Another wrecked Viper story...

[RickL]

A guy from Corral.net posted this: http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48896

-Rick

 

[ACELLR8]

That was a VERY NICE looking Saleen you had!!
How does the SHO run? I have always been curious.

Also, good luck getting the Viper.

 

[Alternative]

Sad story....

This is why I tell my relatives and friends that I can take them for a ride, but my insurance won't let me hand the keys to anyone else ;-)

 

[Robert1994]

Daddy always told me that more than a handful was a waste ...

 

[ACR Larry]

Classic quote from the corral.net thread:

Purple Pony 90

note to self:NEVER NEVER hit the throttle on a turn in a 450HP vehicle..........

 

[RickL]

Thanks ACELLR8, the Saleen was a fun car and got a lot of attention but they have been popping up more and more lately so I figured I'd sell it and look for a Viper. When I had my '96, the only two I ever saw in this area were mine and my mom's then when I got the '99 it was the only new style one in the area for about a year, but now there are probably 7 or 8 in the area. Here is a cool Photoshop pic of the Saleen. It was actually in my driveway and then PS'ed into a background from California.

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My '93 SHO is an auto which is a DOHC 3.2 and it seems to run very well. It will hang with an auto '96 Mustang GT in a race. I also had a '92 that was a manual DOHC 3.0 and it ran decent too. I never took either of them to the track so I don't have any numbers for you, but a stock '96 Mustang GT runs high 14's to low 15's.

-Rick

 

[varanus]

Beautiful car. What is the hp on it? is it SC?

 

[RickL]

Thanks for the compliment! Saleen rates them at 285 hp, but I don't see with the small mods they do to the N/A car, which is rated at 260 hp by Ford, where the other 25 hp comes from. Mine dynoed at 252 hp 292 tq. I thought about keeping it and putting a supercharger on it but decided to start the search for a Viper instead. I won a lot of shows with it and it was even a daily driver... rain or shine and the guy that bought said he would have never believed that because of how clean even the underbody was. There are a few videos of it and other cars on my webpage.

-Rick