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cursedshitbox posted:while a beautiful piece of hardware, its on TVR levels of fuckery. Well, I mean, it's an Italian Chrysler. A sure sign of quality!
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Das Volk posted:Time for an update. I'm taking the car to Laguna Seca next Friday, and this will be a good opportunity to get in some time on my second favorite track. Then off to LV for the SRT trackday the following monday. That's awesome that you're actually taking it racing and not just standing in front of it to pick up chicks/field goony dude questions.
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I love how you never hear about this poo poo because most owners of these kinds of cars rarely drive them and definitely don't drive them hard.
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BlackMK4 posted:I love how you never hear about this poo poo because most owners of these kinds of cars rarely drive them and definitely don't drive them hard. when it's time to drive it he will always drive it hard.
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atomicthumbs posted:when it's time to drive it he will always drive it hard. It's a beautiful thing.
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Huggable Bear King posted:That's awesome that you're actually taking it racing and not just standing in front of it to pick up chicks/field goony dude questions. Track day != racing.
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drgitlin posted:Track day != racing. You mean you don't try to win your trackday?
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BlackMK4 posted:You mean you don't try to win your trackday? It's easy to win if the other person doesn't know it's a race. It's why I've got trophies for commuting. 
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Raluek posted:Well, I mean, it's an Italian Chrysler. A sure sign of quality! I don't think transmission problems in a Chrysler can be blamed on the Italians. Now when all the electronics stop working and/or it catches on fire, then we can blame Italy. 
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HotCanadianChick posted:I don't think transmission problems in a Chrysler can be blamed on the Italians. Well, the radio hasn't worked from day one, right?
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BlackMK4 posted:I love how you never hear about this poo poo because most owners of these kinds of cars rarely drive them and definitely don't drive them hard. Right now the hot topic in the community is modding since HP tuners cracked the ECU. One guy is making 607whp with bolt-ons and a tune. There's both turbo and supercharging packages in the works for crazy people. Tekne fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Nov 21, 2014 |
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Tekne posted:That's the case for most sports cars except the Viper for some reason. Ralph indicated that 25% of Viper owners take their cars to the track/drag strip. Going by the Gen V forum, the number seems accurate with all the members who do just that, so it might be worthwhile for DV to read the race threads for handling quirks or potential problems. The only tune I might consider would be for the sake of killing off the skip shift once the transmission is fixed. There's no way I'm doing power mods right now, the car needs suspension and brakes. drgitlin posted:Track day != racing. Does hillclimbing count, since there's a timer?
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Yeah, adding nothing but power would be unbelievably sketchy. Looking forward to that Laguna Seca video.
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Das Volk posted:The only tune I might consider would be for the sake of killing off the skip shift once the transmission is fixed. There's no way I'm doing power mods right now, the car needs suspension and brakes. Do you have to tune that out in the Viper, or can you just get a jumper harness like every single GM product in the past twenty years?
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What the hell? I've never heard of this skip shift crap until now. 1-4? That's absurd.
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Beach Bum posted:What the hell? I've never heard of this skip shift crap until now. 1-4? That's absurd. If it helps the manufacturers sell more cool cars without getting dong-razzled by the EPA, I'm all for it. Even better if it can be turned off in software or with a resistor in place of the solenoid. I'd rather they do something like that than say "Welp, guess we have to only offer an automatic, the stick won't make EPA numbers."
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Raluek posted:If it helps the manufacturers sell more cool cars without getting dong-razzled by the EPA, I'm all for it. Even better if it can be turned off in software or with a resistor in place of the solenoid. I'd rather they do something like that than say "Welp, guess we have to only offer an automatic, the stick won't make EPA numbers." It seems doubly ridiculous in the Viper because it has skip shift but gets a double helping of the gas guzzler tax anyways, which means it was a wasted exercise. Edit: Top Gear was right. The M3 was perfect. It is the benchmark. Everything else has to stand up to it, and I'm realizing what a massive hurdle that is now. Das Volk fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Nov 21, 2014 |
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Das Volk posted:The only tune I might consider would be for the sake of killing off the skip shift once the transmission is fixed. There's no way I'm doing power mods right now, the car needs suspension and brakes. Yes, of course it counts - if it's timed it's motorsport. But a track day or a test day aren't - you're not racing, there's no pressure, it's about testing the car, yourself, or just having fun.
