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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Haha, I hear ya. Like any tool, though, it's more useful in the hands of a skilled user. Of all of the Vipers I've owned, I'm most impressed with the 8.4L engine, making 600hp out of the box. It's unbelievable how well it performs when you learn that driving isn't about stomping the gas and hoping for the best.
Great looking F-body. I've had two Firebirds and two Camaros, and I loved every second of making them into stage-2 and stage-3 cars. Here's two of my F-Body babies, on either side of my Porsche (don't ask -- mistake to have bought, LOL).
Camaro is an SS, and the Firebird is a Trans Am convertible. I've also owned the WS6 Firebird (sold now), and the LS1 SS Camaro (also sold). I go through muscle cars very rapidly ... buy 'em, build 'em up, get bored and sell 'em.
My wife is driving a Denali now, so I am using the Viper as a daily driver so I don't put miles on any of our nice cars.
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That's a good way to put it "stomping the gas and hoping for the best" ... that pretty much sounds like my drag racing experience.
The vipers do make a ton of power, but then again it's a 500+ ci motor so it damn well better LOL.
Thanks for the compliment, the car on the outside is totally stock aside from lowering kit and the 9th set of wheels. Only exterior stuff I might do is the SLP CME and valance but that's like 1000 bucks just for an exhaust tip, which is about the same amount as a fast 92/92 set up which will actually add power so I'm torn.
I won't give you too much shit about the 911, but the engine IS in the wrong place. . . just so you know LOL.
This is my third Camaro, 2nd SS. First one was an 01 Sunset Orange Metallic SS I got at 17 with 15k miles on it, did a little street racer suspension set up (removed sway bar, dumped the ass end and pulled the right rear strut so it would squat) sprayed a buck fifty on it and would drag peoples asses up and down the road. My first big race in that car was with a single turbo Supra (67mm I think) and I yanked him out of the hole and kept out a couple cars on him through the 1/4, all with a stock A4 SS with a little spray. Then I raced a 383 stroked older pontiac on bigs and littles and blew his doors off too, after that it was a little tricky getting a race because I couldn't just say "It was the other copper orange SS on chrome wheels running around west phoenix."
Then I sold that, went through a couple of Mustangs and ended up with some shit box SOM/Black two tone V6 Camaro that I ended up blowing up 2 motors with due to nitrous and ended up with this current car that had a stock LS1 + Spray until about 6k miles ago when it got the huge cammed LS2, built automatic and decent sized stall converter and a slightly different kit. You have to pay attention to it but it still drives docile when you don't have your foot in it. I absolutely love these cars and have been wanting to get something more practical as a driver but couldn't stand the thought of selling it. It's too much fucking fun
I get bored with these cars too, but I found that changing the wheels every 6 months helps a little bit.
Wouldn't mind having a Viper as a DD though.