yeah, i heard he is kicking *** and taking names and building a lot of fast cars in between winning every major american car magazine shootout since 2004. bought a race track and is building a new 24,000 sf shop there too. he must just be lucky and hiring the right people to make him look good....... yeah thats it.

 

You sure do seem to have his ***** in your mouth these days... any connection?

Building a lot of kick *** cars? Why is it he will only play bull**** magazine games? I haven't seen him at the V10 nats in Bradenton... um, ever. And EVERYONE knows thats where the big dog vipers come out and play. If he is building such bad *** machines, come out and run the other big dogs. Heffner, Underground, CPE and others all come out to the races. CPE has thrown down 1585rwhp on a car tuned by the owner who is far from a professional.

Why is it hennescum never puts out more than 1100rwhp... why is it he has yet to produce a car that will run an 8 through a 6spd... let alone a 7 where the bar is currently set?

Tell that shady motherf*cker to pack up his comp coupe ****mobile and we'll see him in December.

 

+1 without the explatives.

He is a dirty sucker, tried to advertise his GT500 kits on SVTPerformance and didnt want to waist money so he made up a name and tried to advertise on the sly, he got roasted. Then got pissed and started cussing the moderators and such and turned to childish antics you only see on Viper Alley. He makes all this money but wont pay the miniscule fee to be a forum vendor?????

He needs some help, money isnt everything.

 

I guess you missed the part about him being sued by over a dozen Viper owners for fraudulent business practices, firing most of his employees and essentially is now getting sued again. He had a Dunn & Bradstreet rating of 0 (vs. Ligenfelter which was a 79) out of a 100. Guy builds good cars, just seems to be clueless in running a business.

http://www.caranddriver.com/columns/...ng-column.html

 

Beyond all that, a MAN with any respect wouldn't change business names multiple times to skate out of law suits, only to rinse and repeat the same behavior. I personally think it's despicable and down right disgusting to be bragging about some new facility and all the $$ he's making when he refuses to repay the $$$ he STOLE from people.

A real MAN would be putting every penny he had to repay his debts... not just debts, but criminal fraud and down right theft.

Truthfully, with the $$$ some of these people have, i'm shocked he didn't end up with some concrete boots and a one way diving lesson for trying to shaft someone. Guys with big $$ really don't like getting f*cked by some chubby little guy, and have the connections to resolve situations their way.

 

I have to give credit to Ruf .. not only did they build a car that can hang with the big boys (using significantly less HP), you can drive it (safely) day in and day out without worries.

 

Hennessey is a Super Clown who builds devestatingly fast cars.
One of the people I know had his car (Viper) tied up in Texas for
9 months and eventually retrieved it without its original motor,
that's right HIS motor ended up in someone else's car. In the building
industry we call it robbing Peter to pay Paul or a "Shell Game" of which
John is masterful at. MORON!

MK

 

It is too bad he has ripped off so many people because that totally destroys and good advertising he gets from these type of magazine articles. Why
does Road and Track continue to give him magazine space when he is such a crook?

I know that if I wanted to twin turbo a Viper I would call Heffner which I have never heard anything but great things from his customers.

The mags should give Heffner some page time.

 

Here is a question for the Viper guys. Peter, Vicious, etc.

Is the GTS's stock brakes very good? When guys TT their cars (GTS) and get above the 1000 RWHP level, do they normally upgrade their brakes?

What about the SRT-10? Are its brakes very good?

Thanks.

 

Stock GTS brakes aren't anything to write home about. With a good set of pads they can work well but I would swap them out if you're really planing to run the car hard.

SRT-10 brakes are some of the best to come on ANY production car, ever. 60-0 in around 90ft as tested, extremely fade resistant, etc. Most guys with SRTs never need a brake upgrade. And quite a few GTS people swap to the SRT setup as it's a very simple swap, and relatively inexpensive.

 

Cool. Thanks, Vicious.

In your opinion, which model year GTS is the best to buy for someone who eventually plans to TT it, etc.

I've heard that 1999 was the last year of the "bulletproof" engine and that the engines of MY2000-2002 cars are less durable than the previous years due to revisions which were employed in 2000 to meet stricter emissions regulations. Is that true?

 

The 97-99 cars have more HP potential on a stock bottom end due to having forged pistons from the factory, and a slightly more agressive cam. These years will make 800rwhp on a completely stock motor on pump gas. Add a 2nd fuel pump, good gas, and I wouldn't hesitate to run it at 950ish. Much over that and you're asking for problem from the rod bolts, main caps walking, etc.

The 00-02 cars got cast pistons which are only good for around 650-700rwhp, but the 01-02 cars came with ABS which some find to be a bonus.

00' is a bastard year and generally the least desirable.

If you plan to go ***** out and build the motor year is irrelevant other than to choose a color and if you want abs or not.

Personally I feel more comfortable in these cars withOUT ABS.

The good thing is building the bottom end on these cars is fairly inexpensive. $5k and you will have a bottom end that has yet to be broken at over 1600rwhp. Stock block and cranks are still going strong at this power level.

 

My buddy has a 96 GTS Coupe and swears this has the best stock
cam in it. Vis: do you have knowledge of the stock 96 GTS performance
and how do they compare (Stock to stock) in quartermile, 60-130 etc
as compared to the 500 hp.
(I believe the 96's were 450 hp and the ACR versions (99+) were 465 ??

MK

Also: my buddy has 2003 with Paxton and different cam but stock pistons??
what HP is safe thru this on pump gas??

I need to know if I need "kill mode" .

 

96 car has the same '904' (thats the part number) cam as the 97-99. I usually leave out 96 just because it was in introductory year, blue/white, and they are pretty hard to come by, but all 97-99 specs apply. Though it does have the side sill exit exhaust and stripes that run through the rear license plate where the 97-99 have rear exit exhaust and the stripes miss the license plate area. Little quirks, but nothing major.

The Gen III go the HP kick from a small displacement jump, 488 to 505ci.

I don't recall the 1/4 times off the top of my head but believe the fastest GTS time to be tested was 11.7 @119 in a 99. Thats bone stock, no mods, stock tires.

Not sure about the srt, it might be a hair quicker but the better these are drivers cars, and the better driver will always win.

The 10hp the ACR picked up was from a set of 'smooth tubes' which are just silicone air intake tubes and better filters. It also came with the BBS wheels and 5 point harnesses. Expensive package for what you get but those wheels cost a small fortune.

With a pump gas paxton on an SRT he's probably making low 600's to the wheels. A 97-99 forged piston GTS will do 800rwhp on pump gas (via TT) without any problems and give that srt a ghetto *** whooping he won't soon forget.

The best part is you can get a twin T4 67mm intercooled kit for a GTS, tuned, installed, and ready to rock for $15k these days. All said and done for $60grr you can have an 800rwhp pump gas car that will run for 100k miles without pulling a valve cover, and will have 750 sport bikes going

If you're interested I know of a 1k rwhp built motor, ported heads, all done up GTS that will likely be for sale in the near future, I believe he's looking for low 70's. With a fresh bottom end and brand new turbo system. Needs the $$ to finish his 'race car'

If you want shoot me a PM and i'll can give you the gory details of all the different systems, what to avoid, and all that.

 

Vicious,

thanks, You are a wealth of knowledge on this High HP Vipers!
They really are special cars in a certain sort of way, even though
they are cramped, hot, squirrely and willing to kick your *** at any moment.

MK