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Das Volk posted:It seems doubly ridiculous in the Viper because it has skip shift but gets a double helping of the gas guzzler tax anyways, which means it was a wasted exercise. The closest thing on the horizon might be the upcoming GT350 of all things. Mega-RPM V8 with a proper 6 speed and Torsen LSD plus magnetic ride control suspension. Unless it falls apart like every other fast American car you've tried so far. Have you had a Ford burst into flames on you yet?
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sean10mm posted:The closest thing on the horizon might be the upcoming GT350 of all things. Mega-RPM V8 with a proper 6 speed and Torsen LSD plus magnetic ride control suspension. No, but I almost immediately hated the Corvette. The Viper not so; some adjustment cleared up the grinding in the forward gears so now it's just reverse that needs fixing, which I can live with for the moment. I can not overstate how much fun this car is to drive. I saw a new TST on the T/A and I agree with nearly everything he says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1b18ccH3E I'll put up with a lot from this car. Like a girl I fell in love with, I will attach "but it's so worth it" to any detractive statement I make about it. I also like having a special hotline I can call that manages my service appointments and tries to get me manual Challengers as loaners.
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I take your disgust with your previous 'vette means you wouldn't consider a C7? Spent a week with a Z51 Stingray this summer and was quite impressed, and the Z07 seemed to impress Andy Pilgrim: http://autoweek.com/article/car-reviews/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-first-drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Az1y62pFmE
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drgitlin posted:I take your disgust with your previous 'vette means you wouldn't consider a C7? Spent a week with a Z51 Stingray this summer and was quite impressed, and the Z07 seemed to impress Andy Pilgrim: http://autoweek.com/article/car-reviews/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-first-drive Pfft. Its g-meter only goes up to 1.25, Volk's Viper goes to 1.5. The true measure of a sports car is its telemetry.
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meatpimp posted:Pfft. Its g-meter only goes up to 1.25, Volk's Viper goes to 1.5. Or how it looks on a flatbed..  Yeahhh so much for that. Threw a rod at 4200 miles. Das Volk fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Nov 30, 2014 |
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Yeaaah. That'll leave a bad taste in your mouth.
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Nov 30, 2014 03:12
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Mopar. Mopar never changes.
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Terrible Robot posted:Mopar. Mopar never changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
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 I feel for you DV, that's not fun poo poo to deal with at all, but I find it hilarious that you've given both American "supercars" a chance and both have let you down with their utter garbage quality.
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ChryCo is paying for your new motor, right?
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gently caress
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How long till all the Hellcat fanboys experience this?
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HOLY gently caress. The hell happened?
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I'm sorry, that really loving sucks, but at the same time this is just getting comical. At the rate you're going, if you set foot in a Ford it will burst into flame in a way that the Italians can only dream of.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm sorry, that really loving sucks, but at the same time this is just getting comical. I really should just buy a GT350 at this point, and park it near people I don't like. I've owned 5 BMWs and had no issues with them outside of my inability to torque a brake caliper bolt. If Dodge aren't assholes like GM were about the car's many failures I might accept a 2015 as a replacement. So far ChryCo has been really good/responsive about the problems I've been having, which is more than I can say about GM when I had that loving Vette. Difference between the Viper and Vette: I hated the Vette when I took it in to be put down, I still love the Viper.
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Das Volk posted:I really should just buy a GT350 at this point, and park it near people I don't like. Never change.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm sorry, that really loving sucks, but at the same time this is just getting comical. I was thinking that maybe he could replace the Viper with one of the new Shelby GT350s, but I fear you are right. Hell, at this rate if he were to get into actual skin contact with a Ford GT, the resultant fireball would be visible from 2 counties away. Maybe it's the universe's way of telling him to sell the Viper and get a Cayman GTS instead?  He's had better luck with ze Germans so far...
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That is amazing. DV, maybe you should try a Maserati next time
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Why would they give you a new car? Wouldn't they just replace the motor?
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I keep hearing about the Vette but can't find the thread; could someone please link and/or summarize?
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To the goldmine with you: 2008 Corvette trip report: A warning about GM
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