Dodge Viper SRT-10 Gives New Meaning to Extreme Performance
Completely redesigned a year ago, the Dodge Viper continues to symbolize extreme performance and extreme attitude. Blending brute power with classic yet outrageous styling, the Dodge Viper SRT-10 retains its title as the Ultimate American Sports Car - and as the icon of the Dodge brand.
In creating the third generation of the Dodge Viper, Chrysler Group’s Performance Vehicle Operations (PVO) engineers set out to give loyal Viper owners new features they were asking for in a Viper, all the while ensuring certain attributes of the car - its legacy, its Viperness - would remain.

The result: a Viper that features greater levels of refinement, yet raises the benchmark for unmatched performance, retains Viper’s outrageous design and dominating road presence, while preserving its true American sports car heritage.
“The Dodge Viper SRT-10 screams outrageous passion and pure performance,” said Darryl Jackson, Vice President - Dodge Division, DaimlerChrysler Corporation. “It offers everything the automotive enthusiast could ever want. It boasts dramatic styling, extreme performance and an incredible racing legacy. Logically, it’s the flagship of Dodge’s ‘Race Inspired, Street Legal’ SRT family of performance vehicles. The entire Dodge SRT line of vehicles will live up to the standards the Viper SRT-10 has set.
They will be the boldest, fastest, most powerful vehicles in their segment.”
The Dodge Viper SRT-10’s styling cues include lowered hood lines, swept-back fenders, and deep-cut side scallops — reminiscent of the original, yet giving it a refined look. Body panels feature extensive use of advanced materials, including resin injection molded (RIM) and sheet-molded composite (SMC) panels, which comprise the windshield frame, cowl panel, rear quarter panels, front fenders, doors, hood, deck lid, and front and rear fascia. A bi-fold clamshell top with a single center latch makes the Viper SRT-10 a true convertible.
From behind the wheel in the Viper SRT-10’s race-derived, two-seat cockpit, the driver looks out over a highly functional, performance-oriented instrument panel with a bold, center-mounted tachometer and a 220-mph speedometer. A traditional pushbutton starter at the driver’s fingertips recalls authentic sports car memories.
But what is visible on the outside and from the cockpit is only part of the ultimate sports car package, as the Viper SRT-10’s true performance is defined beneath the skin.
An aluminum-block 8.3-liter, 505 cu. in. V-10 engine - packing 500 horsepower (372 kW) and 525 lb.-ft. (712 Nm) of torque - powers the Dodge Viper SRT-10. A whopping 90 percent of the torque is delivered from 1,500 to 5,600 rpm. The engine has been recalibrated for 2004 to meet Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV) requirements.
The Dodge Viper SRT-10 features an aluminum, four-wheel independent suspension, complete with lightweight high-performance aluminum control arms and knuckles, as well as lightweight aluminum-bodied front and rear coil-over shocks. The high-tech Viper SRT-10 suspension includes a Dana 44-4 Hydra-Lok torque-sensing limited-slip differential.
Polished 19" x 13" rear and 18" x 10" front forged aluminum wheels are clad with Michelin zero pressure (ZP) tires that transfer the Viper’s power to the ground. The tires incorporate low-pressure sensors in the valve stems.
Brembo 44/40 dual opposing piston fixed front calipers with 14-inch rotors and Brembo 42/38 dual opposing rear calipers with 14-inch rotors result in world-class stopping power. The Viper SRT-10 boasts a virtually unheard-of estimated stopping distance of less than 100 feet from 60 mph.
Other Viper SRT-10 performance estimates include 0-60 mph in less than four seconds, a top speed of 190 mph, and 0-100-0 mph in less than 13 seconds.
For 2004, a new exterior color - Viper White - joins Viper Red, Viper Black and Viper Bright Silver Metallic. In addition, red brake calipers are now standard.
Further refinement features for 2004 include standard trunk carpet and a new folding tonneau cover.


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The Dodge Viper, introduced in 1993, is the American version of a Fantasy Car. Featuring the largest engine among the cars on this site, and one of the largest to be fitted in a production car ever, an 8.0lt unit producing more than 400bhp and a much more impressive amount of torque (662Nm).

The Viper has been praised for its direct race car feel and it surely is not a game to play with. How, anyway could a car with more than 400 bhp driving the rear wheels only and without any type of electronic help be a game to play with?

Viper's muscle car design is fully justified given that it is directed, primarily, for the American market. Various different versions have appeared during the last years after the initial RT/10 Model



