"the beat down"




He did have headers and exhaust, so we both were slightly mod’ed.

 

An NA motor just sucks at this altitude. That's why my Viper is getting a Turbo conversion ...

 

When I was running 600 crank HP I ran a new Viper. It was hard to pull him. I did on a roll about a car and a half to two cars. I was shocked I couldn't get farther out on him. They are not slow.

 

I agree. Despite what the mags say, I don't think a stock turbo would be even with an SRT 10. An X50 may be closer, but, honestly I still think the Viper would win out. I drove Shank's Viper when it was stock and from my butt dyno, it felt stronger........ Hell I raced a Viper GTS with headers and exhaust when my car had the Evo Stage 2 and he beat me!!

Lou

 

Actually, I dun' call bull**** here. The cars are close enough that it's anyone's race. I took a Viper with my '02 turbo, 45-160mph, by 1 car length. A modded LT-1 Vette took both of us.

 

In the real world, there is almost ALWAYS altitude loss for an NA car - heck even Pacific Coast Hwy in CA is at least 50 ft up - more to the point "at sea level" is a huge qualifier, many of the "flatland" areas are actually 1000+ ft elevation (3-4%) loss, and actually, a properly set up turbo does not lose any HP until its pre-set altitude (turbo overspeed) limit, which is 8000 ft for the 996TT, there is, of course, MUCH more lag since the turbos are spooling to a much higher RPM to pump the thinner air......

Bond

 

To quote Homer Simpson ... "EEXACTLEEEE".

 

I drove an SRT-10 in Phoenix in 95 deg heat and I thought it was a slug. I couldn't get much acceleration and when I tried, the tires just lit up in smoke.

 

You don't have to make any excuses here.

 

 

Lou,
was that the race against Walker's car when we all first met (back when I had my truck still)??
If so can't always judge by that car. You could put Walker in a Festiva and he'd still probably win.....lol

Tom

 

Well wont a modded turbo take a viper even if it does have 900 hp? Just ask Hershel and Shank what happened when they raced. Although I guess that was a Cargraphic!!!!! modded Turbo.

 

When did Shank race a Cargraphic TT in his TT Viper?

 

idk when he brought it to florida, i wasn't there but from what i hear the Turbo was pulling

 

Well I guess that is for Shank to answer then.

I will say that a 900rwhp Viper will not lose a street race to many Porsche 996 TT's.

I am unaware of a Cargraphic package that would have the ***** it would take to pull a TT Viper. How much power is Hershel putting down??