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I would have almost guessed D myself. My understanding was that it was more for emissions than fuel economy. It was actually developed as a loophole to the EPA testing procedure as I understand it. I believe the test cycle dictates that you are supposed to run up to a certain speed through all the gears, but by locking out the lower gears they get around some of the sections that would fail them.
 
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Next Trivia question..... Another one from the 1995 Tech note article



The Viper engine management system has all of the following .... except?

A. Distributorless ignition system
B. Multi port fuel injection
C. Speed density air flow management
D. Paired fuel injection
 

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I really want to guess but I got the last two wrong and will not dishonor myself further.:D hehehehehehehe
 
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Well.....

I guess if your not going to guess...... should I post any more?
 

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I love the trivia it has made me learn a lot about Viper please continue. I will guess B. My knowledge about the gen 1 vipers is almost zero but I am always
learning.
 

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Next Trivia question..... Another one from the 1995 Tech note article



The Viper engine management system has all of the following .... except?

A. Distributorless ignition system
B. Multi port fuel injection
C. Speed density air flow management
D. Paired fuel injection


D..........
 

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I'd guess D as well just because I know what the other three are, lol.

C would be the only other one I could think of, but I know there's no MAF sensor. I know there's alpha-N tuning, which is just throttle position and rpm, but I don't think that would be sophisticated enough for regulations of the time. It's built more for independent throttle body type stuff.
 
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Carroll Shelby
 

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The design chief at the time was Tom Gale, and Roy Sjoberg assembled the team that would transform the concept car to production reality. And the engineering executive Francois Castaing helped put it together to make it to the showroom floor.
 
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If you are talking about Briggs Swift Cunningham, that's a bit of a stretch, but I read some where that the Cunningham had something to do with the under pinning's, I could never see it.
 

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Bob Lutz is considered the father of the Viper, but all he did was get all the right people together.
 
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If you are talking about Briggs Swift Cunningham, that's a bit of a stretch, but I read some where that the Cunningham had something to do with the under pinning's, I could never see it.

No it's not. I found a story in a Viper Club magazine that used the verbiage in the question and listed the name of the person that did the drawing. I just replaced the name with who. I'm sure Sam will tell me it was a poorly structured question. I'll give the answer during my lunch break

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According to the article, the answer is Craig Durfy

I'll post up the details on the magazine tonight
 

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Well I thought I knew alot about Vipers, I never heard of Craig Durfy. That was a good one Jeff.
 

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No it's not. I found a story in a Viper Club magazine that used the verbiage in the question and listed the name of the person that did the drawing. I just replaced the name with who. I'm sure Sam will tell me it was a poorly structured question. I'll give the answer during my lunch break

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No the question was clear , I just didn't know the answer or have the time to "research" it!
 
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What emerged as the first PVO project?

(PVO = Performance Vehicle Operations)
 

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