2009 Dodge Viper SRT10 - Video

If the Corvette ZR1 revels in new science, the 2009 Dodge Viper SRT10 goes in the opposite direction and catapults the driver back into the sights, sounds and sensual pleasures of the muscular, knock-off-the-crap Sixties. This is a car for people (i.e., nearly all of us) who missed a chance to buy a Cobra Daytona Coupe — and drive it to breakfast. The Viper is about as subtle as a punch in the mouth, but a lot more fun.

This is not to imply that the car's hard-hitting honesty is technically archaic in any way — only that a thematic choice has been made. And when some modern marvel — such as dynamic stability control — seems superfluous to the Viper's rugged personality, it's simply deleted. This is a car you drive with the human brain and foot — though it's more fun if you favor the foot.



Especially when it's connected to an 8.4-liter V-10 rated at an even 600 bhp at 6100 rpm, with 560 lb.-ft. of torque on tap at 5000 rpm. Not as uncannily smooth as the Corvette's watch-like V-8, the Viper V-10 gives you the visceral impression — and sound — of big pistons hitting hard, with each combustion stroke carrying the car a fair distance down the road. Some of that big-bang sensation comes from very tall gearing. You could drive this car all of your life in the first four gears without much inconvenience. In 5th and 6th the car is just idling at legal highway speeds; it wants to go at least 100 mph, and then just keep going. Like a fighter after takeoff, it isn't meant to stay in the traffic pattern. As ex-racer Steve Millen said in an earlier test, "the harder you run it, the better it is."

An ideal cross-country GT car it's not, but on the twisty back roads it works pretty well. Grip is excellent — if a little busy over mid-corner bumps — and the balance is good. Steering kickback is less filtered than with the other cars, but there's a satisfying sense of driving the car with your own seat-of-the-pants instincts. It'll generate over 1.0g of grip on the skidpad and get through the slalom almost as fast as the Ferrari 599, so you've got plenty of traction to work with. And tons of power from this naturally aspirated ohv V-10 — unique to this group. Its sub-100-grand price tag is also unique.

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Dodge Viper ACR 642 CV and 813 Nm – Video

The Dodge Viper doesn’t have ‘just’ 600hp, as the manufacturer has officially declared, but actually a good 642, as revealed by a dynograph test from Dragtimes. The experiment shows that the Dodge Viper could challenge the Corvette ZR1 as America’s fastest and most powerful car. As the guys at Jalopnik say, only a head-to-head test run of the Dodge and Corvette will find out.



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Be one of the first to own the all new 600 Horsepower engine 2008 Viper!!! Some of the changes are subtle while some are more obvious like the larger intake scoop and 6 large vents on the hood. The unique shape of the coupe not only allows for smooth airflow over the vehicle, but also accommodates helmeted heads and a beefy roll cage inside for those track days.
The SRT-10 emerges to beat all contenders thanks to that V10 powertrain that pushes the power curve up to 600HP plus more than 560lb-ft of torque. All of the torque, directed to the Viper’s 19-inch rear wheels enables the roadster to romp from zero to 60 in less than 4 seconds, and sixty to zero in less than 100 foot! With the top speed climbing to 190 mph this snake has some potent venom!

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2007 L.A. Auto Show: 600-HP 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — When the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR — short for "American Club Racer" — hits showrooms in the second quarter of 2008, it will be priced under $100,000, Chrysler says.

The latest member of the Viper family gets SRT's new 8.4-liter aluminum V10 that churns out 600 horsepower at 6,100 rpm and 560 pound-feet of torque at 5,000 rpm. The V10 is linked to the Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission, dubbed TR6060.

The Viper SRT-10 ACR has exterior cues that immediately telegraph its track-worthiness. Carbon-fiber styling details include a variable geometry "fanged" front splitter, an adjustable rear wing sculpted by CFD or Computational Fluid Dynamics, and optimized front dive planes. "Each Viper SRT-10 ACR also includes a track extension that replaces the center splitter rub strip and fills out the fanged splitter scallop for closed-circuit events," Chrysler says. "The aerodynamic effect of the track extension is a reduction in overall drag and an increase in front downforce of nearly one-third."

Chrysler points out that the Viper SRT-10 ACR is "specifically modified and tuned for track performance." Details include coil-over racing dampers from KW Suspension that are adjustable for damping and ride height. To save time, the shocks are two-way adjustable without removing the wheels. The car also gets a new front stabilizer bar.

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