Viper on the edge of 200MPH in the 1/4

[Cudaman]

Lee Saunders set a new personal best yesterday evening with a 7.47 @ 199.4mph. He switched to a Powerglide and replaced one bad turbo. They found out the turbo was binding up and after replacing it, the car woke up in a serious way.

I believe he was on a 31x10.5 Slick and weight was somewhere in the 3300lbs range.

Here is the video of Lee's run. It was shot with a cell phone.

viper199.flv video by sourskittlesrt4 - Photobucket

This was shot over the weekend for a upcoming Speed Channel "Pinks all out".

Cudaman

 

[Bobpantax]

"I don't care who you are" that there was some run! Congratulations!!

 

[Boxer12]

why don't you guys bring decent cameras to the track? LOL...good run!

 

[CitySnake]

Talk about a shot outta hell!!! WOW! Great to watch. Thanks.

 

[Shandon]

0-200 in the 7's ! Talk about you body being plastered to the seat man thats fast and I mean FAST!! Way to go!!

 

[vpower01]

Wow that was fantastic! Yes better camera next time please.
Was that a qualifier for the quick 8 or do you know if he made it
into the finals for that time?

Im gonna start recording pinks all out again.

 

[MTGTS]

I sure hope they are gonna actually televise his runs. Sick!!!

 

[SquadX]

damn that thing got out. nice run

 

[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

Wow, that was moving FAST.

BTW-What was he doing to the passenger door before the race?

 

[jmillsUT28]

He was airing out of smoke I would say.

Wow, that was moving FAST.

BTW-What was he doing to the passenger door before the race?

 

[Fast Viper Dan]

Oh, Reds fastest
Oh no, Yellows fastest.

Now who's fastest?

 

[Simms]

Lee is the man.

 

[kcobean]

That was amazing. I can only imagine what that kind of acceleration feels like.

 

[eucharistos]

yeah baby



thanks for the vid

 

[bushido]

Crazy fast..

 

[97snk]

wow, that's fast...turbo vipers are insane.

 

[1fast400]

Lee's car is sick no doubt, but I still like Sal's car since it still has an IRS

 

[2001-V10 Power Nut]

way to go Lee, great weekend from what I heard, hopefully we'll be seeing this on TV soon

 

[PittsburghRT]

Holy shhh...t is that quick!

 

[Cudaman]

why don't you guys bring decent cameras to the track? LOL...good run!

That was shot from a cell phone and yes they brought a good camera....It was a TV camera with a full crew, it might be HD.

Cudaman

 

[HSSSSSS]

Fantastic run Lee!!! Congratulations



Any Viper that fast can be whatever color the owner wants.

 

[FikseGTS]

that car was amazing... here is another run on video....

2001 Dodge Viper Twin Turbo 1/4 mile trap speeds 0-60 - DragTimes.com


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[Zentenk]

Dang, Lee is a great guy and I'm glad he got to put his Viper in the contest. I have never seen it at his house though. =(

 

[FE 065]

Myself, I fail to see the difference. If the rest of the car has had just about every OEM mechanical part changed at huge expense, harping about the rear suspension in an anything goes class is pointless.

Lee's car is sick no doubt, but I still like Sal's car since it still has an IRS

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Too bad Lee doesn't get on this board much, the Viper community would find out what a great guy he is and a lot of fun to hang out with. And not only is he a great drag racer but a great road racer too.

 

[treesnake]

Wow...

And I thought it would be "kickin' ass" to do 200 mph in a Mile

 

[1fast400]

Myself, I fail to see the difference. If the rest of the car has had just about every OEM mechanical part changed at huge expense, harping about the rear suspension in an anything goes class is pointless.

I said his car is amazing. I wasn't putting down his car. I simply said I believe Sal's car is more impressive due to being an IRS car. If you fail to see the difference, then I'll assume you don't drag race.

 

[Ricketts]

Awesome run Lee! And, yes Mike I agree with you.

 

[Sneaky Pete]

Both are VERY, VERY AMAZING! Since Sal hasn't been out this year, I'm going to guess he'll set some personal best runs in the not to distance future as well. Great work guys!

Now about that mile...

 

[97GTS]

WOW That was awesome. Thanks for posting it Ward. Lee is a great guy and a real asset to the Viper community.

To post on a thread like this that you like someone elses car better is, well, classless. Start a thread on how great Sal's car is and then post your opinion there.



Great job Lee



Ron