Paxton or heads and cam?

[Herc]

Yes, it has been discussed before. My question is who has had a Paxton Gen 3 with 30k+ miles on the car and 10k+ miles on the blower and have you had
any issues. Here are my options, a 30k+ mile Paxton, 522ci built engine, Motons, Quaife and numerous high dollar mods OR a 4k mile Stryker heads and cam,
522ci built engine, Motons, Quaife, etc... Both have Belanger headers and exhaust. Paxton is a 2004 white "coupe", Stryker is a 2006 black/gray coupe.

Tempted to go with the Stryker as it has low miles but I owned a Woodhouse 04 Paxton and loved it, this Paxton is putting out close to 800 hp though.

Herc

 

[Y2K5SRT]

We have about 27,000 miles on our '05 with roughly 20,000 on a trouble-free DLM Paxton build. Greg Good heads, Comp Coupe cam, and forged internals making 870 rwhp on pump gas. Absolutely love it and wouldn't trade it for all the Gen 5's in the world.

 

[ssjcreeper]

Y2K5SRT - you have the best of both worlds!!!

Herc - It comes down to personal preference IMO. When I ran a forced induction car I was addicted to boost. In my heads/cam car, I'm addicted to the lope of that nasty cam. The Paxton likely puts down more rwhp, but that N/A car shouldn't be a slouch by any stretch. Good luck with your decision.

We have about 27,000 miles on our '05 with roughly 20,000 on a trouble-free DLM Paxton build. Greg Good heads, Comp Coupe cam, and forged internals making 870 rwhp on pump gas. Absolutely love it and wouldn't trade it for all the Gen 5's in the world.

 

[Herc]

Y2K5SRT - you have the best of both worlds!!!

Herc - It comes down to personal preference IMO. When I ran a forced induction car I was addicted to boost. In my heads/cam car, I'm addicted to the lope of that nasty cam. The Paxton likely puts down more rwhp, but that N/A car shouldn't be a slouch by any stretch. Good luck with your decision.

The Paxton 04 is cam-ed also, blower cam, and sounds like it doesn't exactly idle as stock but I know what you mean, kind of what I am looking for.

Herc

 

[mbccenter]

I have had them both and they all are great fun. I have a 1002rwhp paxton vert and it is loads of fun. Would think about selling for the right $.

 

[Nine Ball]

The Paxton car with the built engine will offer you more hp potential. 30K miles isn't that much, if the car was maintained properly. I've got about 12K miles with the Paxton, it has been trouble-free.

My setup makes over 1,000 rwhp now. And, I still drove it to work today (95 miles).

Tony

 

[Herc]

Thanks for the inputs. Like I said, I had an 04 Paxton and really liked it, never owned a head and cam Viper but did have an 09, which I should have kept. The low miles
on the 06 head and cam makes it tempting but not sure if I will like the slate color.

 

[Hotrodder00]

Get the 06, then supercharge it!

 

[ACPERFORMANCE]

Whats the cost of both these vipers your looking at?

 

[ViperCobra]

Get the 06, then supercharge it!

+1 ... S/C 06' FTW!!!

 

[Herc]

Ended up going with the 06 coupe with Stryker heads, cam, Motons, Quaife and more.

RD

 

[ohlarikd]

Ended up going with the 06 coupe with Stryker heads, cam, Motons, Quaife and more.

RD

Wow - pics! Got a lot of high end good stuff on there!

 

[98intrigue]

Thanks for the inputs. Like I said, I had an 04 Paxton and really liked it, never owned a head and cam Viper but did have an 09, which I should have kept. The low miles
on the 06 head and cam makes it tempting but not sure if I will like the slate color.

I love the slate color! Please post pictures when you have a chance.

 

[Herc]

Hopefully I will arrive in a week or two, the dealer is still working out the shipping details.

Herc

 

[Cobraken]

You will love the slate color. It's a pretty rare color. Add silver stripes and it will "pop" more. I too sold a gen 4 and bought an '06 coupe and wish I hadn't sold the '09.