Motor City Mad Man
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Any of you guys ever break your differential? How much HP and torque can the stock differential handle?
How much HP can the stock differential handle?
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Gerald
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I know many Vipers making plenty of power on the stock rear end. As I've been told, a lot depends on the power adder and street/strip use..... Another reason I choose to go the SC route. If your doing the nitrous thing in small shots you should be cool. But nitrous in large doses hits the drive train components like a sledge hammer from the big torque spike. I think you'd be fine running spray on the street with street tires but once you start running slicks and skinnies, they load the drive train with the hard impact. Then mean 'ole mister broken parts takes over
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Gerald
Gerald
The diff is stronger than the half shafts, but LONG AGO I heard that the target design spec was 500/500. Totally unofficial.
A completely new and hi-tech system is used in the SRT/10
A completely new and hi-tech system is used in the SRT/10
varanus
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gerald:
I know many Vipers making plenty of power on the stock rear end. As I've been told, a lot depends on the power adder and street/strip use..... Another reason I choose to go the SC route. If your doing the nitrous thing in small shots you should be cool. But nitrous in large doses hits the drive train components like a sledge hammer from the big torque spike. I think you'd be fine running spray on the street with street tires but once you start running slicks and skinnies, they load the drive train with the hard impact. Then mean 'ole mister broken parts takes over
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Gerald
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I agree with the sudden hit breaking things. I am running a progressive timer to ramp up the nitrous instead of the sudden hit of 200 hp all at once
I know many Vipers making plenty of power on the stock rear end. As I've been told, a lot depends on the power adder and street/strip use..... Another reason I choose to go the SC route. If your doing the nitrous thing in small shots you should be cool. But nitrous in large doses hits the drive train components like a sledge hammer from the big torque spike. I think you'd be fine running spray on the street with street tires but once you start running slicks and skinnies, they load the drive train with the hard impact. Then mean 'ole mister broken parts takes over
Gerald
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I agree with the sudden hit breaking things. I am running a progressive timer to ramp up the nitrous instead of the sudden hit of 200 hp all at once
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dan Cragin:
It all depends on how you drive. We once had a customer who
broke 3 differentials in a year, all under warranty. All of them
had broken spider gears. We built a 600+rwhp engine for
a customer with a 1998 Viper. He now has 26,000 miles on the
motor and has never had a problem with the factory differential.
Dan Cragin
The Viper Shop
310 925 9579 www.thevipershop.com
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Can you elaborate on the driving differences?
It all depends on how you drive. We once had a customer who
broke 3 differentials in a year, all under warranty. All of them
had broken spider gears. We built a 600+rwhp engine for
a customer with a 1998 Viper. He now has 26,000 miles on the
motor and has never had a problem with the factory differential.
Dan Cragin
The Viper Shop
310 925 9579 www.thevipershop.com
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Can you elaborate on the driving differences?
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