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    600hp Hemi V-10 for the new SRT Coupes!

    The old Hemi was indeed a great engine. It was a great engine and it was a hemi. As you say, the old hemi didn't start out as a monster. It was chosen by racers of the day because of its strength its size and perhaps because it was a hemi. Much development went into that old engine over...
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    600hp Hemi V-10 for the new SRT Coupes!

    I'm not sure the Viper V10 could just have hemi heads added to it. Pushrod engines are hard to convert to hemi if they were not designed that way to start with. The other thing to keep in mind is that there really isn't anything magic about a hemi. A hemi chamber will often let you have a...
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    Racing Helmets - Open or Closed Face?

    Kai SRT10 said this, "Personally, I wear an open face helmet for low-speed low risk stuff like auto-x, driving school, and the like, but prefer the protection of a full face helmet for full-on high speed stuff." He's right.
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    Warning to Nitrous users !!!

    Exactly what is there to be gained by aluminum rockers. The Viper V10 isn't turning any high rpm. The valves shouldn't ever float. There isn't any reason that I can see for aluminum rockers. And now that at least a few people have damaged engines because of this aluminum part, why would anyone...
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    Effectiveness of Air Intake Boxes

    "I like taking advantage of the high pressure air in front of the radiator in addition to the NACA duct." Yes, that would be nice wouldn't it. And if any of them could do that and make more power, there would be plenty of data to prove it. Shelby, I'll stop if you will. Otherwise, I'll bet I...
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    Warning to Nitrous users !!!

    Get some steel rockers. The inertial weight saved by making the rockers out of aluminum isn't much. I also remember that aluminum connecting rods are only good for a certain number of hours use. They flex a little and this causes cracks. At least they used to be rated this way. They can only...
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    Effectiveness of Air Intake Boxes

    Get a small nitrous kit. Seriously. None of these intakes are really going to do anything you would be able to notice
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    Effectiveness of Air Intake Boxes

    Don't expect any noticeable performance increase with any of these intake contraptions. They all probably give you some power at high speed, perhaps a tenth in the quarter, If you are a racer, that tenth might be worth it. If you are not being timed on the dragstrip you will never know you have...
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    Buying an RT-10...

    Hamish, I don't see in your post what year R/T you are getting and I don't see a price. You can keep that to yourself of course. But just in case you don't know, None of the gen1 Vipers are worth more than low $30k. I'm not saying that all the gen1 owners would sell their cars for that price...
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    top speed with rt/10????

    All I was pointing out was that the velocity is driving the drag formula. In other words, double the frontal area and you double the drag. That means twice the horsepower is required. double the speed and the drag goes up four times. That means four times the horsepower. Now, of course you...
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    Why Don't You Just Paint It?

    Re: Why Don\'t You Just Paint It? Painting a Viper graphite would probably not be a good idea. There are graphite Vipers for sale and they don't bring any premium because of the color. Figure the paint job would cost about $10k. You would have to find a Viper with an undesired color, at a...
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    top speed with rt/10????

    I wouldn't think that there would be much difference in top speed between gen1 and gen2 R/Ts. Drag limits top speed. The extra 50hp from the gen2 probably isn't enough to matter much. Drag = area x (velocity x velocity) A little more speed need's lots more power. This doesn't take the...
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    Rear end pumpking with 3:07 gears new, what its worth.

    Look at the thread by the guy from the UK who just screwed his rear up. "Rear locked up" is the thread. Ask him what he will give for it.
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    OHHH MY EYES THEY BURN!!!!

    "86 camero chassis" Did they have a chassis? Anyway, if it was all finished and done properly, a turn key Viper replica built on a Camaro, what would it be worth? I'd say, $7k, $9k tops. And that would be for a nice job with no loose ends. Right now, as is? I don't think it's worth anything...
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    1997 GTS

    "$56,500.00 which seems a bit high..." No kidding, that's high. But I guess that blue and white is worth it. Right? What does that used SRT cost?
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    Sorry to say it, but as much as I like Vipers....this is going to kick

    "I was barely walking when they made the last "ownable" one - 1971 or so." Exactly what was so good about those vettes? None of them were really fast compared to ordinary C4s or C5s. And I'm not even talking C6 or ZO6.
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    I think I've been duped

    Re: I think I\'ve been duped "While attending this event may have slowed their shop business" All they have to do is say, "While attending this event we may have slowed our shop business". Paul, Since you are making excuses for them, how about telling me why they shouldn't tell the truth...
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    I think I've been duped

    Re: I think I\'ve been duped "It will take them a couple days to get packed back up, and drive home. I would expect your order to be shipped out shortly." Oh, I see, until they are ready to deal with business at home they make excuses and tell fibs about when things get shipped? I'm not...
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    Burning Viper music, what the best songs for driving

    Jim Wilson, "Anybody want to hear some Folk Music?" Or how about some Polka? No, Add "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Radar Love" to "Ina Godadavida" long version, and you have all you need.
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    Road Racing and Changing Rear Gear Ratio?

    Gear the car so you get to use as many of the transmission gears that you can while on the track.
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    So what were some of the most memorable post people have made on here?

    "Another good one was posted by F355 (I think) and had to do with some big woman" Oh come on, she started off bad but she turned out to be ok. You guys shouldn't have picked on her. I think she was a nice lady. She just wasn't feeling well that day.
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    Burning Viper music, what the best songs for driving

    "Ina Goda Davida" But must be the long version.
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    Anyone interested in a brand new Mopar/Borla exhaust?

    Just a word about drone. I have a friend with a C4 Vette coupe. He has some kind of aftermarket exhaust. The drone in his car is real and it is overpowering. If it was my car, I couldn't live with it. My RT exhaust sound's like World War II and I like it that way, so I'm not against the sound...
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    Road Racing and Changing Rear Gear Ratio?

    A dedicated race car with a quick change rear would be geared so the top speed the car could reach on a given track would be near the top speed in top gear. That would let the driver use all his transmission gears and this would give the driver the best chance that a given gear would be the best...
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    Dyno Numbers and Gears

    The gears will change your torque at the wheels and they will change your rpm at the wheels, right? With a 3.73 you will get more torque at the wheels but the wheels will not turn as fast. Horsepower is a measure of torque at some given rpm. Tell me a torque reading at some rpm and I'll tell...

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