ajrothm

I got a pretty good roll race in with a blown Viper this weekend. All the owner told me was it’s a stock motor with a Paxton, 7-8 psi. My car is CAI only.

Tightest run I’ve had in a while. The starting speed he wanted to go from was terrible for me but....I did what I could.

Nostang

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Nice race! Those C7Z's shift fast!

BlkMach1

I have seen this yet but I know it’s gonna be good. Will check it out in a bit.

WisT02ws6

I thought a viper would be faster? I thought the 08+ cars trapped 125+ bone stock.

Good kill either way!

ajrothm

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. My car traps 130 in good air.

If we could have gone from a 45 roll with me in 2nd, he would have been in trouble. My car is a straight turd starting from 3rd at anything less then 75 mph.

Jake89

The Z moves out. It almost shifts as fast as I do....jk. Good race. That ACT is not slouch bone stock, let alone with FI help.

HioSSilver

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Looks like you coulda been in 2nd gear right there.

Good run

swapped3vgt

good kill , love the color of your car bro nice looking z

islander033

Good pull!

ajrothm

YES... it SHOULD have been in 2nd.... However, it will slam the rev limiter before it ever makes the 2-3 shift with the stock tune... Anything over about 45 mph is too fast for 2nd gear starts if you actually want it to make the 2-3 on not bouncing off the limiter.

The car hits MUCH harder starting in 2nd....

Eventually when I mod/tune it, hopefully I can improve that issue.

ajrothm

Thanks guys....

Its a turd, but its still fun enough. I put 200 miles on it that night going out to a meet, racing all night, and driving home...and got 19.5 mpg that tank....LOL

At this point in the game for me, less = more.


I also got a run in with a head/cam C6Z, 40 roll.... I had two cars (1 gap between bumpers) on him when I let out at 150...That one surprised me too, I figured he was gonna rape me.

HioSSilver

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Sux on that 2/3 shift scenario. You woulda been out on him pretty good.

ajrothm

Yeah for sure. You can hear him start in 2nd, and be a good ways into 3rd, while I'm still in 3rd the whole time...LOL

Same thing happens when I run my buddy with his bolt ons ZR1..... From a 40 roll, I get out on him and he never catches me. From a 60 roll, me in 3rd, he jumps out on me and yanks me the whole way....LOL...

You'd think having 8 spds would make it easier to roll race...not really the case.

MACHXLR8

Nice run! Hung right with him.

I still say that is the best looking car on this site. The color combo with those wheels are so sweet.

Mike Morris

iTrader: (55)

Nice race!

MeentSS02

iTrader: (11)

Depends on the weather and the driver, but in general, yes, they can trap 125+ right out of the box. With headers and a tune, they're generally in the 130-133 range, again depending on weather.

Paxton Vipers are all over the map though...some run hard, and others put down great numbers on the dyno but run like **** on the streets. I'll let you decide what kind of build that one was.

streetassasin

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Was this from saturday night? I was out there with my hci nitrous c6z

ajrothm

Yes, Sat night, Junior's meet on the north side.

Yours the red H/C/N C6Z?

ajrothm

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I like it for a reliable cruiser/weekend toy. Eventually I'll do bolt ons/meth/E85 on it and shoot for 9.90s on the stock engine....That's as far as I'm going with this one. No more big builds for me.

ajrothm

Yeah, I was expecting him to kill me honestly. I figured he would trap 135-137 MINIMUM.... Looks like its more around the 130-131 range using the ricer formula.

I do know he has a water to air IC which I thought was cool for an entry level blower setup.


The Viper also raced a cam/LBO C7Z M7 car and the C7Z only put about 2 cars on him.

I also filmed them from behind:

Afterwards, I talked to the cammed C7Z guy and he was shocked that I ran that close to the viper with my car being stock. I think that was another case of a poorly executed build honestly (cammed C7Z).