What do yall think about a V10 in a B body?

[RedShadow30]

I personally never liked them, feel like not enough power "per" cylinder and a waste of space. Ive seen a V10 put in a 71 Challenger, but with so many people swearing by displacement, what about a V10 in a B-body?

 

[gearheadbill]

which V 10 are you talking about,cast iron or the Viper Motor,big difference between the 2

 

[tpodwdog]

no need for 10...you can get all the power you want with 8

 

[FatJack]

The Viper V-10 makes tons of power and very reliable.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Vipers are kinda cool. One of our owners has a NICE 97 GTS. We have a good customer that has an RT10....kinda a POS, but it's a Viper. What kills it for me and the Viper is how it sounds. I cannot STAND the sound. It grates on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. They sound ok idling, but going up the road or when you stand on um, I just wanna vomit. If you can live with it, go for it.

 

[iraqivet01]

Been done I know on a 69 charger, road runner and a 70 super bee that I have seen.
I was think about doing with my wrecked SRT 10. But didn't want to. cut up my rust freee 68 Coronet.
I love the viper engine and 6 speed set up. It a smoking fast truck. Not many of you can run 4.10 gears and cruise down the highway doing 85 mph and only tach- ing 1700 rpm.
The RMS suspension would have worked, and had a place that could redo my wiring harness and flash the computer.
Only draw back is the sound. Nothing beats the sound of a cammed up V8.

 

[Photon440]

If you're looking for something to look good in a car show, that'll do the trick. If you want power, you can get 500+ cubic inch kits and way more aftermarket stuff for the regular big block.

 

[Jeremiah]

I know this is trivial, but I do not care for the bark of a V10 compared to a V8.

 

[YY1]

I always though a V10 in a 71-74 Charger would be cool.

LOTS of room for the extra length under that hood.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

I hate it personally. Take that money for a v10 and put it in a 3g HEMI.

 

[68GTX4SPEED]

I bought the 8 3/4 rearend,driveshaft and 727 out of this project, thats why I know about it.
http://www.transamflorida.com/1969GTXVIPERCONVERSION.htm

 

[99ss]

LOL lot of old school thinking in here....
I like it ! Modern reliability and tuning on the fly.... Unless the car had a rare engine package to begin with its a good idea if thats what you want. The trans alone would be worth it... If you can put a 6 speed on a hemi for the same price then ok I might be opted to go that route but if you want performance and to still get decent gas miles then its a good way to go...
70 mph and 1700 rpms is hard to beat .. you wont match that with anything old school.. and still smoke the tires off the line

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Vipers are kinda cool. One of our owners has a NICE 97 GTS. We have a good customer that has an RT10....kinda a POS, but it's a Viper. What kills it for me and the Viper is how it sounds. I cannot STAND the sound. It grates on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. They sound ok idling, but going up the road or when you stand on um, I just wanna vomit. If you can live with it, go for it.

Sound can be adjusted with exhaust and cam

 

[FatJack]

If you want fast put a V-10 in it.

Anything else V-8's are fine. (Yeah even a real Hemi)

 

[Supershafts]

LOL lot of old school thinking in here....
I like it ! Modern reliability and tuning on the fly....
70 mph and 1700 rpms is hard to beat .. you wont match that with anything old school.. and still smoke the tires off the line

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Sound can be adjusted with exhaust and cam

Exactly, sound is adjustable, my 440 6pk motor does not sound like any other 440, especially when it gets past 4k.....

Here's a few different variations of power and sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NOcI4U1sb4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwzESE12VYs&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ73G39Z4qE&NR=1&feature=endscreen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yka-YIwGKk&feature=fvwrel

Then, running 8's and 7's with the V-10 and then driving home in a streetable set up is easier also

. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOpuGVoyCk&feature=related

.

 

[Moparmatt72]

Vipers are kinda cool. One of our owners has a NICE 97 GTS. We have a good customer that has an RT10....kinda a POS, but it's a Viper. What kills it for me and the Viper is how it sounds. I cannot STAND the sound. It grates on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. They sound ok idling, but going up the road or when you stand on um, I just wanna vomit. If you can live with it, go for it.

I kinda agree with you on the stock sound a viper has to get like a borla exhaust to make it sound good. Supershafts thanks for the vids the one was twin turbo which changes the sound all together and the black one was sick sounding. You just have to play with the sound to get it away from the stock mufflers. Don't get me wrong I would love to own one they are one of the best do.estic super cars out there.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Charle's 97 does have the Borla exhaust.....as well as bigger cam, better intake and computer. It's far from stock. It does sound good at idle. Better than good. But when it gets up around 2500-3000 RPM, it still has that same sound. It's not a matter of "old school". I like the Viper just fine. I simply don't like how the V10 sounds. I'm not crazy about how the Slant 6 sounds, but I'm building one that's probably gonna tip the dyno around 300 HP. I'm gonna have to be careful about what exhaust to run or it'll sound like hell.

 

[Meep-Meep]

The power and reliability is there but I'm with Rusty on the sound! The thing sounds like a sick six cyl. Just put in a new hemi.

As far as adjusting the sound of a V10 you can change the tone or play with exhaust tuning but there is no escaping the firing sequence. I believe the V10 is a 90 deg V? Does it have an offset ground crank? I remember the odd fire V6 Buicks, where you had three crank throws between six rods 120 deg apart but in a 90 deg V configuration. There was now way for this combo to work out even so they fired the cylinders at 90 and 150 deg in order to fit all six into 720 deg. I imagine the Viper is a similar situation.