Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Runs Great Early Times in California

Ron Silva's 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

The vast majority of track times that we discuss here at Stellpower occur on the East Coast of the United States in the late fall or winter months, because the air density is pretty much unbeatable. When the Dodge team ran their 8.91 record, they did so at South Georgia Motorsports Park in December, when … Read more

Watch Two Dodge Demon 170s Cover the Quarter Mile in the Low 9s

Steven Ripa Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

Last week, we brought you the first footage of a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 making a soft pull on the open road and today, we bring you what we believe to be the first footage of privately owned 170s making quarter mile runs. There are likely to be others from this past weekend … Read more

Listen to the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Roar on the Open Road

Ariel Soltura Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

The first batch of 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170s are being delivered right now and as people who bought them to enjoy rather than to flip are starting to share pictures and videos of their 1,025-horsepower muscle car in the real world. One of those Demon 170 owners is Ariel Soltura, who has shared … Read more

Matt Hagan Wins the 2023 NHRA Championship in his Dodge Charger Hellcat Funny Car

Matt Hagan 2023 NHRA Funny Car Champion

Matt Hagan and his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat funny car lost in the second round of the final event of the NHRA season, but when Robert Hight and Bob Tasca III also lost in the second round, no other drivers remaining in the field could catch him – securing Hagan’s fourth NHRA Funny Car Championship.Coming … Read more

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Crate Engine, Long Blocks Available in Early 2024

Hellephant C170 Engine

Dodge announced this morning that the second edition of the modern Direct Connection catalog is now available online and one of the items added to the new list of available items is the C170 Hellephant Series crate engine. The C170 is the crate engine name of the production engine in the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT … Read more

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170s Shipping to Dealers Now (Updated)

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Launch

Back in August, the Dodge brand had a sort of ceremonial delivery of Jay Leno’s 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 on the day of the Woodward Dream Cruise, but since then, there has been little news of the 1,025-horsepower muscle cars shipping out to dealerships. That is because since then, none of them have shipped … Read more

New Dodge Challenger Trans Am Racer Roars in Forza Motorsport

2019 Dodge #9 American V8 Road Racing TA Challenger

Forza Motorsport – the 8th edition of the popular racing simulator for Xbox systems – formally came to market on October 10th (or the 5th for buyers of the game’s Premium version) and among the 500+ vehicles available so far are 17 Dodge products, 2 Plymouth vehicles, 1 Eagle and 1 Chrysler Charger. Of those … Read more

2025 Dodge Charger prototype photos: deeper dive and updates

2025 Dodge Charger shell

These images of Dodge Charger chassis from the assembly plant were posted recently to Allpar’s forums by member con383, who only said they were “found online.” The body shells, with a paper whose only readable letters are “TT,” appear to be ready for a standard engine, unless the apparent gasoline filler area is actually a port for a charger… Read more

Is this the 2025 Dodge Charger?

2025 Dodge Charger chassis

These images of Dodge Charger chassis from the assembly plant were posted recently to Allpar’s forums by member con383, who only said they were “found online.” The body shells, with a paper whose only readable letters are “TT,” appear to be ready for a standard engine, unless the apparent gasoline filler area is actually a port for a charger… Read more

NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Update: Camaro Rule Change (Updated)

Chevrolet Camaro COPO Supercharged Engine

Last week, we brought you the unfortunate news that the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak teams in the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class had essentially been penalized for Mark Pawuk setting class records, so they had to move to a larger supercharger pulley. The FSS class was in action this past weekend and the semifinals saw … Read more

Mopar bringing faux shifting to EVs

Dodge Charger Daytona BEV

Years ago, Chrysler introduced faux-automatic programming to the CVTs it bought from JATCO and used in the Caliber, Compass, and Patriot, to make the cars more comfortable for people used to automatics.Today, Stellantis has patented a fake transmission feel for battery-electric cars, making vehicles with single-speed transmissions feel like conventional four-or-more-speed automatics. The idea makes … Read more