On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 03:42:40PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Working on the pics I shot at the Mopar Nationals last month, and I > thought some might find this car interesting. It's a 1998 Viper. The > front suspension, steering gear and chassis are basically stock, but > the rear of the body has been "tubbed" to allow for large tires, and > the rear end has been replaced with a magnesium carrier and solid > spool. A roll cage ties the rear suspension mounts to the engine > subframe. The engine is the 98 Viper original with stock crank, rods > and pistons. Non-stock pieces include two huge intercooled > turbochargers, highly modified fuel injection, and long duration, high > lift camshafts. I saw it run the quarter mile in 7.8 seconds at 187 > mph -- on pump gas. Oh, and the guy drives it on the street now and > then. Fun stuff. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9799674&size=lg
Nice shot. Looks like a fun car. I always appreciated vipers, but didn't really like them until one passed me at full song between turns 6 & 7 at Sears Point. There's just something about 8 liters of V-10 WFO that could be branded priapism in a can. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
