Your favorite gear

[ViperStaring]

I read from the Edmund Insideline Comparison Review that:

"First gear is good for 62 mph and 2nd will take you all the way to 90. So unrelenting is the Viper's acceleration that keeping it pinned will push the Coupe to 200 mph."

I'd like to ask everyone how long you stay on the 1st gear when you're driving the Viper, and up to what speed. Do you actually stay on the 1st gear even when getting from STOP and onto the highway? Thanks.

 

[plumcrazy]

no way 1st goes to 62, at least not in my car.

 

[ViperGeorge]

I thought I saw somewhere (maybe that supercar shootout between a Viper and a ZR1 with Paul Tracey)that the Viper needed to shift to second before 60 while the ZR1 didn't. Or did I just make that up?

 

[dave6666]

3.73's throw a bone in that LOL.

 

[compcoupe21]

Top Gear, the show that is!!

 

[eucharistos]

what plum said

 

[Burntrubber]

must be in the 08+s that 62 mph is doable. genIII you would [probably hit the limiter

 

[1994viper]

I like my 3rd on 3.73

 

[fastandloud]

Reverse!!!
Top Gear USA challenge did say the Vette was good to 65 in 1st...not sure w the Viper...
Who really cares, love em all because of the car I'm in...except 5th/6th that is.

 

[dodgefever]

3'rd for sure. cruising on the twisty back roads in the countryside and just leave it in 3'rd. What a blast. With the 3.55 gears, 1'st is used up way too fast.

 

[Madduc]

2nd gear at 45mph for when someone wants to play in Mexico!

 

[Leslie]

I love 3rd gear, I can take off from a dead start or go 100+ thru an entire lap on a roadcourse!


I have probably spent $25k in mods and have never put the skipshift on, I never see the light haha.

 

[RobZilla]

6th... I love the economy factor.

 

[redtanrt10]

Gen IV's reach 60 plus in 1st, a few more with the venon controller that gives 250 more revs.

2nd gear is great to feel the power, current favorite, downshift to 3rd gear in the freeway at 80+ mph gets a gen IV to 4500, then hammer it to the redline.

4th gear on the dyno gets the car to 160 plus, great to watch the numbers on the screen

 

[viperbilliam]

I generally get into 2nd pretty quickly.

 

[white out]

I really like 4th.

Nick