Dodge
Viper GTS by Geiger Cars
German tuner Geiger
Cars has created an upgrade program for the Dodge Viper GTS. It’s not common
that we see a Euro tuner working on an American car. Now, they shifted focus
towards a meaner machine as the subject of an upgrade program was none other
than the Dodge Viper in the GTS specification.
The hand-crafted
old-school V10 8.4-liter naturally aspirated engine made entirely from aluminum
has received a modified airbox along with a custom-made exhaust system equipped
with tubular headers and sport catalysts. They also fiddled around with the
motor’s ECU and in the end managed to squeeze a grand total of 710 PS (522 kW)
at 6,100 rpm and 861 Nm (636 lb-ft) at 5,500 rpm which represents a significant
increase over the standard 654 PS (481 kW) and 813 Nm (600 lb-ft).
As a result (which
costs € 11,900), the upgraded Dodge Viper GTS now runs the sprint to 62 mph (100
km/h) in 2.9 seconds and continues to accelerate until it hits a top speed of
212 mph (341 km/h).
Besides extracting more
power from the hand-crafted, all-aluminum V10, the tuners at Geiger Cars also
installed a KW Variant 2 coil-over suspension package (€ 4,700) that has lowered
the Viper GTS by 30 mm. In addition, there’s also a new carbon fiber
aerodynamic body kit (€ 5,866) encompassing a front spoiler lip, rear apron
(with diffuser) and a new spoiler.
