I owned a 1998 GT-2 which I autocrossed (wearing a helmet) for several years. I am 6 ft 4 inches and was able to fit easily in the seat AFTER I lowered it about 2 inches by cutting off and bending a portion of the seat attachment brackets. It wasn't difficult to do as I had done the same...
Whoops forgot about the 19 inchers in the rear... Unfortunately rear gear changes are not allowed in Street Prepared or I would have changed years ago! SP does allow update and backdate changes but alas, the viper only came stock with 3.07's... Maybe the new Viper will have a more favorable...
Jason,
I have been experimenting with using 335-30-18's vs 345-35-18's on the rear of my ASP soon to be SSP (ugh!) '06 viper. It gives an effective rear gear ratio
of 3.21 vs the stock 3.07. This allows me to use second gear more effectively on a lot of autocross courses. The only issue...
I think I saw this car at Marina Airport (autocross) which is very near Monterey once or twice. Seemed like a nice car, but I really did not check it out that carefully... One clue would be to check out the tires: If they are Hoosier A6's it really is an autocross car. If they are R6's it...
I initially upgraded to 3" RT Hi Flow cats and 3" Corsa exhaust on my 06 Coupe. I found that it made great horsepower and torque at high RPM's but cost me on the low end. Late last year I converted back to stock 2 1/4 " exhaust and found the stronger low end and mid range torque to be better...
I had a similar problem with the passenger side on my Gen 3... Once it was unbolted from the frame and engine, I couldn't get the engine mount out due to space constraints. I ended up separating the rubber portion from its bracket while it was disconnected but lodged in the tiny space available...
Jon... I did originally run 275's MX's on my 98 GT2 which was no fun. Eventually went to 285's... I have always run 315's on the front of my 06 (Hoosiers) and they work great. By the way, the real master at autocrossing a Viper is Jason Rhodes who just finished second at the Nationals in...
I'm not sure about the new ACR's, but I'd guess your car is likely to "push" in the corners rather than be loose. You can lower the rear tire pressures relative to the front to improve this situation. I used to run 4 more PSI in the front vs the rear of my 06 coupe. Now I have increased...
I thought I read somewhere that the Gen 3's have only 1 layer of clear-coat whereas the earlier Vipers all had 2 layers of clear-coat. This might explain the reason the Gen 3's are so susceptible to chipping, scratching, etc. In any case it is a huge problem--My '06 VOI9 Viper has 4x the damage...
FYI, I intalled the 3 inch High flow cats and 3 inch corsas on my 2006 and passed Calif. smog a week later... (Oh, my stock cats were rattling too...!!)
This weekend I attended an "American Autocross" event at Alameda Naval air station.
A guy named Mark Serr took this awesome picture (artwork?) of my fully prepped Viper. Obviously the photo was tweaked for black and white but the scene is real with San Francisco in the background and the Bay...
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