--- title: "This 9-Second Dodge Charger Hellcat Is Ready to Slay the Demon" description: "We imagine that poor Corvette owner was pretty shocked." date: "2017-04-20" modified: "2017-04-21" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9533/this-9-second-dodge-charger-hellcat-is-ready-to-slay-the-demon" categories: - "Dodge News" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Watch This" tags: - "Challenger SRT Demon" - "charger" - "Charger SRT Hellcat" - "dodge" - "Drag Strip" - "Hellcat" - "Quarter Mile" - "sedan" - "sports car" - "Texas" --- # This 9-Second Dodge Charger Hellcat Is Ready to Slay the Demon ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* In case you haven't noticed, America is in the midst of perhaps the greatest revolution since that time we dumped all the tea and kicked the Redcoats' asses. Yes, the great Muscle Car Uprising is upon us. If you want to shred your tires with some ludicrous factory horsepower figures, your [options are more numerous]() than they've been at any time in history. That is, unless you require four doors. Dodge neglected to give the Charger a Demonic treatment [alongside the Challenger](), but as this video shows, a few tweaks to the Hellcat engine will have the sedan running nine-second quarter-mile passes all day long at the strip. Shot in Texas, the clip shows a C6-generation Corvette Corvette and the Charger moseying up to the line for a timed quarter-mile run. Both engines sound modified and each is rocking a pair of hefty drag slicks, but the 'Vette also enjoys about a 1,000-pound weight advantage over the Charger. The first real sign that all is not as it appears with the Dodge is the pre-run burnout to warm up the tires; it barely needs to rev the engine to spin the rears, while the Corvette wails away like that one guy at the gym who always tries to bench too much. https://youtube.com/embed/73RV2mA7JBE At 1:08, it's rapture time. Both cars blast off with a tremendous amount of noise and speed, but they're barely past the Christmas tree before it's clear the Charger is pulling ahead for good. The end result is a 9.759-second quarter mile at 142 miles per hour, just shy of the Demon's official time (which is itself the subject [of a little debate]()). You can almost hear the Corvette driver wondering what on earth just happened. The Charger then demolishes a Dodge Viper and a hopelessly-outmatched Scion FR-S with similar times. It may not have the fancy Torque Reserve Launch System to boost its times past Dodge's latest monster, but it sure is knocking on the Demon's door. We don't know exactly what was done to sharpen this Hellcat's bite, but you can bet that 6.2-liter V8 has even more untapped potential with the right modifications. After all, Dodge [managed to squeeze]() an extra 100 horsepower out of it for the Demon—imagine what the aftermarket can do. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()