ssjcreeper
Viper Owner
To start - I began looking at options late last year. From superchargers, to twins, to heads/cam. I had a budget and expectation for horsepower that made several options viable. In the end I decided a N/A car was what I was looking for and called around to talk to a few of our great VCA vendors offering solutions. I saved the call to Greg Good as my last and it should have been my first. We walked thru my expectations and Greg detailed the parts and work involved with his heads/cam kit. His results have been well documented on the forum and after that conversation the decision was easy. Finding a local shop with Viper experience was another matter. After talking with a few respected wrenchers in the area, the name Jeff Wightman at Precision Autosports kept turning up. Jeff has a tremendous amount of Mustang/GM experience, but he also turns wrenches and tunes plenty of Mopar, including a handful of Vipers. After a shop visit and lengthy conversation about the build and expectations, I was confident Jeff would take the utmost care and apply that attention to detail in my build. For tuning, a quick search of the top N/A Gen III Vipers yielded consistent results = A&C Performance. I contacted Todd and gave him details on my build. Todd was absolutely phenomenal to work with and his knowledge of Vipers and applicable N/A packages was second to none.
A huge thanks to Greg, Jeff, and Todd... the car turned out exactly as I had hoped, if not better, and the experience from start to finish has been absolutely pain free. All are first class and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend working with them should you be in the market for mods.
Driving Impressions - being a cammed car you might have expectations that you sacrifice your low speed power and driveability for peak numbers, but you would be totally wrong. Just as promised the car behaved much like stock, albeit immensely stronger and with a nasty/awesome cam lope that makes your stereo 100% obsolete (these cars even have stereos??). Honestly you need nothing else for your soundtrack. The rubbernecking/gawk-factor was through the roof as I took delivery and jumped straight into rush-hour traffic. Talk about a test, sitting for two hours in bumper to bumper traffic in 90 degree humid heat. The car ran flawless. There were a few tiny spaces I could blip the throttle and holy cow does the power come on like a rocket was strapped to your @$$!
Results - I'll save any further ramblings as others have much more detailed documentation of their builds and results... but that being said, results are very similar. In fact, we settled on a conservative tune that admittedly probably left 20-30hp on the table, yet still put down a solid 619 rwhp / 608 rwtq. Apologies that I only have the one graph available to demonstrate the before/after results, but sufficed to say the results are immediately apparent and once again, yielded exactly what I was looking for.
Parts List
Build pics
Teardown
Before and After Greg Good
M&M Headers awaiting assembly
Powder coated Valve Covers
Final Assembly
Before / After Graph
A huge thanks to Greg, Jeff, and Todd... the car turned out exactly as I had hoped, if not better, and the experience from start to finish has been absolutely pain free. All are first class and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend working with them should you be in the market for mods.
Driving Impressions - being a cammed car you might have expectations that you sacrifice your low speed power and driveability for peak numbers, but you would be totally wrong. Just as promised the car behaved much like stock, albeit immensely stronger and with a nasty/awesome cam lope that makes your stereo 100% obsolete (these cars even have stereos??). Honestly you need nothing else for your soundtrack. The rubbernecking/gawk-factor was through the roof as I took delivery and jumped straight into rush-hour traffic. Talk about a test, sitting for two hours in bumper to bumper traffic in 90 degree humid heat. The car ran flawless. There were a few tiny spaces I could blip the throttle and holy cow does the power come on like a rocket was strapped to your @$$!
Results - I'll save any further ramblings as others have much more detailed documentation of their builds and results... but that being said, results are very similar. In fact, we settled on a conservative tune that admittedly probably left 20-30hp on the table, yet still put down a solid 619 rwhp / 608 rwtq. Apologies that I only have the one graph available to demonstrate the before/after results, but sufficed to say the results are immediately apparent and once again, yielded exactly what I was looking for.
Parts List
- Greg Good Heads & Ported Intake
- Comp Cam, lifters, and pushrods
- Crower Rockers
- M & M Headers
- Corsa Catback
- BBK Throttle Body
- K&N Intake/Filters
- A&C Performance Tune
Build pics
Teardown
Before and After Greg Good
M&M Headers awaiting assembly
Powder coated Valve Covers
Final Assembly
Before / After Graph
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