Best heads and cam combo for '00?

[Jason Heffner]

Re: Best heads and cam combo for \'00?

There are a number of tuners who offer a cylinder head upgrade for gen 2s including TNT, BTR, The viper Shop, and myself. Seeing that you live in California I would strongly recommend talking to Dan Cragin at The Viper Shop. He has as much Viper experience as anyone and should definitely have what you're looking for. Good luck.

 

[treynor]

Re: Best heads and cam combo for \'00?

Sheyster,
I've done a fairly detailed staged buildup of my '01 RT; you should see my viper page for the full scoop. If you just want the net-net, you can get 495-520 RWHP from any Gen-II car with just the following mods:

Stock airbox w/Tubes & Filters
Headers (Belanger, Hennessey, TNT, CDI, probably others)
3" High-flow cats or no cats + APEX snakebox
3" catback exhaust (choose by sound; they all flow enough)
T&D 1.7 roller rockers
Ported heads w/oversize stainless valves; look for flow #s of 270+ CFM intake & 210+ CFM exhaust at .60" lift.

Well-documented buildups by both Tom Welch (BTR Viper) and myself have demonstrated that you need no other mods to reach those power levels. Several tuners go a bit beyond that power level by swapping cams (especially useful on '00+ cars), extrude-honing the intake, etc.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Re: Best heads and cam combo for \'00?

Ben, got any pics of your Valaya racing front brake ducting kit?

Does the head job include valve job and is it the typical 3 angled valve job or is there a more productive one for the Viper heads? Or are the heads just polished and ported?