# Viper going up to 600hp **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 28, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243 "2006-12-28T12:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skiboarder72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@skiboarder72](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skiboarder72)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/1 "2006-12-28T12:11:33Z")
![http://www.motorpasion.com/archivos/images/2008_dodge_viper_espia-04.jpg](http://www.motorpasion.com/archivos/images/2008_dodge_viper_espia-04.jpg) [http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/FREE/61228001/1057](http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/FREE/61228001/1057) "The eternal battle between Corvette and Viper will evolve again this summer, when the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 arrives well ahead of Chevrolet’s Corvette SS “Blue Devil” supercar expected as a 2009 model. Significant changes are signaled by the hood, which features a larger scoop and six new louvers designed to improve ventilation. When AutoWeek readers first spied test Vipers with this multi-ported hood last summer (“Killer Snake,” June 12, 2006), we speculated that Dodge might be working with Michigan-based American Specialty Cars to develop the McLaren-tuned Diamondback Viper featured on the ASC display at the 2006 Detroit auto show. Dodge says there is no connection between this Viper and the Diamondback, but SRT did go to the same specialists at McLaren Performance Technologies, as well as the tuners at Ricardo Inc., to put extra venom in this new Viper. Leo Werberg AutoWeek reader, Leo Werberg, captured this spy shot over the summer. Extra underhood cooling is necessary to bleed off heat from the aluminum block V10, which receives a one mm larger bore to raise displacement from 8.3- to 8.4-liters. New cylinder heads, larger valves and variable exhaust valve timing—a Viper first—are part of an engine revision package that produces a staggering 600 hp, 90-hp more than the previous model. Torque rises by 25 lb-ft, to 560. The factory claims sub-four second 0-to-60-mph capability, and says the snake will run from 0-100-0-mph in the 12-second range. Besides the engine mods, Viper receives a smaller twin-disc clutch that reduces rotating inertia and pedal effort, and a revised Tremec T56 six-speed gearbox with stronger gears to handle the torque increase. The gearbox also utilizes different synchros and is connected to a new short-throw shifter. Brakes and suspension carry over, but a new GKN Visco-Lok limited-slip differential promises improved traction. The 2008 Viper goes on sale this summer with a minor price increase expected over the current $86,995, keeping it well under the “Blue Devil’s” anticipated six-figure sticker. But with rumors suggesting the mega-Vette will push as much as 650 hp, General Motors might regain the upper hand as the American exotic car tete-a-tete continues unabated." ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/2 "2006-12-28T12:38:21Z")
Blue Devil \> Any Dodge. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/3 "2006-12-28T12:56:24Z")
“The eternal battle between Corvette and Viper” 600hp? Big deal. AWD = end of battle My predictable 2 cents.😃 ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/4 "2006-12-28T12:58:27Z")
viper V10 = .84L/cylinder vette V8 = .875L/cylinder The viper could have added a little more then .1L At the vary least this will cause GM to up the HP on the vette even more :tup: ---
**Author:** ![RobY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RobY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobY)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/5 "2006-12-28T15:31:47Z")
All I see is more rich people in ditches and telephone poles… ---
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/6 "2006-12-28T19:19:42Z")
Well… there are still unknowns. The Horsepower is NOT concrete at 600, but will be AT LEAST 600. The car has also gone on a diet, so the weight should be down as well. Speculation is at least 100 pounds less, due to new wheels, no runflats, and ditched crossover. It remains to be seen what kind of a platform it will be though. The car itself is proven and unchanged from the current gen-3, but the engine very well may be a weaker platform for modification. Should be an N/A monster, but hopefully the weight reduction program and Dodge’s penny-pinchers didnt get the best of that beefy block… or it will spell disaster for the Forced Induction aftermarket following. The other driveline changes are already available in the aftermarket…and then some. good increases for a stock car, but G-Force, Quaife, and Tilton/Mcleod already have the driveline bases covered for the Horsepower Junkies. And if you think Dodge doent have a Blue Devil answer already in the works…think again. Hmm… Remember that ACR? Do you see mention of one yet? Dodge is likely waiting for chevy to show their hand, so they can one-up them again. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/7 "2006-12-28T19:45:45Z")
[http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/2008DodgeViperSRT10/](http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/2008DodgeViperSRT10/) ---
**Author:** ![86maro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/2acd7d/32.png) [@86maro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/86maro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/8 "2006-12-28T19:49:42Z")
dude that hoods sick ---
**Author:** ![BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BaD_AZz_Z_28)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/9 "2006-12-28T21:53:14Z")
> [@Final GTS](#): > > Dodge is likely waiting for chevy to show their hand, so they can one-up them again. :lol: you have to one up someone the first time before you can do it again ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/10 "2006-12-28T21:59:04Z")
600 hp, damn. these horsepower wars can only go so much farther until we hit a ceiling. ---
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/viper-going-up-to-600hp/22243/11 "2006-12-28T23:03:58Z")
> [@BaD AZz Z/28](#): > > :lol: you have to one up someone the first time before you can do it again lol… unlike Chevy, it wont take Dodge 12 years to “one-up” its competition. Chevy already gave the crown back…they just dont know it yet. Congrats to the bowtie boys for keeping it warm for us for a year anyway.