AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- SRT Power Chiller™ uses 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon's air
conditioning refrigerant to help cool compressed air entering the
840-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® Demon V-8
- SRT Power Chiller is one of several production-car technology
firsts that make 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon the world's
fastest quarter-mile car and first-ever production car to lift the
front wheels at launch, as certified by Guinness World Records
- Popular Science magazine's annual Best of What's New
awards for technology announced in the December 2017 issue
- Fueling the future: Technologies created for low-volume SRT
vehicles also offer solutions to engineering challenges such as
improving fuel economy
The SRT Power Chiller™, a key component of the record-setting,
840-horsepower 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, is among Popular
Science's best of What's New for 2017.
"The Best of What's New awards honor the innovations that shape
the future," says Joe Brown, Editor
in Chief, Popular Science. "From life-saving technology to
incredible space engineering to gadgets that are just
breathtakingly cool, this is the best of what's new."
And cool this feature is, or does, literally. A production car
first, the SRT Power Chiller uses the car's air conditioning
refrigerant to help further cool the air entering the supercharged
6.2-liter HEMI® Demon V-8's cylinders. Cooler air contains more
oxygen molecules, helping the engine deliver maximum output of 840
horsepower with 100+ high-octane unleaded fuel.
The SRT engineering and advanced powertrain teams are a test bed
of development for the entire Dodge and FCA fleet of vehicles.
Groundbreaking, award-winning technologies developed for SRT
applications can trickle into higher volume mainstream applications
– and even be used for differing purposes, such as improving
efficiency.
"Creating a street-legal machine that is powered by an engine
with unrelenting power and torque, specifically engineered for the
drag strip, yet street legal and meeting all emissions, pass-by
noise and SRT durability standards demands outside-the-box
thinking," said Chris Cowland,
Director of Advanced and SRT Powertrain, FCA US LLC. "The
technologies that make lower-volume SRT products special can
deliver significant benefits in alternative applications. For
example, while denser intake air and high-octane fuels are part of
the recipe that makes the Challenger SRT Demon a head-turner, they
can be just as important in meeting the challenges of improving
fuel economy."
Popular Science magazine's annual 2017 Best of What's New
awards, covering the top 100 tech innovations of the year in 11
categories, are announced in the December
2017 issue, which reached newsstands on Oct. 17, 2017.
How the SRT Power Chiller works
The 6.2-liter HEMI Demon V-8 uses a dedicated liquid circuit,
separate from the engine cooling circuit, to cool air after it
leaves the 2.7-liter supercharger.
The SRT Power Chiller is enabled in Drag Mode from the SRT Drive
Mode controls. When activated, air conditioning refrigerant is
diverted from the cabin to the chiller unit.
The supercharger charge air coolant passes through a
low-temperature radiator at the front of the Dodge Challenger SRT
Demon then flows through the SRT Power Chiller unit, where it is
further cooled by the refrigerant. The chilled liquid then flows
through heat exchanger units in the supercharger housing, cooling
compressed air as it enters the intake ports. Cooler air is denser,
containing more oxygen molecules per volume than warm air. With
more oxygen entering the engine, adding more fuel produces more
power.
Capable on the street, dominant at the drag strip
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon roared to life in April at the
2017 New York International Auto Show, following a multi-week
series of short videos and information that revealed details of the
modern muscle cars capabilities.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is engineered to be absolutely
dominating at the drag strip. In addition to the SRT Power Chiller,
the technology arsenal includes:
- Supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI Demon V-8 rated at 840 hp and 770
pounds-feet of torque when fueled with 100+ high-octane unleaded
fuel and unique powertrain control module. The engine develops
808 hp and 717 pounds-feet of torque with 91-octane fuel
- Air-Grabber™ induction system that includes the largest
functional hood scoop (45.2 square inches) of any production
car
- First-ever, factory-production car with TransBrake, for more
powerful and quicker launches, and Torque Reserve, to deliver
increased levels of power and torque at launch
- Drag Mode suspension tuning, which maximizes weight transfer to
the rear wheels for better traction, and Drag Mode Launch Assist,
which uses wheel speed sensors to watch for driveline-damaging
wheel hop at launch and in milliseconds modifies the engine torque
to regain full grip
- Factory-installed, 315/40R18 Nitto street-legal drag radials
for improved grip
Production of the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is limited to
3,300 vehicles – 3,000 for the United
States and 300 for Canada –
with a U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of
$84,995 (including $1,700 gas guzzler tax, excluding $1,095 destination.) Deliveries to Dodge//SRT
dealers begins this fall.
About Best of What's New
Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands
of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the
year—breakthrough products and technologies that represent a
significant leap in their categories. The winners, the Best of
What's New, are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December
issue of Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the
year since the debut of Best of What's New in 1988. Best of What s
New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 11
categories: Automotive, Aerospace, Engineering, Entertainment,
Gadgets, General Innovation, Security, Software, Home, Health and
Recreation.
About Dodge//SRT
Dodge//SRT offers a complete lineup of performance vehicles that
stand out in their own segments. Dodge is FCA North America's
mainstream performance brand, and SRT is positioned as the ultimate
performance halo of the Dodge brand, together creating a complete
and balanced performance brand with one vision and one
voice.
For more than 100 years, the Dodge brand has carried on the
spirit of brothers John and Horace
Dodge, who founded the company in 1914. Their influence
continues today. New for 2018, the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger
SRT Demon, the fastest quarter-mile production car in the world and
most powerful muscle car ever, is taking the world by storm, along
with the new 2018 Dodge Durango SRT, America's fastest, most
powerful and most capable three-row SUV, and the 707-horsepower
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody. These new SRT ultimate
performance models join a brand lineup that includes the Durango,
Grand Caravan, Journey, Charger and Challenger, including the
707-horsepower Challenger SRT Hellcat and the Charger SRT Hellcat,
the quickest, fastest and most powerful sedan in the world.
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