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Originally Posted by edgeprod
Let's end this bullshit. I'm not calling you an idiot, but I'd like to explore the facts. A lot of non-Viper owners are talking shit about its ability to corner, so let's compare.
Viper skidpad average acceleration: 1.06 g (10.4 m/sē)
2010 Camaro SS is apparently 0.90g. What other cars are people comparing the Viper to on the skidpad?
Mine has NEVER broken loose unless I wanted it to, and even without traction control, ABS, or any of that other pussy shit, I find it a pleasure to drive hard into the corners.
Seriously, let's talk hard numbers, so we can end this "the Viper can't corner" ridiculousness spouted by people who have probably never even driven one.
Again, not directed at you, Jon, you were just the latest to say it.
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LOL I'm just giving the Viper crowd a little shit. They can corner but your average driver will be doing donuts all the way around the track because it makes more torque than most people can handle properly.
Hell, my car BEFORE the new motor put down 446/509 to the wheels on a dyno, the motor baseline with the LS2 was 414/386 so assuming the kit didn't mysteriously stop working right the car should make roughly 560/600 to the wheels through a loose converter on 19's. That's in Lambo territory and yet just about any car with a mediocre driver can get around a track faster than me because it's not set up to do anything but go fast in a straight line and stop about twice before I have to let the brakes cool down for an hour. And I've even got upgraded brakes LOL.
I have yet to drive a 2010 SS but frankly I'm unimpressed and don't care to. I'll stick with my 8 year old car with fresh running gear that will walk most exotic cars all over a (straight) track. When I get bored with this set-up in 6-9 months from now I'll be doing a full suspension swap, putting a 6spd in it and doing the heads and intake, possibly putting a couple of small turbos on it.
Fact of the matter is that the Vipers perform EXTREMELY well stock. They go fast in a straight line AND they corner well - but you have to know what you're doing and really respect the fact that you're driving a car that makes over 500lb/ft of torque from an 8L+ motor.
Put it in the hands of a skilled drive and you have yourself one helluva car.
But you put it in the hands of the other 99% of the world and you've got a huge powerful car that drives like it's on a frozen lake.