Hurricane I-6 Swapped Dodge Viper Aims to Agitate the Mopar Faithful

This Hurricane powered Dodge Viper may not make any friends among Mopar fans, but it is going to be very quick at the track, at least.

Gone but not forgotten, the Dodge Viper is a proper legend in the automotive world, a car born as a concept that went on to gain a legion of fans that still worship the sports car to this day. It may have gotten more refined as it aged, but the Viper always maintained its basic mission, shape, and powerplant – a V10, of course. Rarely do we ever see anyone dare mess with that formula, but the folks over at Boosted Motorsports are now looking to shock the world – and agitate the Mopar faithful – after replacing the V10 in their Dodge Viper with the newer 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged Hurricane inline-six.

In this recent video from the YouTube channel RacerX, we get a closer look at this soon-to-be-controversial Dodge Viper, which is actually a 2000 model year ACR. It’s also John from Boosted Motorsports’ own personal car, which he purchased way back in 2015. He has admittedly toyed around with it a lot over the past decade – installing a couple of different superchargers on it – but has grown bored, regardless.

This created a rather interesting opportunity, given the fact that Dodge is working to get the word about about the Hurricane’s potential – and for that reason, they just so happened to send John one in preparation for Roadkill Nights. As John points out, the Hurricane makes quite a lot more power than the original V10, at least – 550 horsepower compared to 460 – and the built eight-speed automatic gearbox is going to shift quicker than the manual that came in the car, too. On top of that, it’s been modified to make even more.

John did switch from an air-to-water to an air-to-air intercooler, and he added a 7175 turbo from HPT mounted to a custom manifold, replacing the factory units. He left the long block alone but had to chop up the oil pan to make the new package fit, but it isn’t exactly stealth with piping sticking up through the hood. Otherwise, everything is pretty factory – John even used a Mopar-sourced electric power steering rack in this application.

Amazingly, John put this whole thing together in just 30 days, despite all of the one-off custom work required to pull it off. Obviously, there are going to a lot of folks that aren’t pleased with his work – especially since this is an ACR, and not just any old regular Dodge Viper – and we’d also argue that it sounds worse. But then again, if nobody bothered to do anything different, the world would be a lot more boring, wouldn’t it?

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Brett Foote

Brett Foote has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is a longtime contributor to Internet Brands’ Auto Group sites, including Chevrolet Forum, Rennlist, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, among other popular sites.

He has been an automotive enthusiast since the day he came into this world and rode home from the hospital in a first-gen Mustang, and he's been wrenching on them nearly as long.

In addition to his expertise writing about cars, trucks, motorcycles, and every other type of automobile, Brett had spent several years running parts for local auto dealerships.

You can follow along with his builds and various automotive shenanigans on Instagram: @bfoote.