GTSHolgi
Viper Owner
I am trying to find out, what exactly Chrysler changed to "convert" a US car (450 hp) into the official european/german version of the GTS? I am mainly looking for changes applied to engine/powertrain, not so much for the "obvious" (visible) changes. However, for the latter ones I have figured out the following changes so far (list is very likely to be incomplete
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- Speedometer's main scale reads Km/h, Mph is on secondary scale
- Odometer counts kilometers instead of miles
- Additional turn indicators installed on the sides of the hood (close to the Viper GTS label)
- Chrysler lable on rear bumper instead of Dodge
But now let's talk about the power plant: I have an original german Chrysler brochure dated August 1997 and the spec sheet outlines 411 hp at 5,100 rpm and 630 Nm of max. torque at 3,600 rpm.
I also have an origianl US brochure from 1997 and it shows 450 hp at 5,200 rpm and a max. torque of 663 Nm at 3,700 rpm (490 lb-ft).
So I assume, that some things were changed by the factory for the european models that caused the power reduction as I do not believe that it's just due to measuring at slightly different rpm...
Does anyone know, what exactly has been done? I do have asked already in the german VCA forum but no one really knew![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks!
Holgi
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- Speedometer's main scale reads Km/h, Mph is on secondary scale
- Odometer counts kilometers instead of miles
- Additional turn indicators installed on the sides of the hood (close to the Viper GTS label)
- Chrysler lable on rear bumper instead of Dodge
But now let's talk about the power plant: I have an original german Chrysler brochure dated August 1997 and the spec sheet outlines 411 hp at 5,100 rpm and 630 Nm of max. torque at 3,600 rpm.
I also have an origianl US brochure from 1997 and it shows 450 hp at 5,200 rpm and a max. torque of 663 Nm at 3,700 rpm (490 lb-ft).
So I assume, that some things were changed by the factory for the european models that caused the power reduction as I do not believe that it's just due to measuring at slightly different rpm...
Does anyone know, what exactly has been done? I do have asked already in the german VCA forum but no one really knew
Thanks!
Holgi