Where the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is going, you won?t need two feet?just one foot and one finger. In today?s Demon teaser, ?Lock and Load,?  Dodge details what it says is another feature never seen on a factory production car, technology it calls a TransBrake. With it, drivers will be able to initiate quicker launches of the reduced-weight, supercharged, near-slicks-wearing muscle car off the drag-strip line simply by pressing a paddle.
In drag racing, drivers typically use both feet for launches. The left foot is either depressing the clutch in a manual-transmission car or holding the brake in an automatic. The Demon is an automatic, but because of this new tech, only one foot is required: on the gas. The TransBrake locks the output shaft from the transmission in place and eliminates the need to hold the brake to keep the car stationary. Dodge would not elaborate on how to actually initiate the TransBrake, however. Based on the information we have, we believe the driver will press a button or select a specific mode, push the gas pedal to the floor. Then, instead of letting up the left foot to release the car, he or she clicks the paddle shifter like a trigger, and off it goes. Dodge claims TransBrake gives the driver a 30 percent better reaction time than using the two-foot method. Not only will it aid with launches, it also protects parts by reducing stress on the components (even though many of the Demon’s components have been beefed up to handle m...