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Byline: MAC MORRISON
The eternal battle between Corvette and Viper will evolve again this summer, when the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 arrives well ahead of Chevrolet's Corvette SS "Blue Devil'' supercar expected as a 2009 model.
Significant changes are signaled by the hood, which features a larger scoop and six new louvers designed to improve ventilation. When AutoWeek readers first spied test Vipers with this multi-ported hood last summer ("Killer Snake,'' June 12, 2006), we speculated that the SRT crew might be working with Michigan-based American Specialty Cars to develop the McLaren-tuned Diamondback Viper featured on the ASC display at the 2006 Detroit auto show. Dodge says there is no connection between this Viper and the Diamondback, but SRT did go to the same specialists at McLaren Performance Technologies, as well as the tuners at Ricardo Inc., to put extra venom in this new Viper.
Extra underhood cooling is necessary to bleed heat from the aluminum block V10, which receives a 1.0 mm larger bore to raise displacement from 8.3 to 8.4 liters. New cylinder heads, larger valves and variable exhaust valve timing-a Viper first-are ...
Source: HighBeam Research, VIPER BITES HARD.(News)