MES
Enthusiast
We had the annual Viper shoot out at Moroso today. There were about 10 Vipers, and quite a few running nitrous. I can't remember everyone times but here's some highlights & pics.
The solid cam Viper was there he did not use spray but ran all motor. He was having clutch problems so couldn't launch hard. I don't remember his times.
There was a Gen I with motor work and direct port injection. The engine looked very nice, custom paint etc. pic is below. He was getting harassed by the track officials for no windows (i.e. plastic removable) no rollbar etc. but was allowed to run but not below 12's although I think he went into the 11's
There were several problems while there. One was a silver Viper that was running stock radials up front and bias ply slicks in the rear. I'm not sure what all was done to the car but he was spraying in 3rd gear when he started to fishtail, veered across the centerline and into the other lane. Luckily the other Viper he was racing was stock and was some distance behind and so they avoided a collision. A different GTS had a nitrous problem I'm not sure what exactly happened but there was a big pop like a backfire and now it makes a knocking sound. Hopefully it's not a major problem but he drove it home anyway.
As for the winner well your reading his post
It wasn't completely fair was I was the only Viper legal to run sub 12's but had the officials let the safety rules slide there might have been some closer runs, but those were the NHRA rules.
Anyway I made 4 runs starting at noon and ending at 4:00 PM it was very hot and humid which seemed to lower the MPH as the day went on. The 60' were not as good as I was getting before so had I been able to hook harder I could have pulled some better ET's. I was on ET streets & skinnies and have been getting 1.5X 60'
10.98@129 1.63 60'
10.95@128 1.64 60'
11.15@128 1.76 60'
11.02@127 1.65 60'
The solid cam Viper was there he did not use spray but ran all motor. He was having clutch problems so couldn't launch hard. I don't remember his times.
There was a Gen I with motor work and direct port injection. The engine looked very nice, custom paint etc. pic is below. He was getting harassed by the track officials for no windows (i.e. plastic removable) no rollbar etc. but was allowed to run but not below 12's although I think he went into the 11's
There were several problems while there. One was a silver Viper that was running stock radials up front and bias ply slicks in the rear. I'm not sure what all was done to the car but he was spraying in 3rd gear when he started to fishtail, veered across the centerline and into the other lane. Luckily the other Viper he was racing was stock and was some distance behind and so they avoided a collision. A different GTS had a nitrous problem I'm not sure what exactly happened but there was a big pop like a backfire and now it makes a knocking sound. Hopefully it's not a major problem but he drove it home anyway.
As for the winner well your reading his post
Anyway I made 4 runs starting at noon and ending at 4:00 PM it was very hot and humid which seemed to lower the MPH as the day went on. The 60' were not as good as I was getting before so had I been able to hook harder I could have pulled some better ET's. I was on ET streets & skinnies and have been getting 1.5X 60'
10.98@129 1.63 60'
10.95@128 1.64 60'
11.15@128 1.76 60'
11.02@127 1.65 60'
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