My impressions after sitting in the Comp. Coupe

[Rich Wesorick]

God bless PVO for building this car!

Anyone who has stripped a Viper to turn it into a race car can appreciate what they've done here. Further, anyone who has raced a Viper and is familiar with the shortcomings of the current GTS will really appreciate this car. It is pure race car, top to bottom. They've taken the knowledge gained from the ORECA GTSR program, the chassis and other improvements developed for the VGX, and the bodywork from the GTSR concept car and rolled it all into one heck of a package!

Yes, we've all heard 505 cubes. Here's some even better stuff: 14" rotors with 4-*** calipers on all four corners and ABS; suspension pick-up points optimized for racing, with improved suspension parts including Dynamic, remote reservoir shocks; cockpit-adjustable sway bars; and CV joints in the rear end.

The chassis stiffness, including the under-hood bracing and rollcage, looks terrific. I could not believe how spacious the cockpit was either. The functional roof scoop directs air onto the driver. Normal dash instrumention is replaced with an electronic dash.

Currently the rear wing is fixed, so if you want it to be adjustable, you'd better let PVO know.

That's all I've got time to report now, but I can still hear the sound of that new motor... and it was sweet!

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Dear PVO,

Racers like to play, and with all of the cars the same, it will be the " Fiddling " things that make it fun to run. Make the WING ADJUSTABLE !! Racers gotta have somethin ta mess wit. It should not cost anymore, and it will sure give everyone something to work on for that .01% edge.

" ADJUSTABLE WINGS RULE, & SHOULD BE THE RULE! "

 

[Viperrick]

So was there a big crowd around it most of last week? How I regret not being there. Heard the weather was terrible but then again maybe that kept the crowd to a managable level so you could actually see it up close. I can't believe how many people have already sat in it. So how is it trying to get in and out of? Did anyone take pictures for me?

 

[Rich Wesorick]

Rich:

I've got a whole roll of film for you - just tell me what format (prints, negatives, CD) you want it in.

Yes, it attracted a lot of attention. Tom and Eric were like proud fathers - eager to show it off, especially to the "right" people...

The car is much easier to get in and out than our race-converted GTS'. This is because the roll cage extends much farther to the left (into the door) than a "retrofit" roll cage. Even more important to me (6'4") is that the roll cage left a lot of headroom for a helmeted driver.

SCCA officials spent some time studying the car and were duly impressed. Initial indications are that the car would get a slight inlet restriction to run in Speedvision World Challenge. If that's all, the car will eat up the competition. Part of the key to a successful pro race campaign in '04 (the first cars won't be available until this time next year) will be having a pro race team involved in the testing so that it's first pro race is not a trial run... and the PVO guys are well aware of this.

PVO is also VERY committed to getting therse cars into the hands of the Viper Days race group, which I think is a tremendous, well-deserved tip-of-the-cap to Skip's (and family) hard work.

 

[YellowSnake]

What's PVO?

A mod. company?

Do they have a web site?

Thanks,

 

[Rich Wesorick]

PVO (Performance Vehicle Operations) - basically, used to be Team Viper.

 

[Rich Wesorick]

Hey Rich H.:

Check it out - this guy was looking at the car at the same time as Ben and I. You can see us in our ILL VCA jackets in the third picture.

 

[Viperrick]

Rich I saw the Illinois jackets and lo and behold I see you so I figure the white haired dude had to be Ben. Did you get any pics of it outside of the tent? By the way did the kid get to sit in it too? I am bummed for not making it. Regarding pictures I will take whatever you offer. If I want a blow up of a specific shot than I will talk to you about it. My address is in the back of the old Viper Vision newsletters. You do keep them don't you? They may be worth a lot in the future...well I hope so since I have kept mine in "mint sellable to the highest bidder" condition.

Rich H

 

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I got here from a link from another site when I posted these pictures. I took these at the display at the runoffs. I will not post here again, but saw you guys talking about it so...
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