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Would you buy a Viper ACR??
Aug 5, 2011 | 10:55 AM
#1
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Would you buy a Viper ACR?? Would you buy a Viper ARC???
The RT/10 that I have is a terrible and very scary car to drive hard... and that is why I love it. The ACR is now appealing to me in much the same way... and the 7:22.1 Ring timing means it can be pushed hard around a track without it pushing me towards an early grave
‪2008 Dodge Viper ACR - America's Best Handling Contender‬‏ - YouTube
Thoughts?
The RT/10 that I have is a terrible and very scary car to drive hard... and that is why I love it. The ACR is now appealing to me in much the same way... and the 7:22.1 Ring timing means it can be pushed hard around a track without it pushing me towards an early grave
‪2008 Dodge Viper ACR - America's Best Handling Contender‬‏ - YouTube
Thoughts?
Last edited by GrayTT; Aug 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM.
Aug 5, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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If you're not making money from racing, lap times, 1/4-mile times, 60-130 times are somewhat irrelevant. For having fun on the track (and if you're not racing for money, there's no other reason to be at the track) I would pick a car that gives me the most pleasure to drive. For some guys, it's a spec Miata, for others it's a Z06 or a GT3. If your current Viper is more pleasurable than any of those, an ACR will be more of the same. I've been on the track at the same time as an ACR, and they're beastly fast for sure.
That said, as a street car, the extra performance envelope offered by the ACR should never be exploited on the street. The ACR is slower in a straight line than a regular Viper, and if you're going fast enough around corners to get the benefit of the downforce that causes that extra drag, you need to take it to the track.
As a track car, you'd be better served by something lighter that doesn't chew through consumables every week. Why not go for an Atom or a Radical? As quick or quicker, even more visceral, lighter, safer, and cheaper.
I like the ACR, but I see it mostly as a car without a purpose, beyond GM's bragging rights. Too racy for the street, but too heavy and unprotected for the track.
That said, as a street car, the extra performance envelope offered by the ACR should never be exploited on the street. The ACR is slower in a straight line than a regular Viper, and if you're going fast enough around corners to get the benefit of the downforce that causes that extra drag, you need to take it to the track.
As a track car, you'd be better served by something lighter that doesn't chew through consumables every week. Why not go for an Atom or a Radical? As quick or quicker, even more visceral, lighter, safer, and cheaper.
I like the ACR, but I see it mostly as a car without a purpose, beyond GM's bragging rights. Too racy for the street, but too heavy and unprotected for the track.
Aug 5, 2011 | 11:23 AM
#4
If you're not making money from racing, lap times, 1/4-mile times, 60-130 times are somewhat irrelevant. For having fun on the track (and if you're not racing for money, there's no other reason to be at the track) I would pick a car that gives me the most pleasure to drive. For some guys, it's a spec Miata, for others it's a Z06 or a GT3. If your current Viper is more pleasurable than any of those, an ACR will be more of the same. I've been on the track at the same time as an ACR, and they're beastly fast for sure.
That said, as a street car, the extra performance envelope offered by the ACR should never be exploited on the street. The ACR is slower in a straight line than a regular Viper, and if you're going fast enough around corners to get the benefit of the downforce that causes that extra drag, you need to take it to the track.
As a track car, you'd be better served by something lighter that doesn't chew through consumables every week. Why not go for an Atom or a Radical? As quick or quicker, even more visceral, lighter, safer, and cheaper.
I like the ACR, but I see it mostly as a car without a purpose, beyond GM's bragging rights. Too racy for the street, but too heavy and unprotected for the track.
That said, as a street car, the extra performance envelope offered by the ACR should never be exploited on the street. The ACR is slower in a straight line than a regular Viper, and if you're going fast enough around corners to get the benefit of the downforce that causes that extra drag, you need to take it to the track.
As a track car, you'd be better served by something lighter that doesn't chew through consumables every week. Why not go for an Atom or a Radical? As quick or quicker, even more visceral, lighter, safer, and cheaper.
I like the ACR, but I see it mostly as a car without a purpose, beyond GM's bragging rights. Too racy for the street, but too heavy and unprotected for the track.
Aug 5, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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As a track car, you'd be better served by something lighter that doesn't chew through consumables every week.
Why not go for an Atom or a Radical? As quick or quicker, even more visceral, lighter, safer, and cheaper.
Too racy for the street, but too heavy and unprotected for the track.
~3,300 lbs is not much of an issue when you have enough torque to jump start a small planet.
Aug 5, 2011 | 12:10 PM
#10
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No way on earth. The few Vipers I've driven weren't their top dog but had to be bottom 3 cars of all time I've ever had time behind the wheel of.
Fast or not who cares when you get the $hit kicked out of you trying to keep the thing on the road.
Fast or not who cares when you get the $hit kicked out of you trying to keep the thing on the road.