4th Annual Viper Club Dyno Day Wrap-Up

[Brandon@DC Performance]

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A dyno separates the men from the boys and we were happy to host the Viper Club for the 4th year to allow everyone to measure their... well... horsepower.

From Rick Hollis' 850 rwhp 9-second daily driver to a Dodge Neon road-racer, the dyno gave the cars their report card.

21 vehicles were dynoed between 9am and 2pm including Anhtuan Pham's naturally aspirated 2006 Gen 3 Viper equipped with DC Performance's Stage 3 SuperTuned package which laid down a whopping 580 rwhp!

Great people, good weather, and better-than-average BBQing by DC's own Tony Parr made for a very successful 4th Annual Viper Club Dyno Day @ DC Performance and we'd like to thank everyone who helped make it such a special day.

Name: HP / TQ
Anhtuan Pham: 580.70 / 543.70 (Gen 3) - Headers, cam, intake manifold, 355 gears, heads (Stage 3 by DC Performance)
Sean Casey: 550.14 / 532.62 (Gen 4) - Headers, ECU upgrade, 333 gears
Eddie Arguelles: 509.23 / 473.69 (Gen 4) - Stock
Randy Tribolet: 409.43 / 445.01 (Gen 2) - Roller, rockers, headers
Dan Everts: 545.29 / 519.09 (Gen 4) 0 Headers, ECU upgrade
Angel Calderon: 432.08 / 452.32 (Gen 3) - Stock
Mike Buckingham: 553.45 / 531.20 (Gen 4) - Headers, ECU upgrade
Mike Sinkinson: 431.68 / 446.96 (Gen 3) - Corsa exhaust
Lawrence Kraus: 507.73 / 482.69 (Gen 4) - Stock
Eric Dedominc: 629.77 / 656.13 (Gen 2) - Supercharged
Siam Kobi: 564.58 / 538.41 (Gen 4) - Headers, ECU upgrade
Bruce Li: 540.08 / 516.55 (Gen 4) - Headers, ECU upgrade, 355 gears
Dave Sweeney: 570.05 / 544.88 (Gen 2) - Supercharged
Hugh Hoard: 519.01 / 498.61 (ZR1 Corvette) - Stock
Rick Hollis: 850.38 / 809.82 (Gen 2) - Supercharged
Ken Alker: 422.28 / 464.38 (Gen 2) - Headers, catback, 355 gears
Jose Avila: 379.42 / 433.69 (Gen 2) - Stock
Bill OConnell: 397.82 / 433.79 (Gen 2) - Stock
Gary Gawlas: 567.17 / 517.96 (Mustang GT500 KR)
Mark Rhodes: 341.67 / 409.05 (Gen 1) - Stock

Best Stock: Eddie Arguelles
Best Modified: Anhtuan Pham
Top Eliminator: Rick Hollis

We are in the process of editing a video and some pictures and will have them posted soon...

 

[NYC SNAKE]

Very nice numbers. What cam is Anhtuan Pham running on his Gen 3 ?

 

[caseyse]

Very nice numbers. What cam is Anhtuan Pham running on his Gen 3 ?

I'll let Brandon correct me, but I think it was in the neighborhood of intake/exhaust 234 with an LSA of 114. An emission legal setup for CA.

 

[Kala]

From the DCP web site..


DC PERFORMANCE INC. MOTORSPORTS PARTS, SERVICE, & PERFORMANCE CENTER

Stage 3:
K&N Filters
Competition ported heads
1.7 true roller rocker arms
Chromoly Pushrods & Performance lifters
Extrude honed intake
Stainless side exhaust

DC Performance prides itself in producing performance packages that will pass emissions certification in all states. Our stage 1-3 packages will pass the visual, functional and emissions dynamometer test required in many states. This is an important fact that will maximize the value of your vehicle.

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[Dan Cragin]

Thanks Kala and Sean for the feedback. We had a great time at the dyno day and really enjoyed seeing everyone. In regards to the Gen 3 Viper we prepared for Anthaun Pham, this build and those to follow have us excited.

