Performance Supercar » Tx Mile

Twin Turbo Viper gets updates. Preparing for the Texas Mile.

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:12:48 +0000

Next month, Goliad will host the years first Tx mile event. After the Underground Racing Lamborghini Flipped at high speed last year, it was decided to that we would do everything we oculd to make our car as safe as possible in the mean time. The engine was torn down to confirm everything was still happy and some cam changes were favored to help rev the engine higher.

The Roof of the 1800 was removed to access the top of the roll cage. We double checked any welds that were difficult to reach before, and added a considerable amount of gussets to any structural connection. An X-brace was added to the top halo to ease our minds, as well as a few more bars to a few spots that will keep the driver safe in the event of a rollover.

We also consulted with the manufacturer of our parachute to see if there was anything that could be improved for safe measure. So many of the cars at the Tx Mile seem to have improperly setup parachutes. They are either way to low, high or mounted completely bass-ackwards. Makes you wonder why cars are flipping over and sliding all over the place.

This year the shop manager at ART will pilot the car down the mile. This will be his first year driving a car at the event, we wish him luck! We are really hoping for a 250mph pass. Last year everyone felt the car ran at maybe 50-75%, so we have high expectations.

We previously tuned the car on one 02 sensor for each bank of cylinders with individual EGT sensors. This year we are tuning the car on ten individual o2 sensors, 4 different intake temps, and 6 more additional pressure inputs to monitor even more!.

Check out the Gallery for Tons of pics of the build of this car.

wish us luck in our quest for 250+mph next month!

SRT Dodge Viper Twin Turbo

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:49:13 +0000

This past week we have been working on the TT SRT Viper Project being built for the Texas Mile . The completed Turbo manifolds wedged the Giant 80mm Garrett/Tial Turbos in the viper. The ART 1500+hp core was installed and the full 3″ intercooler piping was built to finish off the intake system.

The Dry Sump Setup showed up the other day including the Billet oil Pan and Dailey Pump. We intend to rev this motor very high to get anywhere near 230+ mph.

Check out the Rest of the Gallery Here

Twin Turbo Viper Maxed out the Dyno

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:27:19 +0000

The big Bad Red viper Put down some preliminary numbers before the Texas Mile. At 21 lbs, she Flat Lines the Dyno at 1500WHP. Hoping for a new Software update the next day for some 1800whp pulls didnt come to fruitition, but the car is a beast non the less. Check out the Dyno footage.

2g Viper GTS Project.

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:30:44 +0000

We decided to dust of this old project and this 2econd generation Viper her running agian. The intent of the build is simply to showcase some ofour talents with some cool new parts, and most of all show it off beating up on other Vipers around the country.

Lets hope we can keep 1000+ whp from melting the car down on a road course.

Stay tuned for more details on the Build and Progress.

Gallery Here.

Single Turbo Ford GT

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:28:40 +0000

Well its now December, a good months after the mile and the single turbo FGT made its debut. Unfortunately the event didn’t treat the car too well and we winded up chasing bugs down all weekend. Although, we did manage a few 215+ mph passes on low boost. Seeing the car go down the track was enough to put big smiles on the crew after the long month of assembling the car.

The setup put down just over 1040 rwhp at 19 lbs of boost at 6800. Shaking down the car has shown us how much power and boost we actually have left to add to the car. The new destroked 5.0 liter motor should make its way into the car sometime February in time for the march 2010 Texas mile at about 1500 rwhp :O

The days leading up to the Mile, the owner had the car wrapped in a urban snow camo to really set the car off and stand out. Enjoy the pictures of the process!

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Single Turbo Ford GT pt. 3

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:18:08 +0000

Everything Came together very nicely for a good fit and a simple efficient setup.

All bets are in on how laggy this giant turbo is going to be on this poor stock motor….

Be sure to Watch for footage of this car at the Texas Mile, We still have a few things left in the bag for this car.

Check back in a few days of startup video footage and some dyno teasers…

Be sure to check out the Rest of the pics in the Gallery

Kuno Whittmer Drives the 240Mph Texas Mile Viper around Texas World Speedway.

admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:06:20 +0000

Two weeks ago at the Dodge Viper Cup event in Texas, ART brought out the World’s fastest viper ever to make some exhibition runs around the Texas World Speedway Oval. With Kuno Whittmer behind the wheel and Todd Nelson in the Passenger seat, they clocked over 230 mph on the straightaway.

This is just a Quick teaser, as the entire adventure was shot for an upcoming TV show, TBA.

ART Viper in-car footage of the Texas Mile

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:07:32 +0000

This is the official video from the ART camp. It has numerous angles of the run from several diffent cameras.

ART Ballista Dodge Viper goes 240.9 mph! Fastest Viper down the Mile.

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:25:16 +0000

March 2011 Texas Mile Pictures

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:23:15 +0000

Check back as the Gallery gets updated as the pictures come in.

There were a ton of cool supercars at this years event, although not as many big hitters. The red Porsche was my next favorite next to the ART viper

it would have been cool to see the cars run back to back of each other. Maybe next time someone can cordinate some of the fast cars to run together.