2005 Viper: First trip to the drag strip.
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
2005 Viper: First trip to the drag strip.
I took my Gen 3 Viper to the drag strip for the first time this past Friday. The track was Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX. Not sure what the DA was but I'm pretty sure it was less than favorable. Houston area has been extremely humid lately. Temps were in the high 80's.
The car is a 2005. Mods include cat delete, U/D pulley, Nitto D/R's and tune. My first pass in the car I launched at 3k RPM's and bogged quite a bit, I didn't expect the D/R's to hook as well as they did. I ended up making a total of 5 passes. The best run I launched around 4,200 RPM's and had just enough wheel spin to keep the car from bogging.
I ran a best of 11.543 @ 124.09 mph. I was quite pleased with this time considering this was my very first time with this car at the drag strip. The air conditions were probably less than favorable so there still may be a couple tenths to shave off and a higher trap speed is probable.
The youtube video is agaisnt an M7 C7. This particular run was his wife driving but his best run of the night was a 12.3X @ 114mph with a 1.8x 60ft. This run against the C7 was my slowest trap of the night.
The car is a 2005. Mods include cat delete, U/D pulley, Nitto D/R's and tune. My first pass in the car I launched at 3k RPM's and bogged quite a bit, I didn't expect the D/R's to hook as well as they did. I ended up making a total of 5 passes. The best run I launched around 4,200 RPM's and had just enough wheel spin to keep the car from bogging.
I ran a best of 11.543 @ 124.09 mph. I was quite pleased with this time considering this was my very first time with this car at the drag strip. The air conditions were probably less than favorable so there still may be a couple tenths to shave off and a higher trap speed is probable.
The youtube video is agaisnt an M7 C7. This particular run was his wife driving but his best run of the night was a 12.3X @ 114mph with a 1.8x 60ft. This run against the C7 was my slowest trap of the night.
#3
Pro
Gen 3 Viper
A close friend of mine ran 11.20's@ 123 ish on tune and exhaust with street tires (michelin ps2's). 60 ft was in the 1.7 to 1.8 range. car was making 490+whp and over 500ft lb tq. This was the car that made me ditch my 4cyl and get the vette!
Those times are impressive, and I believe you can get those times down with more seat time.
Those times are impressive, and I believe you can get those times down with more seat time.
#4
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I just looked up the DA using the dragtimes.com website. DA was showing 1696 with 84% humidity at 79 degrees.
Last edited by ck9887; 05-12-2015 at 10:15 PM.