Twin-turbo Viper with 2600 Horsepower Has Never Lost a Race

Dodge Viper packs 9.0 liters of awesomeness resulting in more than 2,600-wheelhorsepower.

If you watch many street racing videos online, the odds are good that you recognize this Dodge Viper. It is best known for having massive power and a sequential manual transmission, but few of the videos showing this beast eating the competition go into detail as to what makes it so wicked.

Fortunately, the Charles from the That Racing Channel YouTube channel recently met up with Ryan, the guy who owns this stunning Mopar supercar. The two spent some time talking about the car and some time blasting down the highway, at which point the host of the video is left practically speechless.

From Z06 to Viper

When the video begins, Ryan explains that he previously had a C7 Corvette Z06 with a Whipple supercharger and nitrous oxide. He was doing well with that car, until he got crushed by a Viper built by Calvo Motorsports. At that point, he sold his Corvette and switched to the mighty Mopar supercar.

At first, he went “conservative” with a 1,600 horsepower build, allowing this Viper to beat just about everything on the street. In the video, we see it gap a 1,200 horsepower Mustang, a handful of sport bikes and even a new Shelby GT500. However, in making sure that he preserved his undefeated record on the street, the first variation of this build was turned up “way past what it was built for”, resulting in some engine damage.

That was when Ryan sent this Viper back to Calvo for another round of upgrades and this time, they got serious.

CM2000

This Dodge Viper is fitted with the Calvo Motorsports CM2000 package, but it features an array of other upgrades to yield way beyond 2,000 horsepower. This car features a 9.0-liter V10 engine fitted with twin 8685 turbochargers, a Motec engine management system and a tune by Collin, also known as ninjaneering.

At its peak power setting, this Viper made 2,630 horsepower and 2,000 lbs-ft. of torque at the rear wheels, but it also has six other settings with various power output, with the “weakest” being around 1,200 horsepower on 89 octane pump gas. The big power numbers were made with an unspecified ethanol blend of about 70 percent. The tuning system is adjusted when the car is in accessory mode with the buttons on the steering wheel, which is shown towards the end of the video.

Putting that power to the ground is a PPG sequential manual transmission, a Wavetrac rear differential and a set of Forgeline wheels wrapped in Toyo tires. As a result, even with all of that power in a lightweight car, this Viper can get solid traction from a roll. In fact, after a hard pull, the host states that he “felt [his] eye sockets go to the back of [his] head”, going on to claim that this is the fastest car he has been in.

Making those claims even more impressive is the fact that during these hard pulls, this Viper is not in peak power settings. Towards the end of the video, with somewhere south of 2,000 wheel horsepower, the video host taps out, but the footage leading up to that time is golden.

Crank up your speakers and enjoy!

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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