Belanger Goes Wild with their NEW SRT Viper Headers + Exhaust

Belanger has been a household name in Viper exhausts and headers for quite a while.  Having the new SRT Viper ourselves, this is one menacing car.  The long nose 8.4L V10 just wants to scream and kill anything in its path.  Stock, the car sounds tough as nails, but adding a exhaust system and even headers, its full race time!  The new full header back system includes the Belanger signature headers, catback exhaust, gaskets, and all hardware for installation.  A full bolt-on system, there is no need for cutting of welding.

The headers feature a dyno tuned and track tested long tube Tri-y header with mandrel bent 1 3/4′ port matched D-ported primary tubes.  The flanges are all laser cut at a thickness of 5/16″.  With 3″ collectors, the high temperature headers have been coated to keep the engine operating at full capacity.  The exhaust features 3″ high flow catalytic converters.  Oxygen sensor extensions utilizing factory connectors.  Guranteed NO check engine lights!  The tail pipes can be coated optionally as well.  The full exhaust is Made in the USA here in Arizona and retails for $4495.  The exhaust system is designed specifically for the Gen 5 Viper from 2013-2015.

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Belanger Goes Wild with their NEW SRT Viper Headers + Exhaust

SRT Viper Rips Through the Gears - Video Inside

Our customer and devoted Agency Power/Vivid Racing fan just shared with us this video.  As he is known on Instagram @Team_Viper_Racing, his daily posts consist of sharing Viper photos and his own beautifully modded red SRT Viper.  The car features the Agency Power full titanium exhaust system and cold air intake kit.  To tie it all together and surpass by huge amounts, he had his Viper tuned by Torrie McPhail using the HP Tuners software.  Browse his Instagram as it is definitely worth the time!  Check out the pics and video below.  You can see all the Agency Power SRT Viper Parts Here.

SRT Viper Rips Through the Gears - Video Inside

SRT Viper Showing Off Carbon Fiber Accessories - Photoshoot

Our Project SRT Viper has been keeping calm since the 2013 SEMA show where it debuted in the Seibon Carbon booth.  With all it’s carbon fiber accessories, we even scored some new trim parts to add to the collection.  Now equipped with a hood, front lip, canards, diffuser, rear tail light garnish, rear wing, we also have the fender ducts and window ducts all available for the SRT Viper.  The very glossy carbon fiber parts really finish off the super coupe well and are equal to the OEM quality… but available .  Check out this photoshoot we recently did and you can shop all our Dodge SRT Viper parts here.

 

SRT Viper Showing Off Carbon Fiber Accessories - Photoshoot

Should We Upgrade to 2 Piece AP Racing Braking Rotors

When it comes to braking systems there are a couple of names that always come to mind.  Brembo, StopTech, Alcon, and AP Racing.  Brembo is most commonly associated with big brake kits or OEM as almost every high performance vehicle now comes with them from the factory.  Beyond these 4, there are several other big brake kit upgrades from companies not associated directly with motorsports.   But once you cut away the bling and how many pistons you don’t really need, you have brake technology engineering.  AP Racing is one of those that is synonomous with racing.  They are involved in Formula 1, Rally,  Stock Car Racing, street cars, and more.  Engineered and built in the United Kingdom, AP Racing’s aftermarket components are extremely popular worldwide and starting to gain steam here in the USA.

Recently AP Racing sent us a set of their J Hook style rotors to test fit on to our Project SRT Viper.  From the factory, the Viper comes with a Brembo caliper setup using a StopTech 2piece rotor.  Personally I think this is very weird as if someone were to put a Mustang engine in a Camaro.  Beyond opinions, there is probably some serious testing from SRT on this setup.  No shortage of braking performance on the SRT Viper, this AP Racing upgrade is purely for that next level of stopping or replacing the OEM when needed.  For reference, the stock brakes are a 4 piston caliper front and rear with 14 inch (355mm) slotted rotors.

So what is the difference or why change them out?  Lets go over the basics…  The rotors are both 2 piece with aluminum hats.  The AP Racing features their unique J Hook design where the StopTech is a standard slotted rotor.  In the racing world, both of these are “technically” better than drilled.  Drilled rotors look better, but under extreme braking use continuously, they can develop cracks.  Rotor grooves and cross drilling are used to better allow gases produced to escape.  This is also known as heat dissipation.  When the face of the rotor is modified, the friction characteristics are changed.  Different grooves or patterns will help the braking performance so theorhetically, this really depends on the application or needs.  The J Hook design is suppose to give improved bite over slotted.  Obviously braking is via friction and brake pad material is used up and can adhere to the rotor surface.  The J Hook design is also suppose to give more clearance for debris and reduce vibration or distortion that can commonly happen from over used rotors.  These features are enhanced because the J Hook design does not run out towards the rotor end.

