Still just a few days into viper ownership. Yesterday I went to my first ever VCA sponsored event Dyno Day here in WA. The car scored very decent numbers: 455.75 rwhp and 487.40 pound feet of torque. While I'm sure there is a bunch of things I could do to try and increase those numbers I figured the first and best mod I can do to eventually get the most of the viper ownership experience is the "Driver Mod".
As I have driven my viper the last few weeks I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by finding that the car was easier to drive (street driving like a grand ma) than I expected. If you have seen my previous post you will know that the Viper scared the hell out of me. In fact my first post was called something like "OK... So I need to know how bad vipers really are". Don't get me wrong I still respect the hell out of the car and I'd probably always drive very conservatively. But I'm just glad it's not like you would put it through a wall just from hitting the start button... Yesterday was raining pretty bad but I didn't want to miss Dyno Day so I drove about 3 hours in the rain. Not once I felt the car was dangerous, what might be dangerous is the driver. Of course I didn't push it and I was driving very very carefully.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have that much experience driving at all. I had a somewhat unusual start and I learned how to drive until I turned 26. I don't think I'm what I would call a bad street driver. When I drive that's all I do, no eating, drinking, cell phone talking, nothing just driving. Common sense and responsibility is what you get when I'm between the seat and the steering wheel. But I don't know any advanced techniques, don't know the first thing about performance driving and racing. So to those of you that are gurus on this subjects I wanted to ask where to start?
There are a few race tracks near by some offer lessons. But I think it's in go karts. Is that what people have in mind when they speak about performance driving classes?
What's the best way to start learning. How about books you recommend to read while I'm not practicing?
Ok that's all I'll be listening
In the mean time here are a couple of pictures of Dyno Day:
Tony
As I have driven my viper the last few weeks I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by finding that the car was easier to drive (street driving like a grand ma) than I expected. If you have seen my previous post you will know that the Viper scared the hell out of me. In fact my first post was called something like "OK... So I need to know how bad vipers really are". Don't get me wrong I still respect the hell out of the car and I'd probably always drive very conservatively. But I'm just glad it's not like you would put it through a wall just from hitting the start button... Yesterday was raining pretty bad but I didn't want to miss Dyno Day so I drove about 3 hours in the rain. Not once I felt the car was dangerous, what might be dangerous is the driver. Of course I didn't push it and I was driving very very carefully.
I'll be the first to admit I don't have that much experience driving at all. I had a somewhat unusual start and I learned how to drive until I turned 26. I don't think I'm what I would call a bad street driver. When I drive that's all I do, no eating, drinking, cell phone talking, nothing just driving. Common sense and responsibility is what you get when I'm between the seat and the steering wheel. But I don't know any advanced techniques, don't know the first thing about performance driving and racing. So to those of you that are gurus on this subjects I wanted to ask where to start?
There are a few race tracks near by some offer lessons. But I think it's in go karts. Is that what people have in mind when they speak about performance driving classes?
What's the best way to start learning. How about books you recommend to read while I'm not practicing?
Ok that's all I'll be listening
In the mean time here are a couple of pictures of Dyno Day:
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Tony