86 T-type v. viper

[cimi4749]

Being that I live in NY on Long Island I happen to spend a lot of time out in the hamptons... it just so happened that on my way home the other day playing train on our way back to the highway I happened to land myself right infront of a red viper, no idea what year, he wasnt doing much but my friends in their imports were reving at him and honking and what not, I dont do such things considering I drive a much more respectable car than them... well the road opened up into a 2 lane and the guy downshifted and hit it while he was behind me, we were doing like 30 at the time, I waited for him to pull past my bumper then I hit it..... I stayed on his bumper at like 14lbs... I also have alky but unfortunately it was empty!!!... he kept looking back at me like then I got onto the highway to go enjoy the beach... how are these things from a stop because my car is a frigging dog from a roll on a hot day.. anyhow my friends now understand the power 6, they never get to see it in action.... typically because I dont race everything I see.. I like to wait for the big stuff..

 

[NJVetteGuy]

Vipers suck from a dig, you would probably waste him. I have run 3 Vipers from a dig with my C5 and it wasn't pretty. The funniest one was a $500 race from a guy talking smack, I was already out by 5 cars when he was done spinning at the line Good kill

P.S. I see in your sig you are dropping a 350 Olds motor into your Cutlass, I have a complete '72 motor from my Cutlass "S" with 7A heads on it if you're interested.

 

[420]

Originally posted by NJVetteGuy
Vipers suck from a dig, you would probably waste him. I have run 3 Vipers from a dig with my C5 and it wasn't pretty. The funniest one was a $500 race from a guy talking smack, I was already out by 5 cars when he was done spinning at the line Good kill

P.S. I see in your sig you are dropping a 350 Olds motor into your Cutlass, I have a complete '72 motor from my Cutlass "S" with 7A heads on it if you're interested.

You may want to change that to "most" Vipers suck from a dig. A very close friend of mine used to own a Viper that, on a non-bfg radial tire, gave a C5 w/ a 200 shot 2 cars and the move, and finished him off by about 15 cars.

Just remember that there is an exception for every rule

 

[DeltaT]

What did he have in the Viper?

Jim

Pretty much 3 choices, right? Race Engine (should be able to hear it), Blower (could be quiet compared to exhaust), or Nitrous (most likely). A simple 150 shot would give about a 230ft/lb boost to toque at 3500 to around 720ft/lb. That'll pull a lot of people. I know there have been a couple turbo Vipers but aren't they few and far between?

 

[420]

Heads/Cam/Sean Roe Supercharger

The total key to that car was that it was DEADLY out of the hole. Hooked dead every time....

 

[kshef]

Originally posted by NJVetteGuy
Vipers suck from a dig, you would probably waste him. I have run 3 Vipers from a dig with my C5 and it wasn't pretty. The funniest one was a $500 race from a guy talking smack, I was already out by 5 cars when he was done spinning at the line

not in a stock C5......Oh wait never mind, you have a few thousand in it

 

[NJVetteGuy]

Originally posted by kshef
not in a stock C5......Oh wait never mind, you have a few thousand in it

Stock internals motor with:

Cold air intake $295
Headers/x-pipe(bought used) $550
Gear swap to 3.73s $850
Torque converter $750
My labor on my car= FREE
Custom dyno tune by Cartek $500

Total investment in parts is around $2500. Selling off stock parts allowed me to recoup a pretty good portion of the investment. Carefully matching components got me where I am, it's all about the combo as I have wasted some heads/cam LS1s as well. There's still more bolt-ons that I can do, but I don't think I'll gain much vs. the price. I'll be seeing how far I can take a stock long-block turbo Buick next

 

[NJVetteGuy]

Originally posted by TransAm WS6 420
You may want to change that to "most" Vipers suck from a dig. A very close friend of mine used to own a Viper that, on a non-bfg radial tire, gave a C5 w/ a 200 shot 2 cars and the move, and finished him off by about 15 cars.

Just remember that there is an exception for every rule

I'm only going by the ones I've seen local. There's a supercharged one near me that would eat me alive even with my jump out of the hole(he traps in the 140+ range ). I am still a stock internals motor so I have to choose my battles carefully in the $$ races. I usually try to hit the Vette-Viper events when I can, but I haven't seen any near me that could 60' exceptionally well. You are right, I know there's always going to be one out there that will outright smoke me. I am going to see how long I can go before that happens