ok me and my friend have been arguin over this for some time. out side of test vehicles in the early early 1990's was there ever a viper that was released that was NOT v-10. was there ever a non rt-10 or srt-10 acr or any model with those titles , simply a viper with no submodel? i say bs that the viper has always been v-10 etc...

 

none that I know off It was Shelby's baby from the start.

 

Every production Viper has been a V10. Although, in a interview with Carol Shelby he did say he want it to be a V8 to lighten the car, ultimatly he lost that fight with Dodge execs, possibly becuase he had to take a reduced roll in the development as he was in the process of getting a new heart and was getting in bad shape waiting for one. Someday I will have to scan that.

A company did make a "kit Viper" for a short period of time before Dodge put the stops to it. The shell sat on top of a Corvette chassis and drive train. There is a post here near the top with a link.