surprised that Leah seemed to be the tallest of all the Top Fuel points leaders when they lined up on state at the NHRA year end banquet, I bet she still weights a lot less than most but not all Demon owners. That makes the 9.65 in stock trim even a little harder to reach.

Bill