>
> At 03:16 PM 6/6/97 -0400, Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
> >> *snip*
> >> > doesn't rumble like a V8 doesn't mean it can't get up and go. Hell, look
> >> at
> >> > the Porsche 911 Turbo. I know it's turbo charged, but it's an inline 6
> >> that
> >> > can get to sixty in 3.9 seconds. I think that downplaying a car because
> >>
> >> Actually it's a flat 6... Just thought I would point that out since it is
> >> my #2 dream car... :P Hennsey Viper Venom GTS is my #1.... Drool
> >>
> >> Sam '95 SLT
> >I have to agree with the drool on the Hennsey Viper Venom GTS, that thing
> >kicks ass. I would disagree with the Porshe, it is my #3 dream car, #2
> >for me is a tie between a Lamborghini (Is that spelled right) Countach,
> >and a Ferrarai (Spelling?). Of course I could probably never afford any
> >of them, but a fellow can dream can't he?
>
>
> I don't know if we're talking about the same Viper or not, but
> if so, I think Car & Driver had something about it in a recent issue.
> I remember thinking, "big deal". The HP increase didn't seem to be
> that big of a deal, and the performance increases were rather
> dimunitive when compared to the cost of the mods. Hennessey seems to
> be fairly expensive, traditionally.
>
> I remember looking into a 7 stage upgrade path that Hennessey offered
> for my 3000GT to bring it from 5.7, 14.4, 160 to 4.3, 12.9, 187 (0-60,
> 1/4mi, top speed) (300hp to 460hp) which costed upwards of $10,000.
> IMHO, not a real great bang for the buck... $10,000 for a 1.5sec e/t
> drop, and 27mph more top speed? A little out of my price range, thanks. :)
> Heck, for just over $7,000 you can get yourself a 380hp 360 magnum
> crate engine and a Vortech supercharger. That ought to put you up in the
> 530-550hp range. (Arrh arrh arrrhhh!) :)
>
>
> Don't get me wrong... That Viper is one bad snake, but the
> Hennessey overhead is a little hard to swallow. :)
>
> -Jon-
I agree, the Hennessey edition is a little pricey, if i remember correctly
they are $150,000 (Including $70K for price of car), so basically it's an
$80,000 conversion, in the same article I read they say the conversion
jumps the Viper from 450 to 750 horses, that's quite a jump, don't
remember what the 0-60, and 1/4 mile numbers are, but I know the new top
speed is over 200 mph. If I had the money I would get it, it's pricey,
but dam look at the results. Don't know about the 3000GT, but the Viper
sounds like a pretty good jump in performance. Of course it might just be
the power (750 horses), i love power.
Bruce
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