4/26/2006 - The Preferred Line - Road racing news and commentary
SPEED World Challenge Wednesday (April 26, 2006) By Jim Bourn
PHOTO: Lou Gigliotti, shown racing his LG Pro Long Tube Headers Chevy Corvette through turn 10 at St. Pete, has one pole and has led at least 7 laps in each GT race this year. Can a win be far off?
Rocket and roll
The 2006 season has gotten off to a hot start as the SPEED World Challenge GT cars have put on some pretty strong performances thus far.
It looks as if all of the championships will be close hard fought affairs as each manufacturer has led laps and Dodge, Porsche and Cadillac have each scored wins so who knows who will win.
What we do know after three GT races is that Michael McCann, who leads in the driver's championship by 1 point over Aschenbach, is going to be a force to be reckoned with as Dodge will have a lot more than Tommy Archer to win races for them.
Michael McCann ran strong at Sebring scoring his first ever World Challenge win in Round 1 in his McCann Plastics/K&N Filters Dodge Viper. Mike continued the momentum he showed at the end of last season and was rocket fast all week at Sebring.
Michael's success didn't follow him to St. Petersburg as he didn't have much fun on the street track. His qualifying time was disallowed as his Viper was a bit underweight. During the race he had a meet and greet with Skip Sauls in the 3R Racing Viper in turn 10 and McCann finished a distant 17 some 3 laps off the pace.
Which Mike McCann would show up at Long Beach?
McCann brought Sebring like speed to the left coast and showed that street tracks aren't an issue as Mike qualified 3rd, led the most laps finishing 3rd after getting piped by Ron Fellows on the last lap with Tommy Archer following along into 2nd.
Michael shouldn't feel bad getting aced by Fellows. If you look up ringer in the dictionary you will see Ronny's picture there!
What we also know is that the Corvettes of Lou Gigliotti and Leighton Reese are fast but 2 poles and 5 top five qualifying spots in 5 tries haven't as yet resulted in a win or even a podium finish.
Lou Gigliotti and his LG Pro Long Tube Headers Corvette have qualified well (1 pole, 2nd and 4th) and Lou has been fast everywhere as Gigliotti has led at least 7 laps at every race and has led the most laps (40 to McCann's 27) but has no wins to show for it having finished 4th twice. Gigliotti's Corvette came to a smoky demise while leading the Sebring race.
Reese has fared far worse as he has but 1 and a half competitive laps to show for two starts in his Banner Engineering Chevy Corvette. Reese was turning competitive laps at St. Pete with the front end "eyeballed into place" and parts falling off the car but he was some 10 laps down after early contact with Archer's Viper.
Reese wasn't even credited with a start from his pole position at Sebring as the input shaft between transmission and differential snapped as he was leaving for the formation lap. All of Reese's championship points (6) have come from qualifying.
What of defending champions Team Cadillac?
All the General Motors flagship race team has done is lead the Manufacturer's Championship chase as the black CTS-Vs have scored 23 points to Dodge's 18. McCann and Archer both had dismal outings at St. Pete otherwise Dodge would probably be leading. Porsche is 3rd with 14 points as Jon Groom's AXA Financial 911's are thus far carrying the load for Porsche.
Andy Pilgrim, who is 3rd in the driver's championship (6 points out of the lead), has had an interesting season as he finished a strong 2nd at Sebring but finished 8th and 7th in the following races.
Pilgrim was leading the St. Pete race when the motor mysteriously shutoff let a surprised Lawson Aschenbach past on lap 31 of 33. Aschenbach might have won anyway as he and his AXA Porsche were the fastest package of the weekend but catching an experienced driver like Pilgrim on a cozy track like St. Pete is usually far easier than passing.
The good news for Pilgrim was that the flameout occurred on the final turn so Andy was able to coast into the pits for quick repair and get the XM/Mobil 1/Motorola/On-Star Cadillac back onto the track without losing too many positions.
Interestingly if you homogenized the three drivers of the #16 CTS-V that Ron-Johnny-Max Fellows-O'Connell-Angelelli guy would be 3rd in the driver's point's chase with 71.
As was the case at St. Pete where the race was Lawson Aschenbach's to lose the young rising star will only have himself to blame if he doesn't win the rookie of the year in GT. Hey, Lawson will contend for the outright driver's championship as he trails McCann by 1 slim point.
Lawson has a 30 point gap on his Groom teammate Ricardo Imrey so Achenbach shouldn't have any trouble holding Ricardo off when Imrey gets his own 997 AXA Financial Porsche.
But Imrey isn't even in 3rd in the rookie chase as the big surprise of the 2006 GT season thus far has been Rob Foster as the "other rookie" has scored 3 impressive top 10 finishes in his LTI Contracting/Race Craft Dodge Viper making Foster re-think running a limited schedule.
Foster's beautiful but shockingly green Viper has finished 9th, 7th and 6th giving Foster 56 points for the year.
Speaking of running consistently well how happy do you think James Sofronas was not to see Bob Woodhouse's Viper in his mirrors at Long Beach?
Sofronas, who has finished 4th, 6th and 5th this season and Woodhouse seemingly, ran the entirety of the first two races end to end with the improving Woodhouse prevailing in both cases in the later stages of the races.
Actually Sofronas limped his Global Motorsports Group Porsche home at St. Pete after James and Ricardo Imrey bounced into each other in the late stages of the race.
Sofronas was upset that Imrey seemingly turned into him as James tried to sneak past in turn 10. But in actuality Imrey was bounced into Sofronas after skipping off the nose of Gigliotti's Corvette which had spun in front of him.
When you are focused on trying to miss what is parked in front of you little can be done to notice what is behind.
Meaningless drivel?
The dyslexic scorer's nightmare saw the #82 and #28 GT cars swapping the lead in both Sebring and Long Beach races.
If you listen to Florida residents BOTH street races thus far have been run on the west coast as Floridians tend to refer to the Gulf Coast side of the Florida peninsula as the west coast!
Speaking of contact although there has been plenty of action in all three GT races this season there have been zero yellow flag laps. Some 191 miles of racing and zippo in terms of full course cautions. Just as road racing should be.
Interestingly the average race speeds have been less than 2 miles per hour slower than the fastest race laps. Also in terms of useless statistical information the average speeds for both St. Pete and Long Beach were 79.4 MPH while the fastest laps were both 81.1 miles per hour. That is flag to flag foot to the floor racing folks.

 

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