Same story here. 11.8 is nothing to be proud of in an '08 Viper. Check my sig - stock motor, stock cats, stock resonators, (old) stock tires.
No reason to condescend anyone here. Are you guys actually considering many factors? Every drag strip is different. The drag strip here in Fontana is very very bad. (1) It's not a drag strip. It's a parking lot converted to such. (2) The starting point is not set up for launches. For slow cars, it might not affect as much but for cars doing 10s and 11s, it's very very bad. Those of who ever had any experience here would know. (3)There is always a head-wind. (4)It's highly elevated and (5) It's always very hot.
I don't understand people attacking each other or telling others who's better or who's worse. Let me tell you guys THIS. Dyno Results are completely irrelevant because depending on the condition of the dyno that day; elevation, heat and moisture; every dynos react SO differently and how you set up your dyno at the time of dynoing has a lot to do. The same car can be dynoed at 650WHP at one location and one dyno and that same car can do 530WHP at another location and another brand machine. "AND" I'm even considering smoothing and "correction" here.
Same with drag strips. The exact SAME car can do 10.5@135 at one strip when that same car can do 11.8@129. You can't simply "SAY" who's the better driver or faster car. If you want to say something, then the same car and TWO drivers should run the strip on the SAME day and SAME location. Same when comparing TWO cars. If you want to compare TWO cars, it's gotta be at the SAME location, SAME day and SAME time. Otherwise, DO NOT say ANYTHING about ANYTHING. That's the fact. You think you can do better than me with my SAME exact car? Then come here and I will lend my car to you for the drag strip.
I will tell you this much. At our dragstrip here, Z06s (stock) do about 12.4~12.6@122. Vipers (Gen 3) do about 12.6~12.8@116~118. I see so many people with Z06s and Vipers here complaining they can't do anything better and I'm very sorry to see them do so badly. They just can't do much better than that. But I hear my friends at Texas and Florida that are doing so much better. The ONLY explanation is the location. I repeat, it's NOT the drivers!!! Gen 4 Viper doing 11.89@128 might not be good at some strips, but at OUR location, it is the record. I even got so much applause from the crowd right after I finished the line. It simply does not make any sense so many FL, TX drivers are doing so well when CA drivers at Fontana are not doing anything close to it.
My point is VERY simple. Every trips are VERY different. It's so different that direct comparison should be AVOIDED. Unless you ran the same car at the same location and same time as someone did, don't say anything. By the way, anyone who wishes to challenge me, I am up. I will even offer my car to run. I want to just as ONE thing.... Do NOT say anything without any factual proof.
Thank you!
Also, my front tires were bad (unbalanced) and was shaking badly at anything over 80MPH so had to change the tires and do the high-speed balancing and now it does not shake at all so this would also make some difference.
Nice Sig!
