2006 Hennessey Viper SRT-10 Venom 1000 Coupe ***pic's***
08-24-2006, 11:22 PM
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2006 Hennessey Viper SRT-10 Venom 1000 Coupe ***pic's***
General Information
Vehicle Type: 2-door coupe, modified car
Price: $225,000
Drivetrain
Configuration: Front Engine/RWD
Engine: Twin-Turbo V10
Displacement: 8550 cc
Horsepower: 1000 bhp @ 5000 rpm
Torque: 1100 lb-ft @ 3800 rpm
Max RPM: 6500 rpm
Transmission: 6-Speed Manual
Performance
0-60 mph: 2.9 sec
0-100 mph: 5.9 sec
Top Speed: 255 mph
Package includes:
- 522 CID Stroker Motor with 9.0:1 Compression
- Twin Garrett Ball Bearing Turbos
- Front Mounted Air-to-Air Intercooler
- Venom Aero Body Upgrade (Front Airdam, Rear Diffuser & Spoiler)
- KW Lowered Suspension 2-Way Adjustable Stainless Steel Coil Over Shocks
- Brembo Upgraded Brake System
- Adjustable Traction Control System
- Quaiffe Extreme-Duty Differential Upgrade
- Hennessey Venom 7R Forged Aluminum Wheels - 19x10 front, 20x13 rear
- Michelin Pilot Sport 2 Tires: 275/30YR-19 front, 335/30YR-20 rear
- Limited Edition Connolly Leather Interior with Custom Embroidery
- 5-Point Racing Harnesses
- Hennessey Custom Floor Mats
- DVD Navigation System
- 2 Year / 24,000 Mile Warranty
- 1-Day Private Track Instruction with Brian Smith (1st Place Driver: 2005 ROAD & TRACK Standing Mile Shootout, 2004 CAR AND DRIVER Supercar Shootout
Vehicle Type: 2-door coupe, modified car
Price: $225,000
Drivetrain
Configuration: Front Engine/RWD
Engine: Twin-Turbo V10
Displacement: 8550 cc
Horsepower: 1000 bhp @ 5000 rpm
Torque: 1100 lb-ft @ 3800 rpm
Max RPM: 6500 rpm
Transmission: 6-Speed Manual
Performance
0-60 mph: 2.9 sec
0-100 mph: 5.9 sec
Top Speed: 255 mph
Package includes:
- 522 CID Stroker Motor with 9.0:1 Compression
- Twin Garrett Ball Bearing Turbos
- Front Mounted Air-to-Air Intercooler
- Venom Aero Body Upgrade (Front Airdam, Rear Diffuser & Spoiler)
- KW Lowered Suspension 2-Way Adjustable Stainless Steel Coil Over Shocks
- Brembo Upgraded Brake System
- Adjustable Traction Control System
- Quaiffe Extreme-Duty Differential Upgrade
- Hennessey Venom 7R Forged Aluminum Wheels - 19x10 front, 20x13 rear
- Michelin Pilot Sport 2 Tires: 275/30YR-19 front, 335/30YR-20 rear
- Limited Edition Connolly Leather Interior with Custom Embroidery
- 5-Point Racing Harnesses
- Hennessey Custom Floor Mats
- DVD Navigation System
- 2 Year / 24,000 Mile Warranty
- 1-Day Private Track Instruction with Brian Smith (1st Place Driver: 2005 ROAD & TRACK Standing Mile Shootout, 2004 CAR AND DRIVER Supercar Shootout
08-26-2006, 01:09 AM
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you guys should releaze that the 0-60 time and 0-100 are theoretical right?
The thing has to much power and torque for its own good.
MotorTrend just recently tested this car, all it did was light up the tyres at full throttle, they had to baby the throttle the whole way.
I'll get the magazine scans when I have some time.
this is why I like European more, it because they tune everything perfectly, they tune the cars to have just the right amount of torque to give the car the best take-off without frying the tyres all the time.
American, you gotta love them, where in Europe they say "whats the 0-60 time" in U.S. they say "How much Torque does it have"
Yes Torque is important, I view Torque as more important than HP, but to muc can also ruin a car.
The thing has to much power and torque for its own good.
MotorTrend just recently tested this car, all it did was light up the tyres at full throttle, they had to baby the throttle the whole way.
I'll get the magazine scans when I have some time.
this is why I like European more, it because they tune everything perfectly, they tune the cars to have just the right amount of torque to give the car the best take-off without frying the tyres all the time.
American, you gotta love them, where in Europe they say "whats the 0-60 time" in U.S. they say "How much Torque does it have"
Yes Torque is important, I view Torque as more important than HP, but to muc can also ruin a car.
