3,300-HP Dodge Viper Does Quarter Mile In 6.68 Seconds At 220 MPH

This is a Viper with a severely potent chew. This automotive has the nickname Juggernaut and is the quickest Viper on the planet. Because the video reveals, it is able to protecting the quarter-mile in 6.68 seconds at 220.1 miles per hour (354.22 kilometers per hour).

The Juggernaut is a 2001 Viper however has the driveline out of the fifth-generation mannequin, that are those from the 2013 by 2017 mannequin years. The block and heads for the V10 engine are inventory, however it’s now displacing 9.0 liters, relatively than the unique 8.4 liters. A pair of Garrett 88-millimeter turbos assist let the powerplant produce round 3,300 horsepower  (2,461 kilowatts). It drinks ethanol gasoline.

It isn’t a very light-weight automotive, both. For the 6.68-second quarter-mile run, the scales confirmed 3,926 kilos (1,781 kilograms).

The video reveals a number of different of the Juggernaut’s quarter-mile runs. It is able to doing repeated runs within the excessive six-second vary whereas going over 200 mph (322 kph).

The clip additionally showcases a number of different high-horsepower Vipers. Certainly one of them goes by the title Kratos and is at present for roll racing. It has no drawback making runs over 200 mph. We lined the automotive in 2021 when the automobile attended the FL2k racing occasion in Florida.

There is not any signal of Dodge reviving the Viper anytime quickly. As a substitute, the model’s efficiency future within the close to future is the Charger Daytona SRT Idea. The muscle automotive arrives in 2024.  At launch, patrons can decide from energy outputs starting from 455 hp (340 kW) to 670 hp (500 kW). Later, Banshee fashions can be out there with over 800 hp (597 kW).

Nonetheless, it is nonetheless attainable to get a brand new Viper should you go searching. The automobile is likely one of the few that also reveals up within the automaker’s gross sales stories, regardless of manufacturing ending years in the past. Within the second quarter of 2022, Dodge offered one Viper. The corporate delivered 4 of them in 2020 and once more in 2021.