The Dodge Viper may have
departed
a few years ago, but it's still fresh in
the hearts
of performance fans
In
the
world of
his
high-revving V10 supercar engines, the big pushrod 10-pot
engine
has a sound
of
its own.
Catching
the
Viper
while on the
dyno is a great way to capture the
essence of the engine
and that's exactly what
you
get in this Hoonigan video.
The car in question is a 2014 Viper GTS. Powered by a powerful 8.4-liter version of the V10
relatively
slow
6,200
rpm he produces 640 hp (477 kW).
orque is 600
lb-ft
(813
Newton-meters)
at 5,000
rpm.
Compared to
his
5.2-liter V10 in
a
Lamborghini Huracan Evo, the Viper's engine
he revs
over 2,000
rpm
lower
Let's not
forget, the Viper's engine was originally developed by Lamborghini in
his
1980s
It has
10
cylinders
but
produces a lot of power in
two very different ways of
use.
Speaking of which, that's the focus of this video.
It's part of Hoonigan's Dyno Everything series, where power
delivery is guessed before
the car
moves
three
times.
With
an average
powertrain
loss of
15%, his standard 640-horsepower
Viper should
make about
544
horsepower
at the rear wheels.
According to
this
car's owner,
the only upgrades are
the
exhaust system and engine
tuning
so
the
power should be a little higher than
normal.