Auto Tranny?

[ACR Joe]

Ironically, the only time I ever thought about an automatic tramsmission was when I was crusing down River Road in New Hope. Other than that, no chance unless a Ferrari style F1 paddle shifter becomes a viable option.

 

[Joseph Houss]

Yes, aftermarket can do it. Just call Chris Barone! We have working proof in Gary Dan's autosnake!

 

[treynor]

What about a Quaife 6-speed sequential tranny? I can't believe there are *no* auto trannys which can handle the Viper's power. There may well be no *inexpensive" auto trannys...

 

[SteveBCloud9]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Hennessey Motorsports makes one.

 

[pauls]

The stock 727 held up to 500 lbs of torque in 1970 with a Hemi and a 440+6.
Problem is nothing fits without hacking up the tunnel. There are many racing trans that will do the job but you only have a 3 spd. We need at least a 4spd if its a street car. I heard someone made the Dodge diesel trans work, but still had to cut up the tunnel.

 

[Jay Herbert]

At this point in time the only working Auto out their is Gary Dan's. Chris did (repaired and upgraded) this one. Gary and his car were featured in a recent issue of Viper Magazine. To my knowledge, there are two others out there as well, both being repaired with input from Chris. last I knew, one of them was at Woodhouse, where the repairs were being executed. That one may be done by now. Here is East Coast Performances info.

East Coast Performance/Snake Pit Racing
Home of the "Shark Car"
www.njracer.com or snakepitracing.com
Chris Barone - President
25 Park Avenue West Orange, NJ 07052
PH: (973) 736-0465
FAX: (973) 736-9250
E-mail: [email protected]
snakepitracing.com is a work in progress.......
Last I knew they were transferring the URL from one ISP
to another. The www.njracer.com site works fine

 

[Jay Herbert]

I would guess as long as Herb Helbig is the Vehicle Synthesis Engineer (Keeper of the Original Viper Flame).... no auto. I also feel, based on management and engineering comments, an automatic in a Viper is highly unlikely...... heck, a cruise control is highly unlikely!

I guess they'll leave that Market to the Renntech Mercedes

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It is also a function of the fact that Dodge can sell every Viper it makes now.

 

[Marv S]

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http://orbitdevelopment.com/viper/default.asp

 

[TomMiriViper]

I was recently by Doug Levins shop. I remember seeing them building a conversion kit for an automatic viper. I'm not sure if they finished it. I would prefer to stick with my 6 shooter...... Does me good.

Tom