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Mopar426
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If the Mosler wouldn't have fried the clutch it would have taken home the win. 600hp as 2200lbs is a quick and nimble machine.
VIPER D
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they had a chopper fly them out a new clutch, it was fuel problems they had
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I kinda miss that old Mosler with the funky windshield...kinda
That clutch in the picture is what, 7" diameter? It's small!
If it's that small it must be a multi-disc, but still not enough area to hold up to 560hp I guess...
That clutch in the picture is what, 7" diameter? It's small!
If it's that small it must be a multi-disc, but still not enough area to hold up to 560hp I guess...
i'm not impressed at all with the lpe twin turbo 427 vette.
a guy i know owns that car. he was out on our weekly closed coarse races after they did the shoot out. the car was overheating and running very slow. he raced a ati procharged zo6(571rwhp) and only beat him by 2 car lenths from 60-180mph. he had to send the car back to lpe to fix the overheating problem and that was 2 months ago. i would be pi**ed if i spent 80g's in upgrades to almost lose to a 12g kit.
a guy i know owns that car. he was out on our weekly closed coarse races after they did the shoot out. the car was overheating and running very slow. he raced a ati procharged zo6(571rwhp) and only beat him by 2 car lenths from 60-180mph. he had to send the car back to lpe to fix the overheating problem and that was 2 months ago. i would be pi**ed if i spent 80g's in upgrades to almost lose to a 12g kit.
Is this the LPE package that supposedly propelled a Vette to an 8.9_ ? Must have been on slicks of course, and race gas. The C&D Vette had a good mph, but Vipers in the V10 Nats street tire shootout run much better times.
VIPER D
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Rsi only went 11.6 with a twin turbo??? humm My srt with little mods runs that.
I just don't understand
vd..
I just don't understand
vd..
SilverBlueGTS
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Its just nice to see the Viper beat the Vette in a big shoot out.
Anthony - 98 GTS
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Congrats to John, Nick and all the guys at the shop!!!!
Isn't about time we lost the ***** crap?????
Isn't about time we lost the ***** crap?????
quickysrt
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so true! the guy is cool and makes some good products for our cars.
SilverBlueGTS
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********* ***** ****** ******* ******* *** VCA.
I think that about says it all.
FrankTHutchens
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Well...there was some grumbling that in spite of Car & Driver's rules on arriving with an empty or near empty tank, and their overseeing of the 93 octane re-fueling, the pungent odor from [******] Viper's exhaust told anyone with a calibrated nose that something other than 93 octane was in the tank.. Or maybe that was sour grapes..
Anthony - 98 GTS
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Or maybe that was sour grapes..
Scoreboard and at those power levels (800 HP) all a TT Viper needs is pump gas.
Anthony - 98 GTS
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My thoughts exactly.
SilverBlueGTS
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Or maybe that was sour grapes..
[******] should have loaned some race gas to RSI. A twin turbo SRT making 800 hp and running 131 mph in the 1/4 mile? That is embarassing.
I haven't seen the article, but if they did it the same way as the previous SC the times are all well off what the cars will do at a regular track. Part of it has to do with the timing equipment they use, which is satellite based as I recall and not like the electronic equipment used at a track. And part of it has to do with how the different timed portions are run in a continuous course (they start on a long straight and measure 1/4 mile, then go into a road type course or something, etc. until they complete 4 or more timed events as part of one big course without stopping).
This is the same comments many people made about 2 years ago when I had my yellow all-motor Viper in the event. The 0-60, 0-100, and 1/4 mile times are not done at a dragstrip, the time and mph are not measured the same way, and, in no way, should be compared to a dragstrip time. However, the numbers are very useful when comparing cars to one another (no slicks, pump gas, etc..). RSI's time was comparable to what [******] ran with his 800hp TT a couple year's back and what we ran in my 750hp all-motor car in the same event. I would say there are making the power they claim. Nice to see the Vipers take it this time around.
Anthony - 98 GTS
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I think John ran around 142-143 MPH in the 1/4 on street tires - which is pretty insane.
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I saw the video but still havent seen the magazine article yet. I think my mail man reads my car magazines for a few days before he puts them in my mailbox.
Has anyone who subscribes to Car and Driver gotten this issue yet?
Has anyone who subscribes to Car and Driver gotten this issue yet?
Anthony - 98 GTS
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Can someone scan and post the article?
viper spray
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The guy is all over the mags , and we still can't say his name on a VIPER FORUM?? How childish is that?? Come on and get over it and move on. Performance should win, thank you.
BigCarrot
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"starstarstarstarstarstar" did a great job out there! Congrats! Guys, it's a lot harder than you think to run a time like that on street tires! When you just mash the gas on a car like "starstarstarstarstarstar's" on street tires, it doesn't just hook up and go!
Anthony - 98 GTS
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My thoughts exactly. This is an open FORUM for the free and open exchange of ideas - both positive and negative.
Anthony - 98 GTS
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This is what 1st place looks like: Car & Driver Shootout 
