Dodge’s purely American supercar, the V-10 powered Viper, was shelved for what may have been the final time in 2017 in part due to slumping sales, but it remains a popular piece of automotive culture. And even if you don’t dig it, we do. And that’s why Adam Pettis’s 2000 model GTS caught our eye when we were perusing the Facebook classifieds recently.
The car itself is a 6.0-cert setup with a double framerail chassis built by John Harrison’s Specialty Metal Craft (known for building James Finney’s original Firebird), and sports a stock-frame front end (to help with rules in various classes), a custom one-piece front clip, a modified stock front suspension with Santhuff shocks, Menscer 24-inch canister shocks on the rear, an SMC 9-inch with strange pro third member, Mark Williams floater axles, Lamb brakes all the way around, and Mickey Thompson’s popular and no-longer-available Pro5 wheels.
The engine, built by Kenny Duttweiler, remains true to the cars’ DNA, with a V-10 built upon a sleeved stock block. Upgraded internals, a fully built valvetrain, Striker cylinder heads, a custom John Beck intake manifold, and other top-flight parts combine with a pair of water-to-air intercooled turbos at 28 psi to produce a staggering 3,800 horsepower. A Rossler Turbo 400 transfers the power, and a MoTec M800 ECU and wiring, a Motec CDI-8 ignition, and a Davis Bump Box operate the whole thing.
According to Pettis, the car is capable of running in the 3-second zone at its race weight of 2,627-lbs. It’s also built for both big and small tires, but if you ask us, this looks like the start to a great no-prep car or a very rad drag-and-drive machine.
The asking price? A cool $139,000.
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