WHO CARES ABOUT THE COST!
VIPER GUYS ARE ALWAYS SPENDING $20K+ ON AFTERMARKET S/C.NOS AND TURBO UPGRADES..
D/C SHOULD OFFER A SUPER VIPER WITH 600+ HP AT $150K FOR THOSE THAT WANT AND CAN AFFORD IT..
I HAD A NIGHTMARE...
I DREAMED I WAS DRIVING MY VIPER AND I PULLED UP TO A LIGHT NEXT TO GRANDPA AND GRANDMA ON THEIR WAY TO CHURCH..
THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND I STOMP ON MY 450 HP VIPER... GRANDPA WANTS TO TEACH SONNY A LESSON ABOUT FAST CARS!..
GRANDPA OUT ACCELERATES MY VIPER BY 3 CAR...
I HATED ALWAYS HAVING TO GET OUT AND USE THE KEY ON MY 01 RT TRUNK..
I FABRICATED A VERY SMALL CHROME HANDLE WITH A THREADED SHAFT THAT GOES THROUGH THE TOP LEFT LICENSE PLATE HOLE..
INSIDE THE 2001 RTs HAVE A SMALL EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE (DOT REQUIREMENT) THAT I USED TO PULL THE LATCH...
JON B,
IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE THAT JUST 1MM OF SURFACE OF THE VALVE NOT BEING FULLY POLISHED COULD CAUSE A 25+ HP REDUCTION?
I THOUGHT THAT A MULTI ANGLE VALVE JOB WAS MORE FOR DURABILITY THAN PERFORMANCE..
DC IS NOT BEING HONORABLE!
DC SOLD VIPERS THAT WERE REPRESENTED AS HAVING 500HP AND SOME OF THEM HAVE LESS HP! THIS IS DUE DIRECTLY TO DC AND/OR THEIR SUB-CONTRACTORS.
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY SCREWED UP IS ONLY AN ATTEMPT TO COVER THEIR ASSES FROM FUTURE LITIGATION..HENCE...
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN..
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO THINK LIKE THE UPPER MANAGEMENT AT DAIMLER CHRYSLER
TO THEM "IT IS ONLY A DODGE"!
DO YOU THINK THAT IF AN OWNER OF A NEW SL-55 OR ANY OTHER NEW MBZ HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS THAT DC WOULD CHEAP OUT AND NOT REPLACE THE HEADS?
NOOOO WAY!
I...
GEEEEE!
WHY WOULD ANYONE BE UPSET ABOUT THE IDEA OF THEIR BRAND NEW $83K SHOW CAR BEING THE FIRST VIPER MOTOR THAT "JOE VIPER TECH" GETS TO TAKE APART!!
THINK OF TWO HUGE GUYS DIGGING THEIR ELBOWS INTO YOUR BRAND NEW FENDERS AS THEY TAKE THE INTAKE AND HEADS OFF..REMEMBER NO MORE CLAM...
HAS ANY ACTUALLY RUN BOTH REAR-END RATIOS AND WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS ON WHICH IS BEST FOR 0-60 MPH (OK MAYBE TO 85) AND SUPER FAST CANYON DRIVING?..
I HAVE 3:55 AND LIKE THEM A LOT BUT IS 3:73 EVEN BETTER?
I ALSO HAVE NOTICED THAT SINCE THE SRT-10 CAME OUT THE RT/GTS POSTS SEEM VERY SEDATE..
MY WINDOW STICKER SAYS AS PART OF THE OPTIONS
1. HARD TOP
2. COVER-TONNEAU
THE ORIGINAL OWNER SAYS IT WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN T WAS DELIVERED..
ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR A 2001 RT-10 AND HAVE ONE FOR SAE??
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO I WAS WITH A LARGE GROUP OF PORSCHE OWNERS AT AN F-1 RACE..I WAS TALKING TO A STRANGER ABOUT CARS AND HE ASKED "WHAT DO ALL PORSCHE OWNERS HAVE IN COMMON..I SAID I DIDNT KNOW...HE SAID THAT THEY ALL WANT A FERRARI!!
I SAID..YEAH I CAN RELATE!!
4 MONTHS LATER I BOUGHT MY...
I HAVE A 2001 RT (SHAPIRE/BLK) AND CURRENTLY HAVE A FERRARI 246GTS AND MANY PORSCHES IN THE GARAGE.
I HAVE OWNED AND RACED MANY FERRARIS OVER THE YEARS..
THE VIPER IS NOTHING LIKE A FERRARI!
A VIPER AND A FERRARI/PORSCHE ARE A TOTALLY OPPOSITE DRIVING EXPERIANCE..
A FERRARI IS SMALL, LITE...
SPEEDSTYLE,
THAT IS WHY THERE ARE HORSE RACES!
