New old car... Photoshop anyone???

john · 07-14-2009

Just got back from Texas on Friday eveing, went to pick up another viper. This one is older (93) and has a decent amount of add-ons including the hardtop and windows in the pic. It is also an RT-10 (convertible style) like the other in my pic. It has some stuff done to the engine (ported head, cam, headers, etc) and made 46X rear wheel hp and a little over 500 rear wheel tourque on a "conservative" tune. I didn't need another but pretty much couldn't pass it up the deal as it was only $23k. I figured it would be better to mess with this car at the track than take my other car which has low miles.

Here is a link to the exhaust sound (stumpled across this on the viper forums):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxHYQG56cw

So far I like the car; just ordered up a power steering cooler and a line lock for it. Seems a bit faster than my black viper but we haven't lined them up. Hoping to get this thing out to the brainerd road race course quite frequently. Looking at drilled/slotted rotors, road race tires, and racing brake pads now.

I have added a side pic. With the top on, it looks like the car needs a wing. Anyone good with photoshop who can add one??? I am also considering stripes, what do you think and what color (have seen black, sliver, and white stripes)?

If anyone is interested in one of these, now is a great time to buy. I will probably be selling my black one pretty soon aswell.

Here are a couple pics. Car is dirty but I guess you can't tell...

viridionplague · 07-14-2009

bah, your making me want one of these more and more and i just cant afford one right now

**scheides** · 07-15-2009

I like the black one better. Cool though, great deal

TkrPerformance · 07-15-2009

looks a ton better with windows and the hard top on it

**Kracka** · 07-15-2009

Nice buy!

123abc · 07-15-2009

The early vipers are my favorite. That one looks pretty hot!

At-Least-It's-An-Evo · 07-15-2009

Man, its like they're on clearance or something...

mukapahnpy · 07-15-2009

I hate you.

**Halon** · 07-15-2009

I like the color. Looks great!

rose0529 · 07-15-2009

Looks good! The hard top really looks nice.

awd-drifter · 07-15-2009

great deal for that! I love how that year Viper looks like.

Super Bleeder!! · 07-15-2009

way hot. i want to test drive one =]

TjXiong · 07-15-2009

Drooling. Look hot as heck in RED.

turbotalon1g · 07-15-2009

Very nice.

john · 07-15-2009

Thanks. I like the black one better unless I am cruising the lake

. The red one stands out a whole lot more which got me pulled over in Kansas on the way home. He let me off though with a warning (84 in a 70).

Some of these are pretty much on clearance. The market has dropped quite a bit on vipers in the past year. Alot of people with older vipers are finding it easy to sell the one they have now and buy a newer one as they can now afford it.

I am probably going to sell the black one. I just painted a hardtop for that one but don't know how much more I will be driving it. Right now, the top is off the black one sitting in the garage and the top is on the red one. If I want no top, I will drive black, want a top, red.

I can take people for rides but I hessitate on test drives as most people aren't used to the tourque.

turbotalon1g · 07-15-2009

Yeah the amount of TQ is rediculous I haven't driven my friends '05 around and the amount of TQ at any point in the RPMs is unbelievable.

If only I could let go of my DSM?

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john · 07-15-2009

^^^ That is why we had issues keeping James' (slowbubblecar's) viper on the track at Brainerd. I slid off the track twice and him once. Not that he is a better driver, just that I was pushing it a bit more than him

slowbubblecar · 07-15-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by john

^^^ That is why we had issues keeping James' (slowbubblecar's) viper on the track at Brainerd. I slid off the track twice and him once. Not that he is a better driver, just that I was pushing it a bit more than him

BS... You should have seen the BIR instructor telling me to slow down. I probably went faster and controlled it better. The one time I did lose it was due to torque and probably crap on the track. The instructor didn't even know what caused us to go around in circles as I was easier on it that time than other laps. He thought I was doing well.

**Goat Blower** · 07-15-2009

They are fun to drive. I got a little squirrelly with mine around a corner, but it's easy to correct. RWD and torque are a lot of fun, kinda like driving on an icy road, but in the summer. Nicely bought at $23k by the way.

awd-drifter · 07-15-2009

any chance of this Viper appearing at future dyno day or meet?