nice one Max (OXAM) .....
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fatboy18 said:
Have to say, I love mine.
These cars really are Great Value for money, the V10 Lamborghini designed all aluminium engines are totally under stressed. The Gen II Vipers had forged internals up to 1999 then in 2000 they changed the cam to a slightly smoother profile and switched to hypereutectic pistons making the engine tolerances much tighter. This meant a stock 2000 + Car was quicker than the earlier N/A cars but ,was not really suited to forced induction. As Max said, you need to swap the pistons if you want to go the Supercharged route.
One of the best things about owning these cars is the Club scene and the helpful guides on the Club forums on how to work on these cars. Many cars have so many electronic gizmos nowadays that it takes a specialist garage to find the fault, with the Vipers they are fairly easy to work on as long as you have basic mechanic skills
They also run on Cheap unleaded, so you don't have to worry about the more expensive V max stuff
Not sure I would want mine as a Daily driver, but fantastic as a weekend toy
Not sure there is a link with the cream puffs and being faster, Better MPG and meeting ever tightening EPA standards maybe, but were they not all rated at 450bhp and things like the tubular headers were put on the creampuffs to gain back the hp losses from the other changes, cam etc.These cars really are Great Value for money, the V10 Lamborghini designed all aluminium engines are totally under stressed. The Gen II Vipers had forged internals up to 1999 then in 2000 they changed the cam to a slightly smoother profile and switched to hypereutectic pistons making the engine tolerances much tighter. This meant a stock 2000 + Car was quicker than the earlier N/A cars but ,was not really suited to forced induction. As Max said, you need to swap the pistons if you want to go the Supercharged route.
One of the best things about owning these cars is the Club scene and the helpful guides on the Club forums on how to work on these cars. Many cars have so many electronic gizmos nowadays that it takes a specialist garage to find the fault, with the Vipers they are fairly easy to work on as long as you have basic mechanic skills
They also run on Cheap unleaded, so you don't have to worry about the more expensive V max stuff
Not sure I would want mine as a Daily driver, but fantastic as a weekend toy
Things didn't really get faster in stock terms until the gen 3 and 4 before possibly going backwards again after the GEN4 ACR
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