My current 1000 h.p. HEFFNER TT Viper has 32,000 mi on it. It is not a garage queen and not trailered. I love to drive my cars and not afraid to go out to the Dragstrip in them once in a while when I want too.
THE last TT Viper I had and sold about 6 months ago for top dollar, not bottom line prices everyone keeps talking that our modified Vipers are not worth as much as stock ones are.......As is the case with every modified Viper I have ever owned......had 24,000 mi on it. When I get ready to get rid of my cars they are pretty much like new....I don't buy ***** Vipers and most Viper owners keep theirs like new. I have only seen 3 ***** Vipers since I bought my first Viper in 1998.
My ROE S/C Viper had 60,000 mi and was still going very strong.When I sold it, it was running AWESOME...
My wife and I have traveled from Florida to Vegas and back in these Vipers.Not once have we been broke down....
Just sayin......
UOTE=evomind;3151983]Most of the vipers that I have personally seen that were twin turboed or supercharged and running big horsepower were basically garage queens, and the owner tells me it has held up for like 4 years. Then he tells me he has like 6k miles in that 4 years.
To me those kind of accounts dont carry a lot of weight, there simply isnt enough miles to say it holds up or it doesnt. I know a few people with basic supercharger set ups that have held up well with lots of miles, but I dont think thats what the poster is referring to.
Those that have that kind of set up here saying they hold up under "X" amount of boost or horsepower, how many miles have been driven on these cars with 800 plus HP?
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I honestly think thats awesome. I know the kind of work, dedication, time and money to do a project like that right entails.
Ive been around the viper community long enough (owned 4) and seen a good share of customized vipers to know that you are not the norm when it comes to big horsepower builds and the amount of miles you have put on them. Again, most of the ones Ive seen personally (dozens) with big HP dont have many miles on them. Either the owner is scared $hitless of it, afraid it will break and doesnt have the money to build it twice, just likes garage queens, or doesnt like some of the nuances that come from driving some of these on the street. I dont know.
Im just saying that with low production vehicle and an even lower percentage of big HP builds out there, seems like statistically its hard to get a good feel for what a reasonable expectation for reliability over time and use is.
Im not knocking anyones car, build, or anything like that. Just saying theres very few of them out there and even fewer with representative miles to base an educated conclusion.
Maybe Im wrong, maybe I havent seen enough, I just dont know but I think I make a valid point.
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