In addition to the rotor type, another major determining factor is the rotor hardware.  This determines if the rotor is a true floating rotor or not.  Brembo uses the patented McLaren hardware which features a bearing with a spring to keep a true center line of braking.  If you have ever heard a Brembo GTR kit, you will notice that it rattles.  This is because in the racing applications, they do not use the bearing but the spring only.  Because of this patented application, other companies must use a different design that is up for debate on its longevity.  StopTech uses a Belleville Iconel washer and bolt setup.  The washers were originally just designed to be a high-heat lock washer. They have a very high spring rate so once they are torqued down they don’t allow the disk to move.   Thus making it not a true true floating rotor.  When a disk isn’t allowed to expand the hat may crack around the bolt hole area.  With a 2 piece rotor, the hat should not become a consumable item.  AP Racing uses a common bobbin pin design.  The bobbin pin design uses a spring clip that when the hat is bolted to the rotor, gives it resistance to “float” under braking pressure.  When you talk about a floating rotor, it is meant that the rotor truely “floats” on the hat.  When you brake, the pads are clamping equally on both sides of the rotor to help with pad wear, rotor wear, heat dissipation, and clamping ability.

So the end question would be, which would you prefer and why?

 

Should We Upgrade to 2 Piece AP Racing Braking Rotors

Seductive Red Viper with Matte Black Forgestar"s

With SEMA coming up, and our own Viper SRT project car coming along, we enjoy see how other Viper aficionado’s mod out their deadly ride’s . The color of this particular Viper already breaks necks, but that wasn’t enough for this owner. He wanted to make his ride to more seductive with a set of hard looking matte black Forgestar’s. Our sales guy Arsha (arsha@vividracing.com ext. 225) got him setup with at set of F14′s. The Forgestar F14′s have a detailed and artistic look,  but the matte black color makes the whole car look fierce. The wheels are set at 19×10 +40 in the front and 19×10 +48 in the back, which defines the dimensions of this car giving it a sexier silhouette.  Here are some details about the wheel.

Features:

• 1 piece flow formed wheels.
• Lightweight construction.
• High quality finish.
• Will clear most big brake kits.
• Same Technology Used on Formula 1 and Indy Cars.
• Available in offsets from +20 to +44

Let us know what you think of this vicious Viper in the comment section below or on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Seductive Red Viper with Matte Black Forgestar"s

Brembo Brakes Club Racing Big Brake Kits Released!

Step aside, EVERYONE ELSE…  Brembo just dropped their new Club Racing Big Brake Kits.  As a premium manufacture of OEM and aftermarket brake components, Brembo is THE source for the best braking components available.  Whether it is OEM replacement rotors, 2piece floating rotors, or their 4piston and 6piston brake kits, Brembo by far gives the best in stopping performance.  Vivid Racing has partnered with Brembo on several of their past Project Car builds.  We have used Brembo on our Porsche 996 Turbo, Porsche 997 Turbo, Mercedes CLS63, BMW E90 M3.  Vivid Racing is proud to release these new Club Racing Big brake Kits.  Please call us at 1.480.966.3040 for pricing and view all our other Brembo Brake parts here.

Official Brembo Release:

The kits are available for the most track oriented cars such as BMW M3, Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang, Subaru Impreza STi and BRZ, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII/IX, Scion FRS and many Porsche models with more to come in the near future and are intended for motorsports competition and dedicated track cars.

The design of the new “race-ready” brake kits also meets or beats the requirements of numerous sanctioning bodies including SCCA, NASA, Grand-Am, BMWCCA and PCA, among others.

The kits include:

• New cast racing caliper with hard-anodized finish to improve resistance to thermal and mechanical stresses typical in the racing world.  During the design stage, particular attention was paid to obtaining the best ratio of stiffness and weight reduction using special machining techniques.
• Brembo thermo tape on the caliper
• Type III groove assembled floating discs (from 332 to 355mm) with high thermal capacity and heat dissipation
• Caliper brackets
• Steel braided brake lines.

BREMBO RACING

Founded in 1961, Brembo began racing in 1975 when Enzo Ferrari entrusted the Bergamo-based, high-performance brake manufacturer with the task of fitting its most prestigious Formula One car.  Since then, Brembo has been at the forefront of the motorsports arena, winning over 200 world championships.

Racing teams and manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Audi, Ducati, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche, Maserati, Mercedes, Suzuki and Yamaha, who demand the best, turn to the experts in braking technology and performance: Brembo.  The strong support and trusted relationships that Brembo has with more than 30 original equipment manufacturers and hundreds of Championship Winning Race Teams in F1, NASCAR, sports cars and motorcycles, is based on the fact that Brembo is the industry benchmark.

Brembo Brakes Club Racing Big Brake Kits Released!