Viper Greetings - New owner

[Elite1]

I am honored to be a member of the VCA.

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I took ownership of my 2001 Yellow GTS a couple of weeks ago. Now that I have spent every extra minute available to break the engine in properly, I have been able to open this machine up a bit and am truely awe struck at the raw power. Truely putting my previous 95' Stealth Turbo to shame. I look forward to participating in this forum.

Greetings from Dallas!

Ted

 

[SoCal Rebell]

Ted, welcome to the board, break her in easy and when your done watch out for the torque. Have fun.

 

[Motor City Mad Man]

Be VEEEEEEERY careful of the torque. I have almost lost it on more than one occasion coming out of a corner, and I was hardly even getting on it. Whatever you do, don't sneeze when your foot is on the gas pedal. That little blip of the throttle will send you into the ditch.

 

[Chuck 97 GTS]

Ted, welcome to the forum and congrats on your new ride!

 

[Kurt 97 GTS]

Ted,

Welcome to the family!!! The North Texas VCA just had our monthly meeting this past Saturday. Were you there? We had about 30 Vipers show, it was great. We are having several events over the next couple of weeks, including a tech session that you really should make!!! Let me know if you need the details.

 

[Viablo]

Ted,
Congratulations from one new owner to another.
I'm hoping to have the car home by this weekend if i can locate an enclosed trailer. I am totally new to Vipers. My other toy is a modified ZR1. Now i can do some personal comparisons.
You were talking about break in. Is this detailed in the Owner's Manual or is it from the owners' experiences?
Thanks

PS-I am also honored to be a member of the VCA and look forward to participating in this forum.

 

[Frank 03SRT]

Neil, it's in the manual for 2000, and I'm sure for 2001 also. It's a little different than what's recommended by those on the site, but close. Dealer, the great Bill P., said: not over 2500rpm for first 200 miles, don't increase more than 500 rpms for each additional 200 miles, and don't exceed 4000 until reach 1000 miles. Then, hit it ---

 

[Mike H]

Congratulations and welcome to the VCa, THE GREATEST CAR CLUB ANYWHERE!!!!

 

[Jay Lopez]

Welcome to the club, Ted. Make sure you joing our local North Texas Viper Club. Our YahooGroups email list gets a lot of traffic and includes reminders for all our local events.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northtexasviperclub

Also, our local club has a webpage at:

http://www.northtexasviperclub.com/