How fast have you driven your Gen IV?

[gofastr]

Legally of course, on a closed track.

 

[VIPER GTSR 91]

I would answer this but I had such a hassle with my insurance co. ref. a claim a few months back even though the claim was about a theft and did not even involve an accident at a track. Just the fact they pulled up and made copies of threads like this and my referencing previous track use. I even had to hire an attorney but finally got paid. Be careful what you say as big brother is watching.

 

[OppositeLock]

..........

 

[gofastr]

I would answer this but I had such a hassle with my insurance co. ref. a claim a few months back even though the claim was about a theft and did not even involve an accident at a track. Just the fact they pulled up and made copies of threads like this and my referencing previous track use. I even had to hire an attorney but finally got paid. Be careful what you say as big brother is watching.

Who's your insurance company? So they searched the Viper forums, figured out your real name, and then searched your posts to find out you were racing?

 

[Newport Viper]

I would answer this but I had such a hassle with my insurance co. ref. a claim a few months back even though the claim was about a theft and did not even involve an accident at a track. Just the fact they pulled up and made copies of threads like this and my referencing previous track use. I even had to hire an attorney but finally got paid. Be careful what you say as big brother is watching.

Wow.... tell us more.

 

[J&R3xV10]

140MPH is about the fastest I've driven the Gen IV but I had the Gen III at VOI 9 up to 180+ it gets hard to check your speed when the road is moving that fast.

 

[Steve-Indy]

This is not a new worry. There were discussions here some time back about the risks of posting in a public arena...realizing that insuance personnel, warranty folks, various "chasers" and/or "injuried parties", and even law enforcement people
can use this info to gain a potential advantage against the poster (or the "postee").

Remember the AutoWeek article 2-3 years ago concerning rumors of warranty claim denials by some manufacturers based on similar sources of info, including posted results of track events??!!!!
Anything posted can become a liability.

 

[eucharistos]

So they searched the Viper forums, figured out your real name, and then searched your posts to find out you were racing?

yeah, that's why i never let anyone know my real name is jim smith from springfield

 

[GTS1997]

If anyone, law enfocement, insurance companies, anyone............ tries to use these posts against you, they have to prove that it was you who made the post.

They have to prove that it was not your son, or daughter, sister, or brother trying to boost their own ego. They have to prove that the post was not made by the 50 or so people whom you allow to use your computer, and whom you give your password to so that they can also view vipers that they love.

 

[dragon rider]

71 in a 70. I was feeling froggy that day.

 

[gb66gth]

For insurance and law enforcement reasons, all I will say is that 165 may, or may not, be a rush and a half!
Also, I may or may not be signing up for the TEXAS MILE in Goliad later this year. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's kinda like the Bonneville speed week trials except that it happens on an old airport runway, an all out standing one mile acceleration run. Any guesses at what my stock '08 may or may not run?

 

[gofastr]

This is not a new worry. There were discussions here some time back about the risks of posting in a public arena...realizing that insuance personnel, warranty folks, various "chasers" and/or "injuried parties", and even law enforcement people
can use this info to gain a potential advantage against the poster (or the "postee").

Remember the AutoWeek article 2-3 years ago concerning rumors of warranty claim denials by some manufacturers based on similar sources of info, including posted results of track events??!!!!
Anything posted can become a liability.

So I guess anybody with a warranty or car insurance shouldn't post in the racing, dyno, tuning, or modifications sections?

 

[CCBrian]

Screw 'em....165

 

[ViperGTS]

4th gear-----is 165 mph...still under breaking in the engine but will go to the autobahn soon...!

 

[joedud]

That's why a week after I put on R/T H/F cats and Corsa exhaust, I put the OEM back on. I was just curious to see what the mods actually sounded like.

 

[vipzilla]

165mph in my viper and 187 on my motorcycle

 

[Brake Dust]

55 in 1st gear.

 

[J DAWG]

gen 4 - 185
gen 2 - looked like 190

J

 

[Malu59RT]

For insurance and law enforcement reasons, all I will say is that 165 may, or may not, be a rush and a half!
Also, I may or may not be signing up for the TEXAS MILE in Goliad later this year. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's kinda like the Bonneville speed week trials except that it happens on an old airport runway, an all out standing one mile acceleration run. Any guesses at what my stock '08 may or may not run?

A friend ran 178mph in his bone stock 08 Viper. He previously had a TT GTS that went 200+mph. The car falls on it's face in 5th gear from what I'm told

 

[slaughterj]

I would answer this but I had such a hassle with my insurance co. ref. a claim a few months back even though the claim was about a theft and did not even involve an accident at a track. Just the fact they pulled up and made copies of threads like this and my referencing previous track use. I even had to hire an attorney but finally got paid. Be careful what you say as big brother is watching.

That's just ridiculous. The lack of logic is simply stunning. It's a good thing people don't need to believe in gravity for it to work, else they would just spin right off the face of the planet with that kind of brain power.

 

[slaughterj]

Legally of course, on a closed track.

How about on an open track? A track is still not the street, whether "open" or "closed".

 

[Newport Viper]

4th gear-----is 165 mph...still under breaking in the engine but will go to the autobahn soon...!

Oh cool, I need a ride from Bonn to the "the Ring"

 

[ViperGTS]

I'll be at the Ring around the end of JULY.

 

[Nyoka]

For insurance and law enforcement reasons, all I will say is that 165 may, or may not, be a rush and a half!
Also, I may or may not be signing up for the TEXAS MILE in Goliad later this year. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's kinda like the Bonneville speed week trials except that it happens on an old airport runway, an all out standing one mile acceleration run. Any guesses at what my stock '08 may or may not run?

I think it may not run 195/200, if the guy who steals it from under your nose has the cajones. Providing the 3:07s are still in, the car was built for 202 and I recall one test of an '08 rag top that mentioned "some increased wind noise" approaching 195. (Made me laugh.) Another "SUPERCAR SHOWDOWN" test had a coupe break 200 as a MacLaren SLR and several other exotics fell just short of their respective factory claims of 200.

For what it's worth, the guy who stole my '08 coupe, while being marched to the local jail in handcuffs, admitted to redlining fourth at 165 (took ~20 seconds from a dead stop) and said that, in fourth, the car pulled like it was in third right up to 6,250 and handled like a dream. He said fifth was really tempting on the empty, flat, 4-lane, 60 miles long Toll Road but he didn't want to attract undue attention. I'm glad the cops got him when they did.

 

[adamlotus]

i have searched all over the internet and never found a top speed run of a 08 viper,any out there?

 

[QUICK SILVER]

145 and yes it felt good.

 

[2001ViperGTS]

I got a little crazy one day on the highway and took mine up to about 90 or so

 

[Viper X]

155 on the track at approximately 6000 rpm.

 

[Rizzo]

175 mph in 98 gts and over 186 mph on my bike. I find the bike way more stable at speed than the car. Gets pretty floaty at those speeds in a Gen II.

 

[ViperTony]

150ish in GenII on the track yesterday at Pocono. Many GenIV Vipers, especially ACR's, doing at least that much on the straights...the acceleration on the GenIV's is insane. At times it looked like some of the cars on the track were standing still as the ACR's passed them.