SilveRT8
Enthusiast
Here's my little story, last year I put the Mopar PCM and Roe H/F Cats on my 08 Viper vert, dynoed at 563 rwhp/533 tq vs 545 rwhp/505 tq stock, and went to try it at the drags, hoping to get some low 11's as I had seen on this forum, with 94 oct, lower rear tire pressure, 1/4 tank of gas, launch at 3000 rpm... . I quickly realized that my name was not "Jamie Furman" and the tires would spin out of control at launch and my times sucked in the low to mid 12's. On my final run I took it easy out of the box (2.19 60 ft) and finally got a 11.86@ 129.2mph.
This year I mostly did cosmetics but also added Belanger headers and Dynoed again at 576 rwhp/548tq. Yesterday morning I felt good and wanted to drag race the Viper again, the weather was muggy and I had a full tank of gas in the car but decided to try it anyway, just for fun. When I got to the strip it was almost deserted as some heavy rain was forcasted but I saw a new ZR1 doing multiple runs in the 11.7- 11.8 range. I did a first run alone, with a good start but getting heavy wheelspin in second gear but still managed a 11.89 @124.5. On my return the guy with the ZR1 was waving at me to line up and go against him right now, so I did and spun again bad into second gear and got a 12.05@122mph, the ZR1 missed third and let go with a 15.94. 1 win for the Viper.
He weaves again to keep going one more time, so with nobody in the lane we lined up again, I had a slow 2.02 start, spun a bit less into second and got a 11.78@124, he missed third gear again and did 13.17, no stopping and we go again. This time I started easy with a 1.99, short shifted second and did not spin to a new BP of 11.63 @128.11, he did [email protected]. Viper 3/ ZR1 0.
This time we stopped and talked for a while, he had hired a photograph to take pics of his car in action and got some of mine also. The ZR1 was totally stock and the guy was there to try and learn how to dragrace his car and have a good time just like me. He went for lunch and I stayed a while to look at the hot trailered cars and Dragsters that made some practice runs.
I decided to make two more passes before heading back home. I got a [email protected] and a [email protected]. On my way back to the pits the ZR1 guy is there again wanting a rematch, so we line up once more, I get a poor 2.05 start to a [email protected] and he misses third gear again (he could not figure why) to a 13.15.
One more, OK, I get my best 1.90 start but spin heavyly into second, let of the gas to straighten the car and go again to a [email protected] but he gets third gear right and his BP of [email protected]
Final score 4 to 1 for the Viper but the ZR1 finally got the lowest time. In the end we both had fun and promise to do it again some other day.
Here's a few pics his photogragher took and sent me today, the poor ones are mine. On one of the runs I managed to record a 0-60 mph with my onboard Dashhwak plugged into the OBD port and got a 2.91 sec reading, I dont know how accurate these are, but I like this number.
Next time I will be better prepared and will try to find a way to hook properly into second gear.
This year I mostly did cosmetics but also added Belanger headers and Dynoed again at 576 rwhp/548tq. Yesterday morning I felt good and wanted to drag race the Viper again, the weather was muggy and I had a full tank of gas in the car but decided to try it anyway, just for fun. When I got to the strip it was almost deserted as some heavy rain was forcasted but I saw a new ZR1 doing multiple runs in the 11.7- 11.8 range. I did a first run alone, with a good start but getting heavy wheelspin in second gear but still managed a 11.89 @124.5. On my return the guy with the ZR1 was waving at me to line up and go against him right now, so I did and spun again bad into second gear and got a 12.05@122mph, the ZR1 missed third and let go with a 15.94. 1 win for the Viper.
He weaves again to keep going one more time, so with nobody in the lane we lined up again, I had a slow 2.02 start, spun a bit less into second and got a 11.78@124, he missed third gear again and did 13.17, no stopping and we go again. This time I started easy with a 1.99, short shifted second and did not spin to a new BP of 11.63 @128.11, he did [email protected]. Viper 3/ ZR1 0.
This time we stopped and talked for a while, he had hired a photograph to take pics of his car in action and got some of mine also. The ZR1 was totally stock and the guy was there to try and learn how to dragrace his car and have a good time just like me. He went for lunch and I stayed a while to look at the hot trailered cars and Dragsters that made some practice runs.
I decided to make two more passes before heading back home. I got a [email protected] and a [email protected]. On my way back to the pits the ZR1 guy is there again wanting a rematch, so we line up once more, I get a poor 2.05 start to a [email protected] and he misses third gear again (he could not figure why) to a 13.15.
One more, OK, I get my best 1.90 start but spin heavyly into second, let of the gas to straighten the car and go again to a [email protected] but he gets third gear right and his BP of [email protected]
Final score 4 to 1 for the Viper but the ZR1 finally got the lowest time. In the end we both had fun and promise to do it again some other day.
Here's a few pics his photogragher took and sent me today, the poor ones are mine. On one of the runs I managed to record a 0-60 mph with my onboard Dashhwak plugged into the OBD port and got a 2.91 sec reading, I dont know how accurate these are, but I like this number.
Next time I will be better prepared and will try to find a way to hook properly into second gear.
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. Great driving and keep on practicing, you get low 11's when the weather cools down a bit.
