More than 1,000 horsepower and a trick exhaust will make much noise
Speedkore Performance is nowhere near finished with the Dodge Charger. At last year's SEMA show, the Wisconsin-based tuner showed a 1970 Charger Evolution with carbon and aluminum body panels, and a 996-horsepower Hellcat engine yoked to a six-speed transmission. This year the company teased a profile rendering of a 2020 Charger
Hellcat Widebody on Facebook with the line, "All we're going to say is
this all-wheel drive, twin-turbo, widebody Charger is going to be
unveiled at the Magnaflow booth." Mopar Insiders extracted a tad more
information, the first being that we're in for another tuned version of
the 6.2-liter Demon Hemi V8 that's swapped its supercharger for twin
turbos, and produces more than 1,000 horsepower.
Last year, alongside that 1970 Charger, Speedkore unveiled a twin-turbo Hellcat-powered Demon
making almost 1,400 horsepower. We don't know yet if this year's
Charger will match that output — or exceed it — but we have a benchmark.
An all-wheel-drive powertrain divides those horses so the tires have a
chance of conquering them. Speedkore's mum on the mechanicals; the firm
could have swiped a Grand Cherokee Trackhawk AWD unit and beefed it up, or created its own system.
Some
of the steel body panels get carbon fiber replacements, and see those
two holes in he front wheel arch? Those are exhaust outlets. MagnaFlow
created a custom exhaust with a driver-selectable switch to port gases
out the front, say at the track when decibels don't matter, or to send
waste through MagnaFlow mufflers and out the rear pipes when silence is
required.
The reveal happens at the Magnaflow booth in SEMA's
Central Hall on November 5. Those that can't make the show can watch the
reveal on MagnaFlow’s Facebook page.
