The Snake Pit: How the Viper Forged SRT
Before the Hellcat. Before the Demon. There was an 8.0L V10, no traction control, and a generation of engineers told to build something insane.
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History
From the snake-bitten Viper that started it all to the 1,025-horsepower Demon 170 — the complete archive of America's most unhinged factory hot rods.
Click any model to dive into its full story, specs, and place in the SRT bloodline. Nineteen factory weapons spanning three decades — from the original snake to the final boss.
When Dodge unveiled the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon, the NHRA banned it from sanctioned racing before it ever turned a wheel in anger. With 840 horsepower on race fuel, factory drag radials, a TransBrake, and an officially documented 9.65-second quarter mile, the Demon wasn't a car so much as a middle finger aimed at every supercar in the showroom — and most of them on the track.
Then came the Demon 170. 1,025 horsepower on E85. The first production car under nine seconds in the quarter mile from the factory. The fastest 0–60 ever recorded by a production vehicle. Then Dodge pulled the plug on the V8 Hemi era — a curtain call worthy of a legend.
Long-form features on the engineering, history, and culture behind SRT.
History
Before the Hellcat. Before the Demon. There was an 8.0L V10, no traction control, and a generation of engineers told to build something insane.
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Engineering
Inside the IHI 2.4-liter blower, forged internals, and dual-fuel-system trickery that made 707 horsepower a daily-driver reality.
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Culture
How Dodge spent two years sending off the Charger and Challenger with seven Last Call special editions, culminating in the 1,025-hp Demon 170.
Read more →From PVO badges to Hellcat fender flares — the milestones that shaped Street & Racing Technology.