08-26-2006, 05:48 PM
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THAT IS MY GOD my favourite car
n yes its too much ***** for one car they should lend some to another car
with a slick its been reported to hit low 9s nething less then a slick on that car is useless
n yes its too much ***** for one car they should lend some to another car
with a slick its been reported to hit low 9s nething less then a slick on that car is useless
08-27-2006, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by R/T kota
You would be lucky if you got the car after paying for it.
That man has been sued more times then any man on the planet because he didnt deliver.
That man has been sued more times then any man on the planet because he didnt deliver.
Id love to read about it, if what you say is true.
mind posting links and the what not
08-27-2006, 10:55 PM
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There were more links on the SRT forum that have been deleated now. Either way, this is not the first time Hennessey has been under the gun for selling his customers parts and crap like that.
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/21978-efool-gets-punked-his-own-board.html
http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?...t_code=04383484
Hennessey's Vipers are fast, but lawsuits say he serves them up too slowly. (Photo by Mark Vaughn)
Ninety-eight percent of his customers love him, John Hennessey says. But a few hate him and some have sued. Hennessey Motorsports in Houston specializes in tuning Vipers, adding more power to what is already one of the most powerful cars in the world. Hennessey’s Vipers have been featured in this and many other magazines and the cars he has sent to us and to other media were impressive performers. Hennessey presents himself well, projecting an image of the consummate Texas good ol’ boy whose reassuring conversational style and howyewdoin’ demeanor put customers at ease. People believe they will get what he says he’ll give them. But not all people do.
According to a lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City, Utah resident Taig Stewart sent his Viper GTS to Hennessey last May for an engine upgrade to 1100 hp along with several other modifications. For that he wire-transferred $142,500 to Hennessey. The lawsuit states the parties agreed the car would be done by mid-July 2001. As of press time the car was still sitting under a tarp in Hennessey’s shop in Houston. Or most of the car, anyway. Stewart’s suit claims Hennessey sold the car’s engine, transmission, wheels, tires and hood. The suit seeks return of the money, the Viper and “no less than $1 million” in punitive damages.
Hennessey claims he’s just slow in getting the work done.
“My side of the story is we’re planning on finishing his car and planning on giving him everything that he paid for,” said Hennessey. As for the parts being sold, “That’s totally false. We’ve got all his parts in the shop except the hood and he wanted to do a lightweight hood.”
Stewart is not the first unsatisfied customer. The longer we dug the more dissatisfaction we found. Here’s a sampling:
On Nov. 14 a New Jersey court entered a final judgement of $133,674 against Hennessey on behalf of Viper owner Gary Dan for a botched conversion.
William Walters said he is out over $22,000 after shipping his Corvette to Hennessey for a head and cam package that was never done; he did have five rods bent and a head gasket damaged on the dyno in Hennessey’s shop during an experiment Hennessey tried with nitrous oxide.
Jerry Johnson said he had to file suit in Placer County Court in California to straighten out registration and engine computer problems on a Viper he bought from Hennessey. n Jon Belinkie said he loves the changes made to his Viper but had to sue in his home state of Maryland, then register the judgement in Texas, to recover overcharges Hennessey made on his American Express card.
Rick Ryan said he had to hound Hennessey for eight months by long distance from Marietta, Georgia, to put the proper wing and stripes on his Viper.
Mark Lublin said he sent his Viper cylinder heads to Hennessey for new valves but when the heads came back he found the “new” valves were actually used; a cam that was delivered to Lublin in a Hennessey box turned out to be a stock Chrysler cam. Lublin was finally refunded $5,715 from American Express but only after nine months of disputing the charge; and he got no money from Hennessey.
Bruce Iannatuono said he ordered $8,500 worth of Hennessey parts for his mechanic in Baltimore to install but was only able to use two-thirds of what was shipped, and then only after haranguing Hennessey for six months on an order that was originally promised in five weeks.
Most of the complaints come from outside Texas. Hennessey, some said, tends to take better care of local customers.
“If you were out of state, man you were fair game,” said Kyle Kent, a former employee at Hennessey Motorsports. When an out-of-state car came in it was sometimes parted out, with the wheels, tires and whatever else looked good going to other cars waiting to be finished or sold outright, according to Kent and others inside Hennessey Motorsports. Then Hennessey would call the car’s owner and try to sell him an upgraded kit. If the customer balked, Hennessey would take parts from other cars in the shop, or just let the job sit.
Kent described one typical disassembly on an out-of-state Viper. “The motor and transmission went into a Durango John was putting together, the brakes went to someone else, the hood went to a guy in Ohio, the rear bumper to South Carolina, man you name it. We had multiple cars like that.”
Another common practice was putting stock parts on what was supposed to be an upgraded car.
“One customer spent $130,000 to $140,000 and that guy thought he had purchased a Venom 650R package which he thought came with the stroker motor,” Kent said. “John told him he was getting a stroker. He was just getting heads and cams.”
