best viper specs book?

[93vette]

Hello...what can I say. I am a current 'Vette owner and hope to own my dream car one day after school. I am looking for a good book about the Viper going year by year with production numbers, color options, forged to cast pistons for example(99 last year I think), all the details, etc. Could someone shoot me an ISBN # or a title of a book? I have learned too much and wasted too many brain cells on the 'Vette, now it is time to start learning about the baddest car on the street!!
PS: the snake bit me when I got to drive a 2002 FE Viper, now I am hooked even more! Thank you for the time!

 

[93vette]

I gave in and ordered a "text" covering 1992-2002 made by, *cough*cough*, Road and Track. Even though I disagree with some of their previous analyses on the Viper, it has a lot of specs, performance, comparison articles, etc on the car. I will let you know if it seems to be unbiased and reliable information. Thanks ladies and gents.

 

[ViperJoe]

The best info is right here. Look above at the red toolbar and click on Viper Registry. Visit each one of those pics.

 

[93vette]

Thanks ViperJoe: I found that to be very informative. I am very interested in the 99 GTS model and noticed under the build info (on this specific page: http://www.viperclub.org/menus/index_ivr.htm that the 99 was the only year not to have the breakdown by number of color options. This is why I started to inquire about other "literature" on the Viper. In general terms though I believe the 99 options were red, black, and silver.?

Forgive my ignorance, but are the "creampuffs" 2000 and newer Vipers and why?
Thank you for your patience

 

[monnieh]

creampuff name came from the removal of .06 degrees of overlap in the cam starting in 00

 

[GTSII]

creampuff name came from the removal of .06 degrees of overlap in the cam starting in 00

and what is the effect of this?

 

[ViperJoe]

Wasn't it also when they went to cast pistons instead of forged?

(The forged piston engines are better suited to power adders)

The missing production spec info for 99 must be a "gatekeeper" issue. Who is that person? care to weigh in as to why the missing specs?
Thanks