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Originally Posted by c6z06
Agreed that gears will really wake up the Viper but traction now becomes and issue. ... The Halltech Air Filter for $200 dollars nets 20 rwhp improvement and 2/10 in the quarter.
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Let me see if I follow this idea: A Vette owner says that the '08 will have (unmanagable) traction problems (and thus, not be fast) if it has different rear gears -- even though, nobody actually has an '08 yet, nor has tried switching any gears -- but this is the vision from the Z06 perspective ... yet the Z06 becomes a monster with a super duper air filter change.
Let's be real. The Z06 is a great car -- maybe a bit too common, as it seems to be bought by many folks who need a manual to find the dip-stick, but that's whole other issue.
But the point of this thread is that the Viper has always been about pure performance, period. The Z06 showed up 18 months ago, walked into the house of Viper and proclaimed itself to be the new king. Not taking anything away from the Z06, but the '08 Viper has just reclaimed that crown, and kicked the Z06 out (of the house of Viper) and back into the world of special edition versions of lesser base cars. That's that bottom line.