Anyone ever taken down a viper?
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Anyone ever taken down a viper?
All I wanted to do was to be able to beat a viper when I first got my 7. Any of you fools ever doen this. I've stomped vette's, humiliated a really worked blown 89 stang, and even beaten bikes, but never got to race a viper. I've had a race set up with my buddies uncles viper for a while but either he can't go because he has no top and its too cold out, or my 7 has something that needs replacing. Anyway whos killed one? and what mods do you have, with the amount of boost that you were running?
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I took down a rt/10 with only 13lbs of boost on the highway from 60mph too 130mph. granted it was an rt/10 but it still was worthy. but I definately was faster.
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Taken a viper!
Got a neighbor with a GTS, 2000. Taken easily off the line, since he gets all spin. A little tougher at 50mph, but still walking on him at 13.5psi. Like someone else mentioned, they aren't untouchable and many of the owners really don't know how to drive em, they just assume they are faster than everyone. They are also tons of fun on a full race road course, you can push them into corners easily and they don't like to let anyone pass, I just keep on them and they eventually get pissed and let me by (they don't like little jap **** riding their bumper down the strait's at 144mph), or they just get the brakes too hot and spin!! There's more than one way to skin a cat.
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the early vipers were 4.8 0-60 if you check old magazines. New ones do 1/4 mile in in low to mid 12's depending on where you look. (Motortrend- ACR 4.1 and 12.2 RT- 4.2 and 12.3 ROAD and TRACK- GTSR- 4.2 and 12.5 GTS- 4.3 and 12.5) A moderately moded 7 could take this.
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old Viper vs. '96+ Viper
5.9rotorM3 is on the money. The first Vipers were ALL RT-10's and produced 400hp, the '96 and newer, even the RT-10's are 450hp. The tell tale sign to look for to determine if it is a newer one is the NACA duct at the leading edge of the hood.
As RTS3GEN said on a full road course as opposed to drag racing the RX's 660Lb. advantage will definately show in tight turns. The Viper's monster torque will have him on your *** comiing out of the turn onto the straight though.
As RTS3GEN said on a full road course as opposed to drag racing the RX's 660Lb. advantage will definately show in tight turns. The Viper's monster torque will have him on your *** comiing out of the turn onto the straight though.
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I had a "friendly race" from about 85-140 in my [3] last summer. He had a GTS-type Viper (the newer hardtop one, not the RT/10). I was running DP/MP/CB/Intake/M2 ECU/14 PSI.
He started tailgating me, so after a minute or two I punched it and took off. He couldn't fit his bloated Viper though the cars where I went so he was delayed by a second or two... then he came after me. It's hard to judge since we weren't side by side... But I'd say I had the edge on him by just a little bit.
Maybe I'll get another chance to race him this summer with my new T04S... MUAHAHAA!
Brian
He started tailgating me, so after a minute or two I punched it and took off. He couldn't fit his bloated Viper though the cars where I went so he was delayed by a second or two... then he came after me. It's hard to judge since we weren't side by side... But I'd say I had the edge on him by just a little bit.
Maybe I'll get another chance to race him this summer with my new T04S... MUAHAHAA!
Brian
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Originally posted by go_speed_go
Jim Swantko beat one.
He had hella mods - Ported, T78, Tec II, and all the bolt-ons.
He was putting down 400 at the wheels@15psi.
Jim Swantko beat one.
He had hella mods - Ported, T78, Tec II, and all the bolt-ons.
He was putting down 400 at the wheels@15psi.
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Re: old Viper vs. '96+ Viper
Originally posted by Dark Side
5.9rotorM3 is on the money. The first Vipers were ALL RT-10's and produced 400hp, the '96 and newer, even the RT-10's are 450hp. The tell tale sign to look for to determine if it is a newer one is the NACA duct at the leading edge of the hood.
As RTS3GEN said on a full road course as opposed to drag racing the RX's 660Lb. advantage will definately show in tight turns. The Viper's monster torque will have him on your *** comiing out of the turn onto the straight though.
5.9rotorM3 is on the money. The first Vipers were ALL RT-10's and produced 400hp, the '96 and newer, even the RT-10's are 450hp. The tell tale sign to look for to determine if it is a newer one is the NACA duct at the leading edge of the hood.
As RTS3GEN said on a full road course as opposed to drag racing the RX's 660Lb. advantage will definately show in tight turns. The Viper's monster torque will have him on your *** comiing out of the turn onto the straight though.
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