RX8 VS Viper
Viper is sick car, but nothing like the murcielago, i was chasing one down the westside highway (NYC) and as soon as there was some sort of opening i felt like i was parked, but the driver sucked beacuse as soon as it was traffic, here comes lil red ridin hood and see ya!.... until the next no traffic part then 100 mph felt like 0.
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From: CT
Originally Posted by tajabaho1
dude, the viper would pwn the rx-8 so hard, the rx would be lost and the 8 would be cut in half
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Yeah, but some of us get slightly better gas mileage!
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From: Milwaukee
Originally Posted by knight7
Viper is sick car, but nothing like the murcielago, i was chasing one down the westside highway (NYC) and as soon as there was some sort of opening i felt like i was parked, but the driver wasn't as stupid as me beacuse as soon as it was traffic, here comes lil red ridin hood and see ya!.... until the next no traffic part then 100 mph felt like 0.
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From: GW's old stomping ground
Originally Posted by knight7
Viper is sick car, but nothing like the murcielago, i was chasing one down the westside highway (NYC) and as soon as there was some sort of opening i felt like i was parked, but the driver sucked beacuse as soon as it was traffic, here comes lil red ridin hood and see ya!.... until the next no traffic part then 100 mph felt like 0.
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From: Sunny See attle
Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
actually it would be lack of driver skill and the fact that the v10 in those cars puts out enough torque to pull stumps at ridiculously low rps
I know. Just having a little fun in this thread. Of course there is something to be said for having a car that's easy to drive fast.
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I seem to recall an article in SPEED magazine I think it was where they pitted a viper against a lotus on two different tracks, one favoring straightaways one with tighter twisties. Viper won out on both but barely made it on the twisty track.
Would I put much faith in the numbers they came up with? Nope. This was the same magazine that compared some random modded 8 (geared more to show than go but still with a greddy turbo) and compared it to a modded z and something other car I can't remember. It was a shoddy comparison lacking any common sense by comparing 3 different cars, with different types of mods, and different levels of modding let alone comparing a car designed for show to one designed for go. Heck just mentioning that the modded 8's braking performance was actually worse than stock performance showed the modder wasn't interested in performance.
I'd like to see a highly skilled driver in a viper against the same in an 8 on a nice twisty track and see some real life results.
Would I put much faith in the numbers they came up with? Nope. This was the same magazine that compared some random modded 8 (geared more to show than go but still with a greddy turbo) and compared it to a modded z and something other car I can't remember. It was a shoddy comparison lacking any common sense by comparing 3 different cars, with different types of mods, and different levels of modding let alone comparing a car designed for show to one designed for go. Heck just mentioning that the modded 8's braking performance was actually worse than stock performance showed the modder wasn't interested in performance.
I'd like to see a highly skilled driver in a viper against the same in an 8 on a nice twisty track and see some real life results.
does this count? 
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Originally Posted by shaunv74
Ummm...yeah. I know. Just having a little fun in this thread. Of course there is something to be said for having a car that's easy to drive fast.
I know. Just having a little fun in this thread. Of course there is something to be said for having a car that's easy to drive fast.
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The Viper is mad-dog fast in a straight line. Unfortunately, with the stock suspension, it oversteers like a cat with its *** on fire.
Vipers run like mad in FIA GT, where they're competitive with 'Vettes, Saleens, Ferraris, etc. BUT... those are massively modified to (partially) correct their "I-real-fast-in-straight-line-duh" suspensions.
Vipers run like mad in FIA GT, where they're competitive with 'Vettes, Saleens, Ferraris, etc. BUT... those are massively modified to (partially) correct their "I-real-fast-in-straight-line-duh" suspensions.
Originally Posted by Ike
Fixed
Oh i got it after reading another of your post Ike. true i was stupid.
P.S. all of you i know whats coming so... im going to start myself.
yea we all knew that you stupid Knight7, you did not have to remind us....
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From: Sunny See attle
Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
very true, there are a lot of fast cars that are not for inexperienced drivers, where they can really bite you if you aren't on top of your game
Yeah I think the Viper is about the worlds worst car to learn to drive fast in. You can get in a lot of trouble if you're not careful and you can be terrible in the corners and make up for it in the straights. Would make a driver with more ego than skill. Don't get me wrong, a competent driver in a Viper will easily smoke a competent driver in an 8. I think you should learn to drive fast in something like our 8 or an MX-5, or Lotus. Underpower handlers that make you wring every last ounch of performance out of the suspension and force you to learn how to corner properly and carry speed.
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