Challenger/Viper drag race

[Richard Cranium]

 

[6PKRTSE]

Should have been a H.C. instead of a Scat. The power to weight ratio would have been a little closer. I wouldn't mind owning a viper someday. My favorite is this blue GTS, but with stripe delete. I always hated the Chevy/Ford stripes.

 

[Photon440]

Should have been a H.C. instead of a Scat. The power to weight ratio would have been a little closer. I wouldn't mind owning a viper someday. My favorite is this blue GTS, but with stripe delete. I always hated the Chevy/Ford stripes.

Don't think of them as Ford stripes, think of them as Shelby stripes, since he was a friend of Lutz and had a hand in developing the original Viper and the GTS Coupe prototype.

 

[RemCharger]

The viper should be in the 11.9- 12.0 area, and from what I've seen of the scat packs at the track about 12.40s.
N/A vs N/A is the way to test.

 

[Richard Cranium]

My favorite is this blue GTS, but with stripe delete. I always hated the Chevy/Ford stripes.

The blue 96 & 97 GTS' all came with stripes.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Sold my 96 GTS a couple of years ago. Some sellers regret, as it wasn't for sale at the time.

 

[6PKRTSE]

The blue 96 & 97 GTS' all came with stripes.

I know and I would delete them.

 

[Budnicks]

Love the 1996 GTS Viper, Bucket-list car, another car RC owned

 

[Detective D]

So the 400kg +/- is 850lbs+/-
To put that in perspective.
Yes, the cars from the early 2000's and newer are fat pigs. My '13 AWD Hemi Charger weighs more then a 1970's C body.
Part of why the launch is sub optimal on the Challenger is the weight as well. Especially from the stop, it takes a lot of grip to over come that inertia from 4000+lbs. My AWD launches better then most of the higher power 2wd cars because the extra grip let's it play sooner.

I would love a Viper. Sadly, I doubt it will ever be in my financial future. I think by the time I would even consider the toy spend on something like that, I will be old enough I won;t want to get in and out of it. I love those cars. Thought they were a bit odd when they came out all those years ago but quickly grew on me.
I would look for an early one without all the nanny BS.

 

[Jerry Hall]

With all the HP ratings on the modern Hemi's one would think that a 400 or 450 HP Viper wouldn't stand a chance. I have had 3 Vipers 94, 95, and 96 coupe. All were pure adrenaline rushes, and quicker than my 2 Gen III Hemi cars. Plus they handled better too. The last one went to a new owner about a year and a half ago.

 

[Photon440]

https://www.encycarpedia.com/us/top/highest-power-weight-dodges

 

[Runcharger]

Getting off the line is the problem. I've had mine cut loose midway through second (no clutch action needed). I was going to buy a Hellcat but driving the Hellcat feels a lot "looser" than the Viper. The handlng and brakes on the Viper are just fantastic. I recommend the Gen Iv, 600HP, better cooling, better trans, better oiling and no pussy electronic overrides other than the 2nd gear gate.

 

[guy gadbois]

Don't think of them as Ford stripes, think of them as Shelby stripes, since he was a friend of Lutz and had a hand in developing the original Viper and the GTS Coupe prototype.

Actually, they are neither Chevy, Ford or Shelby stripes. They are "American" stripes.
Way back in the day - like pre WW2 - country colours were assigned to the nation from whence a car emanated for international competition; this is where we get 'British Racing Green' , Italian Racing Red, the German Silver, French Racing Blue etc etc. America was assigned White with blue frame rails. [as an aside, America was originally assigned red, but there were no [or next to no] active American cars racing in Europe or International competitions and the Italians decided they liked red better than whatever hue they had originally been assigned, so they just took it. No Americans were there to complain, so...]
After the war, no cars had visible frame rails any more, so when American cars - or American entered ones - appeared in Europe, they were White and the 'frame rail' paint was 'moved up' to stripes. Various people claim to have 'invented' the stripe package, but the first examples of any note to the best of my knowledge were the Cunningham cars at LeMans in 53.
Cunningham entries included Cadillacs, Corvettes, jags, Maseratis and of course Cunninghams over the years.
Sports cars began to move away from international colour recognition by the early 60s to a degree, but it was part of the rule book for Formula 1 until the 68 season and stayed basically true. Of course, 68 came with big corporate sponsorship and thus began the decline of the sport...

 

[Dennis H]

Brits carry no Swag with me. Vipers sound like UPS trucks. Hellcat!