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  1. Viper X

    TA Trackday

    Venom V, While at Spring Mountain, see if you can get in touch with Michael von Quilich. He's a member there, lives locally and most will know him. Michael is a good friend, a Viper guy and Viper racer. He took first place in his class last year in his Viper with SCCA. He may still hold the...
  2. Viper X

    TA Trackday

    Will be fun to hear from you on this. On the spring rates, not sure about Gen 5 but most OE springs are variable rate springs which get progressively stiffer while the aftermarket Eibachs that I'm referring to are fixed rate springs, so a good comparison is difficult. One exception to this was...
  3. Viper X

    TA Trackday

    Bruce, My suggestion, drive your new T/A first and get a feeling for the car. If you change anything for the track, start with tires and brake pads. Spend some time learning it. It may be much more car than you expect and meet your needs completely. If not, you can always make a few...
  4. Viper X

    TA Trackday

    A tip I was given early on with setting up Vipers is to keep at least 300 in / lbs difference between front and rear spring rates, so this may help you, i.e. if you decide to go 700 front (I'd first try 600 (non-aero) then you may want to go with 1000 rear. This may surprise a few of you guys...
  5. Viper X

    Hot Tip...Buy the Gen V Collectible while you can still afford to

    Bruce, Good comments and question. In my personal case, which may not represent most, I've been so busy with other "stuff", mostly personal things like relocating from CA to TX, business stuff with all of the new laws and regs to comply with (thanks Obama and Moonbeam) and that little...
  6. Viper X

    TA Trackday

    No track experience in a Gen 5, yet ...., but lots in other Vipers, and the later Gen's aren't that different. 500 in/lb front / 800 rear springs (both likely 8 inches long) work pretty well on the street, but are a bit light on the track with OE pads, worse with more aggressive pads. I'd...
  7. Viper X

    Hot Tip...Buy the Gen V Collectible while you can still afford to

    After driving the Gen 5 a bit and watching as it beat the F-16 Jet in a 3000 foot drag race at Luke Air Force Base a couple of weekends ago, I and others at the race will begin shopping for Gen 5 Vipers too. This car is extremely strong, the trans slick, the gearing just right and it really...
  8. Viper X

    Delays in shipping from VPA

    Wade, No vendor can ship items that they don't have in their possession. VPA's GM should have advised the customer of a back order situation. Don't know if they did or not. The GM of VPA at that time is no longer with us so we may never know. Our new GM has contacted everyone possible to...
  9. Viper X

    Delays in shipping from VPA

    I have no doubt that Gen IV hoods are getting hard to come-by, and don't blame the VPA for the backorder status at all. We agree on one thing. However, VPA CAN control this because they should notify the customer immediately that the part is on backorder with possibly no known delivery...
  10. Viper X

    Delays in shipping from VPA

    TowDawg, You miss the point. The post title reads "Delays in shipping from VPA". It is critical of something that VPA cannot contol and sends an incorrect message. If it were your company, would you like to see a post with a false statement like this in the title? I simply stated that we...
  11. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Wade, Not ducking facts, not pointing fingers. The facts are as stated above. You miss the point entirely. Maybe this is business as usual for Russell? There are larger issues at this time than magazine delivery dates, yet you continue with your comments on this subject. We must...
  12. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Gustfront, We are moving forward and have not pulled any stunts. Reading the above and seeing how much time and effort you and your like minded pals take to coordinate personal attacks on volunteers like Cathy, myself and others who are simply relaying what we've been told by a vendor is...
  13. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Knuk, No promises were ever made as to when you or anyone would receive any magazines. We don't print them and we certainly don't mail them. We do have a vendor who does this for us. The vendor does tell us, via email, when they shipped them and we simply pass this info on to you. Dan
  14. Viper X

    Boy. Some some people are so fickle.

    Bruce, This is a great post. As a track guy myself, (over 50K track miles in Vipers), this really sums up what it takes to drive a Viper or any manual trans car on a track - just the shifting part! It really reminds me of just how much concentration and effort it takes to get relatively fast...
  15. Viper X

    Delays in shipping from VPA

    DOM426H, Good post. This thread, if it ever should have been made, should read "Delays in Receiving". We don't wait to ship stuff, we do wait to receive it, which is necessary before shipping it. LOL. While VPA stocks a HUGE amount of parts, you'd be surprised at how many items, some parts...
  16. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Re: still no magazines yet Well, neither the previous 2013 VCA President, VCA Vice President, nor VCA Secretary are presently part of the VCA administration, so, not sure what you are getting at. _________________________________________________ Jim – ‘02 GTS ACR gray/silver -- sold – (...
  17. Viper X

    Viper High Speeds

    I've recently moved from CA to TX and found that some of the roads here can be pretty nasty too. Lots of pot holes, "tracks" in the asphalt, etc. plus many "two lane roads" that should be called 1.5 lane roads.....and the driveways can be very tough on splitters, fascias, diffuser blades, etc. Dan
  18. Viper X

    Any Viper owners live in central Kansas?

    Might want to call Keith at VPA. Keith is a 20 year Viper Tech and is now working in Olathe, KS at Viper Parts America. Dan
  19. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Just received my two copies via bulk mail, and I'm in Texas.
  20. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Re: still no magazines yet Hiss, Would like to know the phone number and email that have you been using to see if anything has fallen through the cracks during this transition. Can you provide them? Do you know that you can order many directly from out website, without talking to anyone?
  21. Viper X

    Magazines Shipped

    Re: still no magazines yet FYI, our prior general manager took the time off between Christmas Eve and New Years day to attend to a sick parent. He tried his best to respond during that time, but may not have responded as quickly as some would have liked, though he never told us that he had...
  22. Viper X

    2014 Membership Renewal Progress

    Hi George, Hope all is well with you and yours. Just heard from Eddie and it seems that he is recovering from some type of oral surgery. Renewals are behind last year due to all of the drama caused by the recent spin off of another group that is starting another club. This has caused some to...
  23. Viper X

    total irony......

    MtnBiker, Please post more of this track stuff or pm me. Would love to join you at CoTA and TWS (with a bit more notice - where is TWS exactly? - new to TX) weather permitting of course. Going to MSR this friday with another Viper friend. Havent' been to the track since end of June when I...
  24. Viper X

    total irony......

    Don't know about the rest of us, but I will be watching my radar detector too as Allan is sooooo right about those of us the use our "cars as a source of stress relief and therapy". I am certainly one of those. While I try to always "take it to the track" for this, I might not make it all the...
  25. Viper X

    Observations about the VCA - this is good

    There have been many rumors floated by others. VCA owns 100% of VPA stock, always has.

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