yellow5.0cobra said:I dunno.. is it me... or is the new Viper completely hideous?
I love the old one better.
The styling put's some people off. I liked it a lot better in person.
The ergonomics and interior is WAAAY better in the new one.
yellow5.0cobra said:I dunno.. is it me... or is the new Viper completely hideous?
I love the old one better.
yellow5.0cobra said:I dunno.. is it me... or is the new Viper completely hideous?
I love the old one better.
351CJ said:It's you.
The only thing wrong with the new Viper is that oversized truck engine. It should have a lightweight highly tuned V8 around 6 - 6.5L.
Z28x said:Wrong and oversized engine should not be in the same sentance. They wanted to make a V8 Viper, but Viper fans NO, it needed to have a V10. Viper compression is only 9.6:1, just imagine if they up it to 11.0:1, they should be able to get 650HP out of this engine with no problems.
SadbutTrue said:z28... the MT test was a farce. They didn't test the two on the same surface, which shoots any accuracy of the test to oblivion. Add in to the fact that that is the fastest the Viper has ever run, but Car and driver was able to run considerably faster in the GT. Then they have had quite a bit more experience launching the viper than the GT, a considerably more unique car. And finally, the GT was still preproduction, even if it did have the twin screw on it.
Z28x said:Very good points, what did C&D run for Ford GT times? I think the final Ford GT will be able to do at least 11.4, if a 600HP 427 Camaro can do that time with a front end, the GT should at least be able to do it with the better weight disto of a mid engine.
It's you. I love love love the 1st gen coupes, but I know I'll like the new coupe (when it comes out) a ton better. The "edge" that the new car has really takes the Viper upscale, less teenage pubescent fantasy. I think it looks fabulous, you've just got to quit wishing it was a carbon copy of the 1st car. The 1st gen RT-10 cars with the removable toupe' roof and rear hoop are just plane goofball looking. Every time I see some guy driving around in one of those clown cars with his head poking up above the roofline with his Oakley Blades on, I can't get the image of Hardcastle & McCormick cruising the abismal "Coyote" around solving crimes out of my head LOL!I dunno.. is it me... or is the new Viper completely hideous?
Z28x said:Wrong and oversized engine should not be in the same sentance. They wanted to make a V8 Viper, but Viper fans NO, it needed to have a V10. Viper compression is only 9.6:1, just imagine if they up it to 11.0:1, they should be able to get 650HP out of this engine with no problems.
65conv50 said:Yeah, but then you would be paying insane prices to feed it with high octane. Today's diluted gas can't power anything over about 9.6.
65conv50 said:Yeah, but then you would be paying insane prices to feed it with high octane. Today's diluted gas can't power anything over about 9.6.
65conv50 said:Yeah, but then you would be paying insane prices to feed it with high octane. Today's diluted gas can't power anything over about 9.6.
That isn't an ad. The times you see advertisement are for the little embedded ads they have in the middle of the article.DBMSTNG said:i wish people would quit using that MT "comparison" of the GT and Viper.
LOOK CLOSELY!!!! IT'S AN ADVERTISEMENT!!!!!
for the Viper no doubt.
the highest trap speed i've heard of for the GT so far was 128mph. and that was by C&D, and they drive like old women. bring on Evan Smith.
Z28x said:LS1 = 10.1:1
LS6 = 10.5:1
LS2 = 10.9:1
They all run 91, the LS1 can even run fine on 87, although Chevrolet recommends 91 for peak performance.
shatner saves said:What's the HP loss on 87?