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2008 Viper SRT-10 - 600 HP
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:39 pm
by Mr Kleen
Link to full article with more pix.
With its press embargo popping 13 days premature by Road & Track, we can reveal that Dodge's new devil whip is in receipt of an extra 90 horses. With 600 hp, this ram-snake hybrid will slither around the 2007 model year and straight into 2008. The upward revision in horsepower is via a displacement increase of the V10 (from 8.3 to 8.4 liters), higher compression, variable valve timing and a slightly larger air intake (check out those hood gills). The old-school T56 manual's been upgraded to a new six-speed Tremec TR6060 gearbox, which can withstand greater amounts of torque than its predecessor, according to Chrysler. Feel free to peruse the gallery and press release, courtesy of R&T's gun-jumping ways. We'll be listening for the sweet notes of the Viper's truckish powerplant and waiting for an answer from Chevy. – Ray Wert
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:11 pm
by Sabre
I've ALWAYS had a soft spot for the Viper. That's just an instant orgasm on wheels...
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:14 pm
by Libra Monkee
Dodges are awesome semi-guided missiles. But I don't think I'll ever want one.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:58 pm
by sirwilliam
600hp...that's all? Sheesh, come bother me when you have at least 800hp...
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:29 pm
by complacent
Libra Monkee wrote:Dodges are awesome semi-guided missiles. But I don't think I'll ever want one.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:55 pm
by Cereb Daithi
pretty nice but..just to think the same cash could get you a Noble....
Noble, yes please, mate
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:58 am
by avriette
sirwilliam wrote:600hp...that's all? Sheesh, come bother me when you have at least 800hp...
You gotta do
something to beat a Z06. And you know the 08 Z06 is going to be 600+hp.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:01 am
by WANGAN_X
the funny thing is that the viper's engine is just a super detuned 1000hp engine
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:26 am
by avriette
WANGAN_X wrote:the funny thing is that the viper's engine is just a super detuned 1000hp engine
Oh, stop.
Any engine is just a super-detuned 1000hp engine. The most recent article I read about the JUN
Silvia was about 1000hp. And then there's the
1000hp volvo, the (almost)
1000hp LS6, the numerous
1000hp 2JZTE's,
1000hp rotaries,
1000hp VQ35... and so on.
Not intending to be tendentious, but all motors are capable of 1,000hp (even the lowly FJ20 and 7A-GTE/4A-GE motors get up there). Whether an engine was "intended" to be there is academic.