In the past we sort of hit the wall in terms of hp for the Gen 3 cars at about 530rwhp for street and emission applications. With some development work we have found some improvements that have paid off in big hp. A combination of improved cylinder pressure (cam and compression balance) and major intake manifold modifications have given good results. A
600rwhp emissions friendly package is in the works!

Stay tuned for a fun video of the dyno day.

 

[snakebite52]

Hugh Hoard: 519.01 / 498.61 (ZR1 Corvette) - Stock

***? this an old one?

 

[ACRBruce]

First of all, thanks to everyone at DC Performance for hosting us and they did a great job, as always. My ACR pulled a 540 and am quite happy w/ the numbers as I retained the factory OEM mufflers with the Belanger headers. I was expecting to be down more than the 5 to 10 HP w/o the Belanger or Corsa mufflers. This setup doesn't drone at all so if you are on the fence about Belanger headers but afraid that it would be too loud, by all mean consider mating it to the factory mufflers.
What was interesting was the first pull netted only 536, second pull netted 2 more HP, then 2 more to 540 at the third pull. I've had turbo motors that just dropped 5+ HP w/ each successive pulls. 5 more pulls, maybe the car will put out 550???!!! Yeah the new headers and ECU need time to learn the driving habits.

 

[Kala]

Hugh Hoard: 519.01 / 498.61 (ZR1 Corvette) - Stock

***? this an old one?

Hugh's car had about 2000k miles on Dyno Day...

 

[NYC SNAKE]

Thanks Kala and Sean for the feedback. We had a great time at the dyno day and really enjoyed seeing everyone. In regards to the Gen 3 Viper we prepared for Anthaun Pham, this build and those to follow have use excited.

In the past we sort of hit the wall in terms of hp for the Gen 3 cars at about 530rwhp for street and emission applications. With some development work we have found some improvements that have paid off in big hp. A combination of improved cylinder pressure (cam and compression balance) and major intake manifold modifications have given good results. A
600rwhp emissions friendly package is in the works!

Stay tuned for a fun video of the dyno day.

Great, looking forward to this!

 

[Cop Magnet]

850 RWHP

 

[Kala]

850 RWHP

That's Rick's daily driver!

 

[adamlotus]

was the gt 500kr stock?damn ***** i missed the dyno day didnt even know about it

 

[Richie7]

Which type of dyno did you use?

 

[Dan Cragin]

We used the dynojet 224x. I must admit it was neat seeing that new ZR1 and Mustang Supersnake dyno, those blowers really whine. What really suprised everyone was that Anthaun Pham's 06 Viper made more power than both these blown cars, without a blower! Not bad for a heads and cam package.

 

[Kala]

What really suprised everyone was that Anthaun Pham's 06 Viper made more power than both these blown cars, without a blower! Not bad for a heads and cam package.

Dan I think you need to make sure you can hit the same numbers with another Gen III, I'll offer mine as the COMP test unit

 

[Kala]

was the gt 500kr stock?damn ***** i missed the dyno day didnt even know about it

I overheard that it had the 600 pkg... smog legal

 

[FikseGTS]

post up an overlay of the stock gen 4 and the ZR1 to compare.....

 

[Nader]

Dan that is impressive. How well can you dial that setup in? How does it run and idle? I have been thinking of a heads and cam package but afraid to lose drivability.

We used the dynojet 224x. I must admit it was neat seeing that new ZR1 and Mustang Supersnake dyno, those blowers really whine. What really suprised everyone was that Anthaun Pham's 06 Viper made more power than both these blown cars, without a blower! Not bad for a heads and cam package.

 

[NK BREKR]

was the gt 500kr stock?damn ***** i missed the dyno day didnt even know about it

Adam,

. : : SoCal Viper : : . is your best resource for happenings in SoCal.

 

[adamlotus]

Adam,

. : : SoCal Viper : : . is your best resource for happenings in SoCal.

thanks for the info

 

[Dan Cragin]

We are finishing the final tune on that car so I will chime in shortly, I will try to get the dyno overlays and the video done this week.