Seventh “Final Call” muscle car misses its planned SEMA debut due to reliability issues with upgraded 6.2L supercharged V8 carscoops
, and there’s one more remaining, the seventh and final still-secret car that was supposed to be more special than most. Because this model, which commemorates another as-yet unnamed muscle classic from Dodge’s back catalog, is in line to get the most powerful street-legal factory Hellcat motor ever produced.we ran into some problems. I’m not going to try to hide behind the usual go-to of ‘supply chain and chip issues,’ stuff like that.
“It’s not so easy to do. We run these things on wide-open throttle for hours and hours on end, 24-7. The testing on these things is just brutal. So far we’ve grenaded seven engines, but I think we’ve got it figured out.” Kuniskis said that if the undisclosed fix works we can expect to see the finished car unveiled early in 2023. As for how much power we’re in line for, Dodge’s CEO isn’t saying, but previous reports have suggested it could be even more powerful than the oldThe 2018 Demon got a boost from 707 hp to 840 hp thanks to a bigger supercharger, higher rev limit and a new powertrain module designed to work with 100+ octane gas. Zero to 60 mph took 2.
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