[shikzachaser]

Well I went down to the dyno shop today to get on the schedule. Joe is definately humoring me. He set aside Nov 3 for a half day to dial in the MAF and get everything set up as much as possible and then give me some dyno numbers. He is a 5 bay small shop and sitting there were 5, count them 5, Vipers in various states from a tune up to one receiving a new head and Supercharger. He also has his Viper and he said two more customer units sitting at his house ready for work. I will post a couple pictures, it's actually pretty cool to see the stuff sitting around. He fired one up and it was impressive to say the least. It's amazing to me to see 700+ horsepower figures. I do think it's an ugly car though, just brute force. He also had 2 Mustang Cobras sitting there w/ one getting nitrous and one getting a Supercharger. I will probably be the lowest powered thing that's ever been in there. He does agree that if I get a top notch blower I should get at least 200 RWHP w/ 8-9 PSI of boost. I could get more but I really want to drive it that way for a year until I save up a few sheckels for a new transmission and clutch. With only around 2500 lbs and the new suspension it should still be a lot of fun. I just wish that it had not taken this long. Oh well, I guess the anticipation is part of it. I did feel kind of good in that a couple of the Viper owners were there and did not make fun of me. They actually were really interested in the little car, especially when I told them it was 22 years old, that part still surprises people as it looks much newer in style. You just don't see many of these cars around anymore that aren't trashed. I get the same comment from 90% of the people that say something "is that a turbo"? I have been so fustrated with the SC issue that I debadged it, the 944SC emblem is off until it has the SC.

Steve