Hennessey denies any wrongdoing.
“I’ve got probably 3000 customers,” he said. “I’ve built over 300 cars and out of that I’ve had a handful of people that I’ve had some sort of a delivery problem with and I’ve had some of them who have sued me. So is that some sort of a trend or is that par for the course?”
http://www.300cforums.com/forums/general-discussion/21978-efool-gets-punked-his-own-board.html
http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?...t_code=04383484
Hennessey's Vipers are fast, but lawsuits say he serves them up too slowly. (Photo by Mark Vaughn)
Ninety-eight percent of his customers love him, John Hennessey says. But a few hate him and some have sued. Hennessey Motorsports in Houston specializes in tuning Vipers, adding more power to what is already one of the most powerful cars in the world. Hennessey’s Vipers have been featured in this and many other magazines and the cars he has sent to us and to other media were impressive performers. Hennessey presents himself well, projecting an image of the consummate Texas good ol’ boy whose reassuring conversational style and howyewdoin’ demeanor put customers at ease. People believe they will get what he says he’ll give them. But not all people do.
According to a lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City, Utah resident Taig Stewart sent his Viper GTS to Hennessey last May for an engine upgrade to 1100 hp along with several other modifications. For that he wire-transferred $142,500 to Hennessey. The lawsuit states the parties agreed the car would be done by mid-July 2001. As of press time the car was still sitting under a tarp in Hennessey’s shop in Houston. Or most of the car, anyway. Stewart’s suit claims Hennessey sold the car’s engine, transmission, wheels, tires and hood. The suit seeks return of the money, the Viper and “no less than $1 million” in punitive damages.
Hennessey claims he’s just slow in getting the work done.
“My side of the story is we’re planning on finishing his car and planning on giving him everything that he paid for,” said Hennessey. As for the parts being sold, “That’s totally false. We’ve got all his parts in the shop except the hood and he wanted to do a lightweight hood.”
Stewart is not the first unsatisfied customer. The longer we dug the more dissatisfaction we found. Here’s a sampling:
On Nov. 14 a New Jersey court entered a final judgement of $133,674 against Hennessey on behalf of Viper owner Gary Dan for a botched conversion.
William Walters said he is out over $22,000 after shipping his Corvette to Hennessey for a head and cam package that was never done; he did have five rods bent and a head gasket damaged on the dyno in Hennessey’s shop during an experiment Hennessey tried with nitrous oxide.
Jerry Johnson said he had to file suit in Placer County Court in California to straighten out registration and engine computer problems on a Viper he bought from Hennessey. n Jon Belinkie said he loves the changes made to his Viper but had to sue in his home state of Maryland, then register the judgement in Texas, to recover overcharges Hennessey made on his American Express card.
Rick Ryan said he had to hound Hennessey for eight months by long distance from Marietta, Georgia, to put the proper wing and stripes on his Viper.
Mark Lublin said he sent his Viper cylinder heads to Hennessey for new valves but when the heads came back he found the “new” valves were actually used; a cam that was delivered to Lublin in a Hennessey box turned out to be a stock Chrysler cam. Lublin was finally refunded $5,715 from American Express but only after nine months of disputing the charge; and he got no money from Hennessey.
Bruce Iannatuono said he ordered $8,500 worth of Hennessey parts for his mechanic in Baltimore to install but was only able to use two-thirds of what was shipped, and then only after haranguing Hennessey for six months on an order that was originally promised in five weeks.
Most of the complaints come from outside Texas. Hennessey, some said, tends to take better care of local customers.
“If you were out of state, man you were fair game,” said Kyle Kent, a former employee at Hennessey Motorsports. When an out-of-state car came in it was sometimes parted out, with the wheels, tires and whatever else looked good going to other cars waiting to be finished or sold outright, according to Kent and others inside Hennessey Motorsports. Then Hennessey would call the car’s owner and try to sell him an upgraded kit. If the customer balked, Hennessey would take parts from other cars in the shop, or just let the job sit.
Kent described one typical disassembly on an out-of-state Viper. “The motor and transmission went into a Durango John was putting together, the brakes went to someone else, the hood went to a guy in Ohio, the rear bumper to South Carolina, man you name it. We had multiple cars like that.”
Another common practice was putting stock parts on what was supposed to be an upgraded car.
“One customer spent $130,000 to $140,000 and that guy thought he had purchased a Venom 650R package which he thought came with the stroker motor,” Kent said. “John told him he was getting a stroker. He was just getting heads and cams.”
Hennessey denies any wrongdoing.
“I’ve got probably 3000 customers,” he said. “I’ve built over 300 cars and out of that I’ve had a handful of people that I’ve had some sort of a delivery problem with and I’ve had some of them who have sued me. So is that some sort of a trend or is that par for the course?”
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