I PERSONALLY THINK A "SUPER VIPER" MAY EVENTUALLY BE BUILT BY DC..THEY IMPROVED THE GEN I CAR INTO THE GEN II AND NOW THERE IS THE SRT, WHICH FROM WHAT I READ IS MILES AHEAD OF THE GEN II..
WHEN THE GT40 COMES OUT AND POSSIBLY BLOWS THE DOORS OFF...
SPEEDSTYLE,
I TOTALLY DISAGREE! PLUS THE PAST PRODUCTS FROM MERCEDES (300SEL 6.3 AND THE 6.9) NOW DC DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS...MERCEDES NEVER NEEDED TO BUILD THE 350HP 1968-1972 300SEL 6.3.. BUT THEY DID AND THEY HAD THE WORLDS FASTEST PRODUCTION SEDAN FOR OVER 20+ YEARS YEARS!
DC NEVER...
I HAVE A FEW PHOTOS..
AMAZINGLY YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS BUT I THINK THAT IT IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY ORIGINAL 427 COBRA RED WITH WHITE STRIPES!! I KNOW THAT EVERY KIT CAR ON THE PLANET IS RED/WHITE..
IT WAS THE CAR IN THE 1994 MAC TOOL CALENDER..IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR VIPER RED WITH WHITE STRIPES..IN...
TORQUEMONSTER,
THIS IS THE ONLY SITE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER SAID BOOOO ABOUT ME TYPING IN ALL CAPS!!..SOME GUYS TYPE IN ALL LOWER CASE SOOOOOO THE FU*K WHAT...
IF YOU WROTE A LETTER IN PRINT AS OPPOSED TO HAND WRITING THESE GUYS WOULD COMPLAIN...
I AGREE THAT MY SPELLING STINKS! BUT DONT WORRY...
TORQUEMONSTER,
AGAIN I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR IDEAS 100%!.. I POSTED EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES BEFORE AND MOST OF THE VIPER OWNERS JUST DONT UNDERSTAND OR WERE TO INTIMIDATED..
MY IDEA WAS TO HAVE JUST THE OPTION OF A LIMITED PRODUCTION "SUPER VIPER" FOR THE STREET!! I THOUGHT THAT DC COULD...
JRKERMODE,
HISTORY LESSON..
WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT BEFORE FERRARI,JAGUAR AND PORSCHE FOR MANY YEARS THE "BENTLEYS" WERE THE FASTEST CARS IN THE WORLD!! THEY HELD THE LAND SPEED RECORD AND BENTLEYS ALSO WON LEMANS NUMEROUS TIMES IN THEIR DAY! ROLLS ROYCE BOUGHT THEM FOR THEIR SPORTY IMAGE...
TORQUEMONSTER,
YOU CAN READ ABOUT MY COBRA IN THE SHELBY REGITRY CSX 3127..I BOUGHT IT FROM SLY STALLONE IN 1986 AND KEPT IT FOR 15 YEARS..I STILL FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT FOR SELLING IT!!!
MOST OF THE VIPER OWNERS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW RADICALLY DIFFERENT THE COBRA AND THE VIPER ARE TO DRIVE!! A...
TORQUEMONSTER,
OBVIOUSLY CRAIG 201MPH CANT UNDERSTAND WHAT A REALLY FAST CAR IS LIKE (1100HP IN A 1250LB CAR!) HE PROBABLY THINKS THAT HIS VIPER IS LIKE A 427 COBRA..HE JUST HAS NO IDEA..
WHEN I WAS RACING IN THE LATE 1970s THERE WAS A 917/30 THAT WOULD RUN IN THE CAN-AM GROUP AT RIVERSIDE AND...
The reason you got creamed on was beacause you came across as a loudmouth idiot, looks like nothing's changed.
Building a "super viper" is an idea that takes away the purity of the car. AWD? are you kidding? Have a look under any remotely accurate DIE CAST model and you'll see that even the...
WHEN 8 MONTHS AGO I POSTED ON THE GENI/GENII BOARDS THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE VIPER HP AT 56HP/LITER WAS CONSIDERED LOW FOR A MODERN HI-PO ENGINE I GOT CREAMED!
I SUGGESTED THAT DC COULD EASILY BUILD A LIMITED PRODUCTION "SUPER VIPER" WITH A V-10 WITH MULTI-VALVE OVERHEAD CAM HEADS OR EVEN A...
I DISCUSSED IN MY "TIRADE" EXACTLY THE SAME POINTS!!
LET THE DC FORCED INDUCTION ENGINEERS LOOSE ON A VIPER AND WE COULD EASILY HAVE A LIGHT WEIGHT 700HP V-10 SUPER VIPER THAT WOULD BE EMISSIONS FRIENDLY..
I WONDER IF THE NICE VCA GUYS REALLY ADDED A SPELL CHECK BUTTON JUST FOR ME?? NAAW...
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