Dodge handed two production Charger Scat Packs to a team of builders and professional drifters, gave them 60 days, and told them not to leave anything stock. The result: a pair of 750-horsepower purpose-built drift machines that debut tonight at Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge at M1 Concourse.
The two builds are the Dodge Charger BOOST Coupe, a two-door aimed at all-out performance, and the Dodge Charger RPM (Rapid People Mover), a four-door configured for passenger drift demos. Hemmings Director of Programming Mike Musto and fabricator Suppy Wejpanich of Suppy’s Garage led the builds. Professional drifters Corey “The Boss” Hosford and Micah Diaz handle driving duties.
Both cars started as 550-hp, twin-turbocharged SIXPACK H.O.-powered Charger Scat Packs. The team stripped the production all-wheel-drive automatic and rebuilt each car around a rear-wheel-drive manual transmission, engineering custom bellhousings and reworking the driveline to get there. That makes them the first manually shifted SIXPACK-powered Chargers. Interior components came out entirely, replaced by roll cages, FIA-style containment seats, multi-point harnesses, and a three-pedal setup with a custom hydraulic handbrake.
The two cars share a 750-hp target but take different routes to get there. The BOOST Coupe converts the factory twin-turbo system to a high-output Turbosmart single-turbo configuration. The RPM runs a heavily modified Turbosmart twin-turbo setup with a fully custom-fabricated intake. Both run on C16 race fuel, MoTeC engine management, 12-inch MoTeC digital displays, and rear-mounted cooling packages. A Bulldog quick-change rear differential lets the team swap gear ratios between events. Exhaust routing is the visual signature: both cars vent tire smoke through hood-mounted blow-off valves.
The chassis work is equally thorough. Drift-specific front and rear suspension, extreme steering geometry for maximum lock angle, competition axles and hubs, heavy-duty driveshafts, and a one-off hydraulic handbrake assembly. American Racing wheels carry X-Comp HP tires. The bodywork has been widened front and rear for steering clearance, and each car wears a hand-fabricated rear drift wing. Exterior graphics pull from the Charger’s Purple Haze color; the RPM adds “Rapid People Mover” lettering across the roof.
The project grew out of a conversation between Dodge CEO Matt McAlear and Musto during a media drive in Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak models. Musto is a reasonable person to have that conversation with: he built his profile hosting “Big Muscle” on The Drive Network and “The House of Muscle” on Hemmings and MotorTrend before joining Hemmings as Director of Programming. His instinct here was straightforward. The production Charger Scat Pack already offers an on-demand RWD Mode that sends 100 percent of torque to the rear axle. The SIXPACK platform was, in his framing, most of the way there. The drift builds test how far the rest of the way actually is.
That question has some urgency behind it. Gas-powered Charger sales through the first half of 2024 ran to 26,876 units. The EV Charger Daytona moved 4,299 units in the first half of 2025, and in Q1 2026 the gas Charger was outsold by the Mazda Miata. Dodge needs the SIXPACK platform to carry the brand’s performance credibility while the electrification story figures itself out. Two 750-hp drift machines sliding in front of Roadkill Nights cameras is exactly the kind of halo content that keeps enthusiasts paying attention between purchase decisions.
A nine-part video series documenting the builds from concept to completion is already running on Hemmings’ YouTube channel. After tonight’s debut, the cars travel to Gridlife at Laguna Seca on September 18–20 and FuelFest at Firebird Motorsports Park in Arizona on December 5, hauled between events by a Ram 3500.
The Charger can do this. Now Dodge needs people to buy the version they can actually afford.
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