Killemall

My viper is a 99 rt10 with an air intake (smooth tubes) and no cats (straight pipes).....producing 428 rwhp and 473 rwt

My buddies supra is a 1000 rwhp beaste with 50 grand worth of modifications......

Out of sympathy he decided to run me on his lowest boost (18 psi) and on pump gas. At his lowest setting he is 550 rwhp.. ( stroked engine with racing heads and the works producing 300 HP at just the 3.4 engine)

(Now in all fairness to my self a few weeks ago he said his lowest boost setting was still 600-700 rwhp and that my weak 428 rwhp would have a chance ...but now after the race he says it was only 550ish) in his defense maybe on race gas it's still 600-700 rwhp on his lowest setting and 550 on pump gas......

Well we go at a 3 honk and I IMEDIATLY put 4-5 cars on him from the 70 mph roll hit..

I switch from second to third and hold my ground till we shut down at 125 mph with him 2-3 cars back..

He gives me the victory but says he started in third instead of 2nd...

fair enough but a wins a win...

We line up at 70 again and do the three beeps. Fairly confident that im gonna jump out on him i give him the jump..

see him move and im flooring it in second gear again. This time i put a good 2-3 cars on him and hold it their from 70-100 mph..Then around 100 mph he creeps up to me and by the time we shut down at 130 mph he has 2 cars on me..

well seems this time he started in second gear and I aknowledge his victory..


Then we slow back down to 55 mph for a final run. We both hit it simutaneosly and I once again put a few cars on him from 55-100 mph..But around 100 mph he's coming up at a good clip and puts two -three cars on me. But then he shifts gears and I come back up to within a car length of him..

At this time were doing 140-150 mph ( im nt sure beacuse i was well in two the 4500 rpm range of fourth gear, and traffic was aproaching fast..

so we both let off with him a car ahead but seeming as if i was about to over take him...

So we agreed to throw that race away and just say it was one to one...

Well this viper never ceases to amaze me. what i dont have in huge peak rwhp I do have in power under the curve an tourque that could seriously jump out a car or two against just about anything that has similar rwhp...


I give my friend lots of props for finally seeming like he's learning to drive that beaste. it's been an uphill battle for him but last night he was in the right gears and right rpm's and brake boosting with the best of them ( hey I know that all sounds elementary but when you ave 550 rwhp from a spooling turbo im sure it is quite a skill to master and take full advantage of verses me just hitting the throttle at any time in any rpm and having around 500 rwt at only 4000 rpm's...


Oh... for what it's worth to any non viper guys who are reading this post. A gen 2 viper with air intake and no cats like on mine usually run around 11.8 at 120 mph on regular street tires in the 1/4 mile..

i have no dea what the average regular street tire 550 rwhp supra runs.

But i know from a 70 mph roll these two are a great race!!!!!!!!!

Tainted

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awesome races

97blackz28

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good races sounds like some good times. that supra should be running pretty similiar times (mid 11s) to your viper if driven well. supras really shine on the highway more so then in the 1/4, the top end is pretty rediculous, hence being ahead 3 cars at 100 and behind 3 cars at 130 . what size turbo does your buddy run? what is his high boost, 18 psi seems like it would barely spin the compressor of a big turbo capable of 1000rwhp. awesome races though man, 2 wicked cars going at it is always a good time.

SilverStang00

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Sweet ride man and congrats on the kill and the death. I love Vipers, and like you said, he had you in the power dept. but N/A TQ rocks.

Wdpballer46

nice race man!!

z-boy

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some good races....

Finite1

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good runs / story.


nice car.

Oldbones

Should have come out from a dig. Would have tilted the favor to you greatly, traction premiting. Cobra hooks in first on the street

CharlieCobra03

Your snake hooks in 1st on the street with 620 to the ground? My wouldn't with 100 less than that, unless I had the Hoosiers on it.

SilverStang00

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Lucky bastard Traction in 1st and 2nd kicks my everlovin ***

Z O SICK

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Sounds like a good time. Too bad you didn't get it on vid.

Oldbones

IRS for the win, I drive around on MT with coilovers though.

BayAreaSS

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Good runs and nice story

greysteel_M6

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Nice race man, btw those vipers LOVE NITROUS. I've had a chance to ride in a couple sprayed, scary fast cars.