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Viper variants

Viper  GTS-Rseason two Viper GTS-R cars were entered by
the  privateer  team  Paul  Belmondo  Racing.
Using such production engine components as
the block, cylinder heads, and crankshaft,ACR  Viper
Team Viper engineers were able to extract up
to 750 hp from the normally 450 hp secondThe American Club Racing (ACR) model was
generation 8.0 L V10 engine. The chassis wasintroduced in 1999. This model featured
re-engineered from the ground up by Britishsuspension and engine enhancements focused on
sports manufacturer Reynard Motorsport'smaximizing performance in road racing and
Special Projects Division under chiefautocross environments. Horsepower was bumped
engineer Paul Brown, losing much of theto  460  bhp  in  these  models.
Roadcar's heavy tubular steel and fibreglass
structure in favour of lightweight carbonViper  Competition  Coupe
fibre  components.
As of 2003, a special, non-street legal Viper
The car made its competition debut in the 24SRT-10 Competition Coupe is available from
Hours of Daytona (where it would later becomeDodge for race car drivers, picking up where
the first GT car to secure an overall victorythe GTS-R racing variant left off. The power
in Rolex sports car racing) with Canaskaand torque ratings have been improved, along
Racing in 1996, then the 24 Hours of Le Mans,with the vehicle being been stripped of
when a GTS-R finished tenth overall in itsanything not essential for racing, such as
very first run for glory. The next year, Teamthe interior body panels, carpet,
Viper (who now switched services to Oreca)instrumentation, air conditioning, and stereo
switched to the GT2 class and proceeded tosystems which lightened the car by 380 lb
dominate, winning five titles in the FIA GT(170 kg). The "CompCoupe" comes equipped with
Championship between 1997 and 2002. Orecaa full roll cage, a racing fuel cell, and
switched to the prototype class in 2000, butother racing-related equipment. It is not
customer Vipers continued to be the mostsold through dealers and is purchased from
competitive  in  the  series.Dodge directly as, essentially, a very
expensive race car component. Pricing is
In 1998, Team Viper returned to Le Mans toapproximately US$139,000. The Viper
set new track records in practice. When theCompetition Coupe sees action in the highly
checkered flag dropped on the 24th hour ofcompetitive  SCCA  Speed  GT World Challenge.
the longest day in racing, Viper GTS–R
racers finished first and second in theirIn 2004 Samuel Hubinette used a Competition
class to become the first American car to winCoupe with a modified rear axle for the
at Le Mans in three decades, and theFormula D, in which he won the title before
first–ever production–basedthe car was barred by the end of the season
American  car  to  grace the winner's circle.(due to the fact FD would adopt D1 Grand Prix
regulations from the following year which had
In addition to the race cars, Chrysler builtalready prohibited the car from competing)
100 street-legal 1998 GT2 Championshipand was replaced by an SRT-10 the following
Edition Vipers, which were rated at 460 hpseason.
(343 kW) and 500 ft·lbf (67 N·m) of
torque. Named after the GT2 categories itAfter a few one-off entries in the Spa 24
competed in, it was aesthetically similar toHours, from 2006, the Viper Competition Coupe
the GTS-R with its paint job, aerodynamicswill race in Europe fulltime for the first
package, and visual options in order totime, joining the new FIA GT3 Cup with the
publicize the Viper's achievement in the FIAItalian team Racing Box.
and Le Mans[3]. Also in 2005 LeMans Series



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