Last updated on: 04/08/2023
You’d be hard-pressed to find a Charger quicker than this, considering that it has the best bits from the quickest Demon in the world, and then some. This article will detail what I believe is a forgotten hot rod from the Wisconsin-based shop.
In 2018, SpeedKore built an 8-second ¼ mile Demon with a simple formula; less weight and more power. They replaced all the Demon's body parts with pre-preg carbon pieces made in-house, which were perfectly replicated with the help of Dodge sending them the original CAD drawings. This resulted in a weight loss of around 600 pounds, 15% of the production car’s weight.
Those of you with a keen eye will notice that the front bumper has new cutouts, which display a pair of turbochargers. That’s right, Speedkore had taken the 2.7L supercharger out of the car and replaced it with a set of twin Billet turbos, for a total of 1525hp at the wheels which is almost twice as much as the production car. The cacophonous soundtrack was piped through dual-exit Magnaflow exhausts in front of the front wheels.
With the major changes out of the way, this is where the Demon’s story ends and where the Charger’s story begins. Commissioned by the same man who commissioned the Demon, Speedkore was tasked with building this car as a birthday present for his brother.
Starting out with a 2019 Charger Pursuit, the goal was to give the car the same exact treatment, carbon pieces and all. The story has the same beats; Dodge was contacted for the CAD drawings, the body was replaced, and the engine was replaced, but one crucial detail was left to be tackled. A custom transmission and transfer case were engineered just for this project, as an off-the-shelf system might’ve been too weak for the increased power.
Supposedly, there is a video out there of the Charger at a drag strip, but for the life of me, I can’t find it. I also can’t find any picture of the car post-2020. If my armchair racing has anything to say about it, this would’ve been the fastest Dodge Charger in the world. *Jeremy Clarkson voice*
—There are two sets of exhausts, as the rear ones are meant to be in quieter situations.
—It took around 200 hours for each carbon fiber body piece to be made, as pre-preg, or dry, carbon fiber piece is much harder and much more expensive to produce. This process makes the piece about 75% lighter than the equivalent wet carbon piece. The main reason is that fry carbon has a lot less excess resin left over after production.
—The car was unveiled at the Magnaflow booth at SEMA 2019, and most of my information came from those articles.
—The videos I included at the end are some of the only videos I could find of the car running. If you know where they came from, I would bet we can find where it is nowadays.
—I’m skeptical about what happened to the car, as there was a supposed drag strip run according to the Speedkore post I dug out from around the time. I have my theories, but I’m not gonna spread misinformation. I would love it if there was any updated info about what happened to it considering if the run was successful, without a doubt this would’ve been the quickest Charger in the world.
--After a quick chat exchange with Gearhead Fabrications, it seems that the car resides now in California. Other builds have been inspired by this car, but few of them actually are this one-off creation.
