Here is a closer look at the Snap-On tools included in the Demon Crate.
A few weeks back, the teaser information on the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon focused on the unique “Demon crate”, which includes some skinny front wheels, a handful of tools and some unspecified “Direct Connection Performance Parts” which might or might not be limited to those skinny front wheels. Today, Dodge offered up more detailed information on the tools included in the Demon Crate, all of which come from the folks at Snap-On.
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is seemingly designed to dominate the drag strip while being friendly enough for daily driving use. To help make the Demon more track-capable, the new muscle car will come with a large crate which will come with skinny front wheels and tools to swap to the front skinnies. Anyone who has changed tires at the track should appreciate these tools, as this is literally everything that a Challenger SRT Demon needs to swap their wheels/tires at the track.
As you can see in the image above, the Demon Crate is beautifully painted in black and red with the Demon head logo and Demon font logo. In that crate, you get the skinny front wheels, you the folks at Snap-On have designed a set of tools just for the Demon – finished in black and red and sporting the Demon logos. This includes a lightweight hydraulic floor jack, a cordless electric impact gun, a torque wrench, a digital tire pressure gauge, a fender cover and a tool bag to hold all of the Demon-branded Snap-On tools.
I’m not sure why Demon owners will need a fender cover to change the front wheels, but in any case, the tools in the Demon Crate will allow the owners to jack up the car, remove the wheels, mount the skinny wheels, tighten the lugnuts to the require torque setting and check the air pressure in all four tires before hitting the track.
In addition to these tools, today’s announcement explains that the Demon Crate will contain “a dozen more parts, including Direct Connection Performance Parts, matching Demon-head logo’d wheels and the Demon Track Pack System”. We know about the wheels, but it is unclear what the Demon Track Pack System or the Direct Connection Performance Parts might be.
All of the details on the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon will be announced when the new Mopar muscle car meets the world on April 11th in New York City, but before then, we can expect new teaser videos and accompanying information each Thursday between then and now.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that offers a street-to-track transformation experience as exclusive as the car itself.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon features several parts, including this hydraulic floor jack.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon features several parts, including this hydraulic floor jack.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that includes this cordless impact wrench with charger.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that includes this torque wrench.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that includes this tire pressure gauge.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that includes this fender cover.
In collaboration with Dodge, Snap-on Business Solutions delivers what customers need to take the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from the street to the drag strip and back again. This is a special, limited-production set of tools for the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that includes this tool bag.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
