The next raffle car - ASC Diamondback
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This car made its spectacular debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The press release tells the tale:
The American company ASC (American Specialty Cars) showed its creative expertise at the 2006 North American International Auto Show by unveiling a supercar made even more super by the addition of a mostly carbon-fiber body. A 'snake' with an all-new skin, the ASC Viper Diamondback is super-light and super-fast. It's fitting that ASC, which helped the Chrysler Group bring the new Dodge Viper SRT10 coupe to life, would, with the aid of McLaren Performance Technologies, show how the Viper coupe might be taken to an all-new level of 'extreme.'
The 615 bhp Viper Diamondback features a carbon fiber roof, deck lid, rockers, fascia inserts, body trim and a massive OmniCarbon hood that shows off ten unique trumpeted air intakes, with individual port throttles, peeking through - a McLaren Performance Technologies feature reminiscent of McLaren Can-Am engines of the past.
The hood also shows off compression-molded carbon fiber. It's displayed beautifully, with a broad, clearcoated racing stripe down the Arctic White-painted expanse, subtly outlined by 'Viper Blue' and 'McLaren Orange' pinstripes. In all, ASC removed about 85 lbs. of weight from the vehicle - including cutting the weight of the hood by nearly half versus the production model. Taken together with the powertrain modifications by McLaren Performance Technologies, the power-to-weight ratio was increased, resulting in an estimated increase in 0-60 mph time of 3.5 seconds.
Some more details about the car:
Custom in-hood trumpeted air intakes with individual throttle bodies
"Arctic Ice Pearl" paint job (hint - go look at Harley-Davidson Arctic White)
Suspension lowered 1.25"
Custom stainless-steel quad outlet side exhaust
Custom 3-piece forged and painted 19" aluminum wheels with custom center caps
Exterior racing-type kill switch
Four point racing harness
Carbon fiber interior accents
Custom badging on both rockers and the engine valve covers
Yes, even the custom front chin spoiler is carbon fiber
Beginning in early March the VCA is proud to make this exclusive car available for a 1-of-a-kind raffle for VCA members only. That's right, you could win this very bad boy for the price of a single raffle ticket. As with our more recent Viper raffles, tickets will be priced at $125 each, or three for $300. Knowing how incredibly popular these tickets will be, we have still kept the available number very low - just 2500 tickets. We are sure this raffle will sell out in a hurry. And to assure that we made the deal even sweeter:
The custom information display plaque from the NAIAS will be included (the one that shows the car's stats)
Autographed copies of the original design drawings (large) will also be included
What? Not enough? No problem, Icing meet Cake:
A few folks have worried that the car couldn't be driven on the streets much with those big trumpets on the top of the engine. And most definitely not in the rain. Worry no more. Doug Levin Motorsports has agreed to provide a polished factory intake and all the other hardware needed to bring the intake to stock condition (throttle body, filters, etc.) if the winner so chooses. And they will even throw in the labor to do it and tune it - you just have to get it to their shop if you want them to do the work.
The American company ASC (American Specialty Cars) showed its creative expertise at the 2006 North American International Auto Show by unveiling a supercar made even more super by the addition of a mostly carbon-fiber body. A 'snake' with an all-new skin, the ASC Viper Diamondback is super-light and super-fast. It's fitting that ASC, which helped the Chrysler Group bring the new Dodge Viper SRT10 coupe to life, would, with the aid of McLaren Performance Technologies, show how the Viper coupe might be taken to an all-new level of 'extreme.'
The 615 bhp Viper Diamondback features a carbon fiber roof, deck lid, rockers, fascia inserts, body trim and a massive OmniCarbon hood that shows off ten unique trumpeted air intakes, with individual port throttles, peeking through - a McLaren Performance Technologies feature reminiscent of McLaren Can-Am engines of the past.
The hood also shows off compression-molded carbon fiber. It's displayed beautifully, with a broad, clearcoated racing stripe down the Arctic White-painted expanse, subtly outlined by 'Viper Blue' and 'McLaren Orange' pinstripes. In all, ASC removed about 85 lbs. of weight from the vehicle - including cutting the weight of the hood by nearly half versus the production model. Taken together with the powertrain modifications by McLaren Performance Technologies, the power-to-weight ratio was increased, resulting in an estimated increase in 0-60 mph time of 3.5 seconds.
Some more details about the car:
Custom in-hood trumpeted air intakes with individual throttle bodies
"Arctic Ice Pearl" paint job (hint - go look at Harley-Davidson Arctic White)
Suspension lowered 1.25"
Custom stainless-steel quad outlet side exhaust
Custom 3-piece forged and painted 19" aluminum wheels with custom center caps
Exterior racing-type kill switch
Four point racing harness
Carbon fiber interior accents
Custom badging on both rockers and the engine valve covers
Yes, even the custom front chin spoiler is carbon fiber
Beginning in early March the VCA is proud to make this exclusive car available for a 1-of-a-kind raffle for VCA members only. That's right, you could win this very bad boy for the price of a single raffle ticket. As with our more recent Viper raffles, tickets will be priced at $125 each, or three for $300. Knowing how incredibly popular these tickets will be, we have still kept the available number very low - just 2500 tickets. We are sure this raffle will sell out in a hurry. And to assure that we made the deal even sweeter:
The custom information display plaque from the NAIAS will be included (the one that shows the car's stats)
Autographed copies of the original design drawings (large) will also be included
What? Not enough? No problem, Icing meet Cake:
A few folks have worried that the car couldn't be driven on the streets much with those big trumpets on the top of the engine. And most definitely not in the rain. Worry no more. Doug Levin Motorsports has agreed to provide a polished factory intake and all the other hardware needed to bring the intake to stock condition (throttle body, filters, etc.) if the winner so chooses. And they will even throw in the labor to do it and tune it - you just have to get it to their shop if you want them to do the work.
Edited by Viper on Saturday 17th February 14:43
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