Vehicle
Dodge Viper
A front-engined V10 roadster and coupé with no traction control, no anti-lock brakes and no airbags on the earliest cars, which is the fact that most changes how one is worked on and driven. The engine is an all-aluminium 8.0 or 8.4 V10 with a cast-iron liner set; its cooling, its side-exit exhausts on early cars and the heat they put into the sills are recurring service subjects. Later cars gain conventional electronics, so the year decides whether there is anything to scan at all beyond the basic emissions system.
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Generations
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SR 1991–2002
RT/10 roadster and GTS coupe. Anti-lock brakes arrive only in 2001.
- Body styles
- Roadster · Coupé
- Platform
- Chrysler SR
- Engines
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- 8.0 V10 — petrol · 298–343 kW (400–460 hp) · 664 Nm (490 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed BorgWarner T56 manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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ZB 2002–2010
8.3 V10 with variable valve timing on later cars. The ACR of 2008 adds aerodynamics and a different suspension calibration.
- Body styles
- Roadster · Coupé
- Platform
- Chrysler ZB
- Engines
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- 8.3 V10 — petrol · 373–447 kW (500–600 hp) · 759 Nm (560 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed Tremec T56 manual · 6-speed Tremec TR6060 manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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VX 2012–2017
Sold as SRT Viper for two years before returning to the Dodge badge. Stability control is standard for the first time.
- Body styles
- Coupé
- Platform
- Chrysler VX
- Engines
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- 8.4 V10 — petrol · 477–481 kW (640–645 hp) · 813 Nm (600 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed Tremec TR-6060 manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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