Would you buy a Viper with a V8 HEMI?

[RMBSRT]

Will the big HEMI motors fit in the Viper?

Would you buy a Viper with a V8 HEMI?

Maybe even a supercharged V8 HEMI?

With all of the development work that Dodge has done on the HEMIs...especially DOD...the Viper could end up with that as an option. Maybe a light weight optioned car...what do you think?

 

[Pythonpete]

No, V10 only

 

[Need1]

It's just not the same.

Might as well slap some new emblems on it and call it something else.

 

[sween]

never. id rather dodge discontinue making vipers if they cant make a viper with a V10

 

[IEATVETS]

A Viper would not be a Viper without the big V10 stuffed in there but to answer your original question, yes, a Hemi will fit under the hood with no modifications to the hood. I know a guy who lives near Green Bay who stuffed a 526 Hemi in his Viper. What a monster car he has, over 850 rwhp, N/A as well!!

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

V10 only...

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

V10 only. A Viper without a V10 is like a Lamborghini without scissor doors....its just not the same (sorry Gallardo owners)

 

[Camfab]

500 inch Hemi, uh ya!

 

[Paul Hawker]

Hemi is fine, as long as it is a V-10 HEMI.

Hemi arcitecture is difficult for Viper due to height of those engines.

Dodge seems to be getting mega HP out of their existing V-10.

 

[AFL in NJ]

The Viper isn't a Viper with a V8, nor a V12.....it's V10 only. Now if Dodge wants to put hemi heads on the V10....and it means some mean bulges in the hood.....I'm VERY interested....whether I can see out the front or not.

Regards,
Aaron

 

[GuitarSteve]

Dodge Viper has always been and will hopefully always remain a V10 motor. Just as it should remain a 6speed stick as well. Although, Tony Darwin (think that's his name) had a mean HEMI V8 Nitrous injected supercharged GTS. Sir Hiss I believe she was named.

 

[RAYSIR]

I read an article some time ago that Shelby wanted to put a big V8 in the Viper but it wouldn't fit between the frame rails planned. The V10 has a narrower angled deck. There is a drag funnycar Viper with a Hemi but it has a tube frame. If you want a V8 buy a Vette.

 

[dave6666]

A Viper with a V8 would be just another ordinary muscle car.

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

V10 ....................but a 6.1 liter Hemi with two more pistons grafted on sure sounds interesting! Heh, a boys gotta dream, right?

 

[Viper X]

We were told during our visit to SRT in Januray that the current hemi would not fit in the SRT-10's engine bay.....

Perhaps the next generation will get a hemi ..... with ten cylinders.

 

[RedEnuf93]

V-10 Hemi is a YES.
V-8 Hemi is bull... blown or not.

 

[PatentLaw]

Hey, a hemi with 10 cylinders is not bad. People should not complain about 12 either, if we can get our hands on an engine like that.

 

[ViperVon]

Old School.......V10 ONLY!!!! Hemi or not.

 

[Photog1]

V10 only!! If you want a v8 get a vette.

 

[AFL in NJ]

John,

When I'm filthy rich, I'll buy a mid 90's Jaguar XJS with a V12 and make the ultimate sleeper....twin turbo's, water to air intercooler, etc. It would be an interesting project....whaddya think?

Regards,
Aaron

Hey, a hemi with 10 cylinders is not bad. People should not complain about 12 either, if we can get our hands on an engine like that.

 

[DodgeViper01]

V10 only. A Viper without a V10 is like a Lamborghini without scissor doors....its just not the same (sorry Gallardo owners)

The Gallardo just does not look the same when compared to the Murci but the Gallardo Spyder makes the car look much better.

 

[DodgeViper01]

I think the V10 makes the car. Would I not buy a Viper because it does not have a V10? Probably not but it would have to have LOTS of power from the V8 but I do not even want to think about it. The V10 is a BEAUTY, especially in the GEN Is and IIs.

 

[Vypr Phil]

An (other) ugly thought just crossed my (severely perverted) mind:

With Jim Press, former Toyota COO on board as the new Chrysler COO, just pray that they do not come out with a Viper V8 Hemi (Atkinson Cycle) Hybrid Synergy Drive...powering the front wheels!

Or was this just a recent nightmare?

Phil

 

[Andrew/USPWR]

It would give me pause and make me look closer at all the competition before I made a purchase of a V8 Viper.

At this point I don't think Dodge could even go to a V12 without backlash from it's customer base.

 

[Copperhead245]

John,

When I'm filthy rich, I'll buy a mid 90's Jaguar XJS with a V12 and make the ultimate sleeper....twin turbo's, water to air intercooler, etc. It would be an interesting project....whaddya think?

Regards,
Aaron

Hey Aaron, I've got two V-12 XJ-S Jags (a '90 and a '91). Rebuilt the topside of the engine on one and pretty close to finishing the other one. No mods yet other than 3" intake tubes and K&Ns, but I've always thought about what you mentioned. You don't have to be filthy rich to take one of them off my hands (gotta make room in the garage!)...

Ron

 

[Asp Man]

No. V10 only.
But I do know of one GenII with a Hemi...

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[MTGTS]

V10 Hemi = Yes
V8 Hemi = No

 

[RayC]

For a Viper V10 only, hemi or not. However, a 500+hp V8 hemi in something else might be interesting.

 

[Disturbed]

V10 ....................but a 6.1 liter Hemi with two more pistons grafted on sure sounds interesting! Heh, a boys gotta dream, right?

That wouldn't work....it's too small. ONLY 7.625L We need AT-Least 8.0

Viper should always have huge lump under the hood.

 

[ROCKET62]

An achilles heel of the V10 is the added weight, which seems to be one of the main reasons the Zwhatever is even in the same neighborhood as the Viper. Does anyone know what the weight is of the V10 and how that might compare to a Hemi V8 or even the LS7?

It would be cool if you had a 426 hemi that was conservatively rated at 600+ HP, but dynoed 800+ as was shown in one of the recent TV programs.