I thought I would share my experiences of owning 2 Vipers with you.
Recently I purchased a 2001 GTS completely stock, except for exhaust, with 20,000 miles. The car had been regularly serviced at a local Chrysler dealer and showed very little wear and tear.
I also have a 2001 RT/10 with 15,000 miles that I have owned for 2 years now. The previous owner of the RT was just as much of a perfectionist as I consider myself to be. Regardless, over the last 2 years I made subtle changes to the RT to improve the drivability as well as the appearance. To this end I installed Woodhouse Urethane mounts, 3:55 gears, flushed and replaced the clutch and brake fluids and replaced all the other fluids. But until I started driving the GTS I hadn't realized how perfect the RT had become.
This past weekend my wife and I took a cruise up North to look at the fall colors and stop for lunch at one of the resorts. Even my wife noticed that although the coupe is a nicer car on a long highway drive the roadster was much smoother.
Now in all fairness the GTS has Corsa exhaust and the RT has Random Tech. The Corsa is much noisier and probably better suited for the open car. I will probably switch them.
I got to see the difference back to back and compare mods like 3.55's and mounts.
They do make a difference
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