---
title: "SpeedKore Bringing Carbon Fiber-Bodied Dodge Demon to SEMA"
description: "The Demon doesn't need more power. More lightness, on the other hand..."
date: "2017-10-27"
modified: "2017-10-27"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/15521/speedkore-bringing-carbon-fiber-bodied-dodge-demon-to-sema"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "carbon fiber"
  - "Challenger"
  - "demon"
  - "dodge"
  - "SEMA"
  - "speedkore"
---

# SpeedKore Bringing Carbon Fiber-Bodied Dodge Demon to SEMA

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/10/speedkore-demon-feat.jpg>)
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The quarter-mile slayer formally known as the [Dodge Challenger SRT Demon](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12413/2018-dodge-demon-at-indianapolis-7-first-impressions>) isn't exactly the sort of car Colin Chapman would have found appealing. But we'd like to think the Lotus founder would have approved, even if begrudgingly, of SpeedKore Performance's SEMA-bound, carbon fiber-bodied Dodge Demon. It may not be simplified, but it certainly adds lightness.

After all, it's not like [the Dodge Demon really needed much in the way of more power](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13489/new-pennzoil-ad-shows-the-dodge-demon-drifting-through-the-streets-of-pittsburgh>). Not with its supercharged 6.2-liter modified Hellcat V8 cranking out 840 horsepower on racing fuel; hell, even its premium-octane rating of 808 ponies seems liable to stretch the limits of what a two-wheel-drive production car can handle. (At least, one that doesn't hail from Maranello or Woking.) But the Challenger is a muscle car, not a supercar; slicing weight is less of a priority than adding power. As such, the Demon packs a rather portly curb weight of around 4,300 pounds—[even with the seats removed](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13507/the-official-2018-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-configurator-demands-your-attention>).

That's where SpeedKore comes in. This Demon is far from the company's first dalliance with rebodying a Mopar muscle car in carbon fiber; after all, they also were responsible for the 1,650-horsepower 1970 Dodge Charger known as "Tantrum." (Full disclosure: I drove the Tantrum for about 10 minutes earlier this year [while testing Mercury Racing's new smallblock V8](<https://www.thedrive.com/video/14877/whats-it-like-testing-mercury-racings-750-hp-small-block-crate-motor>). It was raining. The car has no traction control. I was terrified.) For the lightweight Demon, SpeedKore whipped up a set of OEM-quality carbon-fiber body panels to clad this Mopar monster in, bringing the weight down an unspecified—but presumably noticeable—amount. The company says it'll reveal more details of the carbon-fiber body kit at the show next week.

![message-editor%2F1509120646530-speedkore-dodge-demon-sema-booth-24093-01-copy.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1509120646530-speedkore-dodge-demon-sema-booth-24093-01-copy.jpg>)
*SpeedKore*

![message-editor%2F1509120652613-speedkore-dodge-demon-sema-booth-24093-02-copy.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1509120652613-speedkore-dodge-demon-sema-booth-24093-02-copy.jpg>)
*SpeedKore*

![message-editor%2F1509120640433-speedkore-demon2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1509120640433-speedkore-demon2.jpg>)
*SpeedKore*

Oh, and if that weren't enough reason to spur you to check out the car at SEMA this year—assuming, y'know, you happen to score a way inside, as it's not open to the public—SpeedKore also announced that the car will be formally unveiled by Sammy "I Can't Drive 55 But [I Can Drive My Cream-Colored LaFerrari](<https://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/kgo/images/cms/948732_1280x720.jpg>)" Hagar. No word yet on whether David Lee Roth was originally asked to present the car.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/willsabelcourtney>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)