Raced a 408 stroked C4 and 468rwhp Z today :)

[Moundir]

Went down to a huge gathering at Tobay beach today with tons of Porches, Vipers, Vettes, and Supras. It was fun meeting a couple local Viper owners Enough small talk lol, now to the fun part. Raced what was supposed to be a wicked fast C4 that traps 128mph that was on hoosiers road racing slicks We went from 20mph in 1st, Wow, I was I shocked I got the jump on him good, and started to pull him in 1st and second when boom I missed 3rd So we line up again, same results, except this time I dont miss 3rd I started seeing the guy in my rearview mirrow and then smoke everywhere It looks like he blew his motor racing me, I guess that counts as my first literal kill lol
Next I line up with this turboed Z that dynoed at 468rwhp and 490tq, I'm like uh oh, I'm gonna get spanked Nope, I get him everytime from 1st gear then I kept missing 3rd I finally found it and just kept pulling on him I dunno how I did it, but I pulled two rabbits out of my hat today My friends got most of it on videos and it should be up soon btw

 

[RedSnakeGTS]

haha, sounds like you need to practice shifting, you are not alone!! congrats on the kill, and down goes the vette, again!

 

[Tommy]

What's up with all the smileys?

 

[Moundir]

I dont know I've raced the Viper about 50xs already and it's always 3rd gear I think I might need a shorthrow shifter.
Fogot to mention I raced a red Rt10 3x I think it was second Gen that had exaust only and I took him everytime as well

 

[Moundir]

What's up with all the smileys?

I guess I'm happy I smoked everyone today lol

 

[BlueGTS]

Mike, That sounds like a lot of fun. I wish I could have made it but I was sick this past weekend. I saw the pictures and the cars that were there were truly exotics!

Now about those races, first off that C4 is pretty [******] fast for an NA. He is a nice guy too so I hate to see him blow the engine. I have some pretty good video of him that I filmed last year of him getting pulled hard by the car I was in. As for the 300Z I am very surprised you pulled him. I guess you are working each of those 407 horses to there limit. I like to see the lightly modded Viper’s holding there own.

The funny thing is my car feels like a complete slug. Now I cannot figure out if it is just me or do stock Viper’s “feel” slower than they really are. Maybe my new tubes and filters will help who knows.

 

[Gerald]

I would think a stock Viper would easily pull that 490 TQ "Z". The viper has it's torque and hp come on MUCH quicker than that Z I would imagine. I would guess the Z, again, hits it's peak HP and TQ only for a split second at the top of each gear..

Nice kills!

Gerald

 

[Moundir]

No one is more surprised than me Aaron Btw I did get an extra 3 hp from removing my cats so I'm at a solid 410
I agree with you Gerald, but I think my 3.55s had something to do with me spanking that Z lol

 

[BlueGTS]

I guess a more interesting question would be did you loose to anyone on Sunday?

 

[Gerald]

No one is more surprised than me Aaron Btw I did get an extra 3 hp from removing my cats so I'm at a solid 410
I agree with you Gerald, but I think my 3.55s had something to do with me spanking that Z lol

Well with the 3:55's, it would make your max tq and hp come on MUCH quicker, right?

 

[Moundir]

I guess a more interesting question would be did you loose to anyone on Sunday?

No, but two weeks ago I got my butt handed to me by two 10second C5s I'm trying to set up a race between me and Eldiablo since he dynoed at 437 with just filters,and exaust. We did line up twice once me taking him by 1/2 car lengh and the other time him taking me, cause I stayed in 2nd gear while he took off in 1st. We will prob line up this wed

 

[BlueGTS]

Set up the race and report back, inquiring minds want to know.

I wonder if Mark’s car was one of the Vette’s? His car is so [******] fast for the numbers it put down.

 

[genXgts]

Mike, did you seriously dyno pre and post cat delete and picked up 3????

tell me your joking around, uhhh, please, going to dyno mine in a few weeks!

Nice kills, max 1 time peak numbers have a hard time matching a Viper with it's crazy torque curve in my opinion......

take care,

 

[ElDiablo Viper]

I gained 7HP and 12TQ after taking the cats out.

 

[MtHam ACR]

Mike,
Try turning your hand over and grab the left hemisphere of shifter (little finger up on the top part of the shifter instead of your index finger). Works like magic, especially on the 4-3 downshift.

 

[Moundir]

Aaron it was Mark that spanked me silly lol.

Ryan I did gain only 3hp and 7tq then again it doesnt matter cause my car dynoed at 410rwhp and 448tq.

Eric do you mean my pinky on the center of the shifter?? I'm doing it now with the stock shifter I took out and it seems uncomfortable. Hmm I'm gonna try it, thanx for heads up.

 

[MR VENOM]

Moundir:

It is harder to shift when you are carrying "lumber". These cars will give it to you! Good thread.

 

[CitySnake]

Eric do you mean my pinky on the center of the shifter?? I'm doing it now with the stock shifter I took out and it seems uncomfortable. Hmm I'm gonna try it, thanx for heads up.

Actually, an easy trick is to tuck your right elbow close to your body as you move to shift from 2nd to 3rd. It assists with the "uphill/right" gate movement. I think you'll find this to be the easiest maneuver under "pressure".

 

[Moundir]

here are some of the vids ok guys.
this one is from 1st gear
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/moundir//Viper/chirs_vs_viper_2.avi.wmv
This one is from 3rd gear
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/moundir//Viper/chris_vs_viper.avi.wmv
and this is me missing 3rd and hitting reverse lockout
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c5/moundir//Viper/reverse.avi.wmv

You have to save them into your hard drive first and then rename them to .avi Also need the latest divx encoder from divx.com

 

[BigCarrot]

A big part of the gain you get from removing the cats is the weight reduction. You lose a ton of extra weight! That makes you faster. Not to mention the heat in the footwells that goes away. I never have liked cats! lol

 

[rgavitt2002]

What did yopu think of the difference going from the 3:07's to 3:55's? Doing that next week in my graphite 02. Thanks,
RG

 

[Moundir]

Rg I dont know really, I had Bill P put in the gears before I got the car I've drove Eldiablo's Viper with stock gears and it didnt feel that much slower lol. My last car had 4.10s so I knew that 3.07 were way too low for my liking. Only thing that sux is shifting to 5th at around 120mph

 

[Nexus-6]

Nice vids!

I'm guessing 300ZX when you say Z, correct? That is pretty [******] impressive walking that guy if his dyno #s are correct - great wins!

 

[Moundir]

yeah it was a zx and yes he did dyno that high, cause I saw the video. I'm so mad I missed 3rd that one run, cause I already had 2 cars lenghts after 2nd gear He wants a rematch cause he feels that he can take me on top I have a feeling if we go to 165mph or so, it will be worse for him