Detroit Auto Show: Dodge Viper SRT-10 Mopar concept

Viper007Bond · January 16th, 2007, 02:20 AM

Thanks to FliPP for posting this on IRC.

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http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/15/d...mopar-concept/

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While the new 600-horsepower Viper was attracting all the press at the Detroit show like so many moths to a flame, around back at the Dodge booth sat a tricked out beast dripping venom from its fangs, a showcase of what the Chrysler Group's aftermarket performance division Mopar has in store for the company's juiced up new flagship.

As impressive as the magic 600-horsepower figure is in the new Viper, it's no huge mystery how Dodge squeezed out the extra 90 horses over the old model. "No replacement for displacement" is the name of the game, and the Viper's engine is a monstrous 8.4-liter V10 from which Mopar tapped an additional 75 horses (thanks largely to better cooling) for a total of 675. (Yes, that's right... 675 horsepower. In one car.)

To go with the added juice, Mopar fitted an adjustable suspension and blacked-out 19" lightweight alloy wheels with accompanying Michelin rubber. The Mopar Viper was also displayed in a striking anthracite-gray paint job with an offset neon-red stripe running up the front, over the roof and on to the giant rear wing. You know, just in case the *ahem* ordinary Viper wasn't visually imposing enough.

675 naturally produced HP! Bwah ha ha! images/smilies/vampire.gif

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/01/mopar-viper14.jpg

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NAIDANAC A · January 16th, 2007, 02:26 AM

Anyone know what car has the record for most horse power for natural displacement?

SoxXpupPeT · January 16th, 2007, 02:49 AM

AMAZING! what a beautiful car. *tries comprehending it all* images/smilies/blowup.gif

that car is going to blow everything else away. it has to. it just has too.

Dsemaj · January 16th, 2007, 02:50 AM

That's just mad! I love it!

The_Clincher · January 16th, 2007, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NAIDANAC A

Anyone know what car has the record for most horse power for natural displacement?

mayb the TVR speed 12? 800bhp, 8.0L V12XD

and that viper is fuckin awsuM!!! goddamn, thats monstrous

bartboy9891 · January 16th, 2007, 03:15 AM

haha i actually completely missed this, and i was just at that show

NecroJoe · January 16th, 2007, 07:05 AM

Except for the lame wing...this is the most bad-ass-looking car i've seen in a loooong time!

If Satan were at that auto show, he'd leave in this car.

Adunaphel · January 16th, 2007, 08:05 AM

Great car, shame about the rice-tastic rear spoiler and carbon front lip....

cdbob · January 16th, 2007, 08:47 AM

It looks nice but to me the back on both the stock and mopar looks dated

Spazatao · January 16th, 2007, 11:40 AM

What a car! It looks pure evil!

fbc · January 16th, 2007, 11:43 AM

Quoting myself from here:

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Originally Posted by fbc

Badass. Love it, and am somewhat frightened by it. (Could lose the rear wing though)

bone · January 16th, 2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NAIDANAC A

Anyone know what car has the record for most horse power for natural displacement?

honda S2000, 120hp/l

Blind_Io · January 16th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Axe murderer styling strikes again.

un-dee · January 16th, 2007, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by NAIDANAC A

Anyone know what car has the record for most horse power for natural displacement?

I guess Formula 1 V10s. For relative power anyway but I guess even for absolute.

Momentum57 · January 16th, 2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by NecroJoe

Except for the lame wing...this is the most bad-ass-looking car i've seen in a loooong time!

If Satan were at that auto show, he'd leave in this car.

Ya, um, that lame wing is kinda needed on a car like this, for downforce, to get the 675 horsepower to the road. Everyday cars do not need wings because they never really spoil unfavorable air movement. Ricers wanted their cars to look like race cars so they took spoilers. This car is not about looks this is the real deal i could car less the lights or the curves as long as the engine is huge.

Xeon SX · January 17th, 2007, 01:14 AM

I'll be scarred to drive one of those.

NecroJoe · January 17th, 2007, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Momentum57

Ya, um, that lame wing is kinda needed on a car like this, for downforce, to get the 675 horsepower to the road.

Yes, because the spoiler does so much from a standing start...and when you get up high enough for it to matter, I'd rather stay in a higher gear, and not have that huge wing on the back which HAS to limit the top speed by about 100mph...

FATMOUSE · January 17th, 2007, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by NecroJoe

Yes, because the spoiler does so much from a standing start...and when you get up high enough for it to matter, I'd rather stay in a higher gear, and not have that huge wing on the back which HAS to limit the top speed by about 100mph...

Not everyone is as brave as you.

BerserkerCatSplat · January 17th, 2007, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by NecroJoe

Yes, because the spoiler does so much from a standing start...and when you get up high enough for it to matter, I'd rather stay in a higher gear, and not have that huge wing on the back which HAS to limit the top speed by about 100mph...

The wing is primarily to keep the back end settled at speed. Remember what happened to the CCX on the Top Gear track without the wing? Now, tell me why you don't need downforce.

NecroJoe · January 17th, 2007, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

Now, tell me why you don't need downforce.

Because if I had a car this expensive, I'm not brave/skilled enough to drive it at the limit to the point where I'm at the car's limits of adhesion at 180mph. I'd go fast in a straight line, but you're not going to see me being THAT ballsy on the country roads! :-p

BTW: Didn't that tiny wing on the CCX lower the top speed by, like, 7 mph? It was at least 3...so this wing has GOT to be like trying to run in the wind with a parachute strapped to your back.

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