Barrett-Jackson Demon 170

[ButterDaGreat?]

Rick Hendrick must have slept in. Thought he was always the guy that snapped up the charity cars.

He has my MSRP allocation he personally took from me...

 

[ButterDaGreat?]

Yeah way low. I think there were good (bad) reasons why it flopped...

Kinda hard to sell a paper order live. People left to guess what it might look like. It also came off confusing as if you were getting the car on stage (used/dirty silver D170). If it was the actual car up there (say in Panther Pink) I think it goes much higher. That also was a weak azz venue. Boiling hot LV in mid-July isn't exactly Scottsdale in January. A 1993 Viper in nice shape sold for 30K and a Gen 3 Ford GT with the rare 70K lightweight option hammered for 900K. That's 1.2M all day on BaT.

Kind of a stupid auction after you sit and think about what they tried to do. Dodge should not have agreed to that venue/setup. Why not wait until ACTUAL D170s are built then sell car 0001 (in special paint, etc). That's how literally every other high-dollar charity auction is run (with great results). This should have been run 6 months from now in Arizona with an actual car decked out with eye-popping special paint and CF wheels.

The "winner" too kinda got screwed (although long run maybe he has a steal deal). Even so, he/she goes home with zero car today. Personally, after watching this I think it was a dumb idea all around.

Add in the super confusing double auction (goes to 400K, high bidder passes on the car then resets/restarts and thenanother 300K is raised). What ??

This was a complete sh!tshow imo...


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It's not like those dummies couldn't take one of those Direct Connection Super Stocks they had sitting in Vegas, replace the front fenders for a narrowbody, drop a C170 crate engine in, and paint the car in 3 months... Way better paperweight to have go to Barret Jackson than a beat up test mule...

 

[DavidKFla]

Who is doing the tuning?
More details on the build please…

Undecided as of right now. Still interviewing Coyote shops. Truck is being built next month.

 

[EricG]

Some of the fastest Fords in the country are built and tuned right here in Albuquerque. Chris Groves at the Dyno Edge and John Urist from Hellion are here.

 

[DavidKFla]

Some of the fastest Fords in the country are built and tuned right here in Albuquerque. Chris Groves at the Dyno Edge and John Urist from Hellion are here.

I'm not looking for the fastest, just the most dependable that can survive high temperature traffic jams like Power Tour amongst other events that will run a consistent et.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

I'm not looking for the fastest, just the most dependable that can survive high temperature traffic jams like Power Tour amongst other events that will run a consistent et.

ET target?

 

[DavidKFla]

ET target?

In drag and drive I would run, dial your own, so that hasn't been determined yet.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

In drag and drive I would run, dial your own, so that hasn't been determined yet.

Sticking with pump gas or going E/e-blend?

 

[DavidKFla]

Sticking with pump gas or going E/e-blend?

93. The simpler the better.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

93. The simpler the better.

Mid to low 10s isn’t too tough on 93. RCSB or a CC of some sort? I’m shooting for high 10s in my Platty, too heavy to be a race truck.

 

[DavidKFla]

Mid to low 10s isn’t too tough on 93. RCSB or a CC of some sort? I’m shooting for high 10s in my Platty, too heavy to be a race truck.

I added some creature comfort to it so it's not a bare bones truck. The dealer has the different blower setups but they're very limited and don't know what it will run. I have to go and talk to Palm Beach Dyno to see what they have to say.

It cannot overheat in summer conditions and a traffic jam.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

I added some creature comfort to it so it's not a bare bones truck. The dealer has the different blower setups but they're very limited and don't know what it will run. I have to go and talk to Palm Beach Dyno to see what they have to say.

It cannot overheat in summer conditions and a traffic jam.

If you didn’t already know, Rob isn’t at PBD anymore, you can get your tunes directly from him though.

 

[DavidKFla]

If you didn’t already know, Rob isn’t at PBD anymore, you can get your tunes directly from him though.

Where did he go? I don't keep up with this stuff.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

Where did he go? I don't keep up with this stuff.

He is doing his own thing now. Not sure how it all transpired, but just thought you should know, because PBD will still gladly sell you a tune, it just won’t be one of Rob’s.

 

[Demon Dan]

Geee.....I thought I was on a Hellcat site!!

 

[DavidKFla]

Geee.....I thought I was on a Hellcat site!!

That's a disappearing subject.

 

[Bobo]

That's a disappearing subject.

Blame the Stellantis Last Call shiat show



Plus a lot of us have many other interests and hobby's. Most define themselves as more than just our HC's

 

[Bowtie Guy]

Blame the Stellantis Last Call shiat show



Plus a lot of us have many other interests and hobby's. Most define themselves as more than just our HC's

Did you say beer ?

 

[DavidKFla]

Blame the Stellantis Last Call shiat show



Plus a lot of us have many other interests and hobby's. Most define themselves as more than just our HC's

It's become a shit show.

 

[Boris]

I thought these were easy $500k cars?

Meanwhile
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38935016/2023-chevy-corvette-z06-vin-001-auction/
https://www.torquenews.com/106/first-hellcat-challenger-auction-raises-165-million-charity
https://media.ford.com/content/ford...duction-shelby-gt350r--vin-001--raises--.html

Either this was the wrong auction or people just don't give a shit about Hellcats/Demons/Dodge anymore.