itry2brational (September 7, 2008 at 3:34 am)

Wow, I think its hilarious that people are so critical of a car/guy that are running in the low 8's.

nitrorcguy14 (September 7, 2008 at 1:06 am)

hes losing the time on his 60 ft. theres room for improvement

Gwynne66 (September 6, 2008 at 7:20 pm)

You're talking about turbo-lag. That's a different matter. You're absolutely right, you can reduce turbo-lag by increasing the displacement of the engine. You can't eliminate it of course, but the real evil of turbos is that they flatten the torque curve - delivering more power at low revs. On paper this may not seem so bad, and in lower-powered cars, it isn't. But when you're already at the limits of adhesion (e.g. a Viper), turbos push you well past that limit with unfortunate results.

Nateb123 (September 6, 2008 at 5:58 pm)

Well, if you need to get two turbos spinning, you want to do it with as much air as possible. More volume flowing through an unchanging cross-section of pipe (aka an exhaust) will have to flow faster and increases the pressure applied to the turbines. That's why no one runs twin-turbos on a 2 litre honda, it takes to long to spool. An 8 litre viper takes very little time to spool up two small turbos, so the power curve is usable.

saved03 (September 6, 2008 at 5:16 pm)

Yeah I see he sat there a bit on green. In drag racing this is bad. What was he waiting for? He could of had better times if he would get going. He not very good at drag racing. Showing off maybe but not a drag racer.

firethefox10111 (September 6, 2008 at 3:15 pm)

i love the way it just jumps off the starting line

Gwynne66 (September 6, 2008 at 2:29 pm)

What's the 8 liter displacement got to do with anything? The fact remains that if you turbocharge a car, you ruin the linearity of the power curve - that that there's much linearity in the Viper's engine anyway - remember, it started life as a cast-iron block truck engine and was simply re-cast in aluminum by Lamborghini (when Chrysler still owned them) to reduce weight. None of the "truckishness" was taken out though. That engine's all about low-down torque and turbos just make it worse.

mdpalmerNG (September 6, 2008 at 7:33 am)

So many retards on the internet, gotta love it. Nobody has any respect for a fast, rare car that actually takes skill to drive FAST. The car is trapping very high with respect to E.T. that means he has some to gain on his E.T. if he gets a better launch or somehow optimizes his shifts. So what? The car is ridiculously fast (just look at his trap!) even without perfect driving. How many of you shit talkers have ever driven a 1000+ whp MANUAL TRANSMISSION, REAR WHEEL DRIVE car that fast? Idiots!

Nateb123 (September 6, 2008 at 7:05 am)

Well said, but turbos aren't the real issue when there's 8 litres to getting them spinning. Only a lacking of forward thinking when buying up parts will result in a power curve getting shot to hell and having no traction...which clearly happened here. This Viper is all dyno-queen. There are SOHC Hondas that beat this thing down the 1/4 mile.

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