DETROIT -- Dodge renews its claim to the all-American horsepower trophy with the 2008 Viper SRT10 sports car, which cranks out a whopping 600 hp, 90 more hp than the Viper it replaces.
The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 had held the horsepower crown with 505 hp.
The Viper's output comes from an aluminum V-10 engine. Chrysler group engineers worked with specialists from McLaren Performance Technologies and Ricardo Inc. to increase the horsepower by upping displacement, adding electronically adjusted variable valve timing, and raising the rpm limit.
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