The Real Story Behind The Viper-Engined Chrysler 300 SRT10

The Viper-powered Chrysler 300 wasn't the work of enterprising Chrysler engineers or attention-starved tuners. It's the work of one guy with a V6-powered Chrysler, a junked V10 and a dream. Red Letter Dodge shares the story with us. — Ed.

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Jaguar XJS

We’re really not sure what was happening the moment the guys at Hesco Inc. decided to put a Viper crate motor into a mint, 14k original mile, V12 Jaguar XJS, but we’re betting it had something to do with mass quantities of booze. They purchased an 8.0L V10 from the Mopar catalog and from the looks of it, leisurely…

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Dodge Ram VTS


Released in 1996, the Dodge Ram VTS Concept was merely a design study featuring Viper GTS-inspired bumpers, mirrors, 17-inch wheels, Blue Paint, dual white stripes and Viper GTS sourced 415bhp V10. While we never got to see a Viper powered Ram in this generation, it paved the way for the 500bhp Ram SRT10 that Chrysler …

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Dodge Sidewinder Concept

The Dodge Sidewinder Concept was built for the ’97 Sema show to explore the design language for the next-gen Dakota pickup truck and featured a 604bhp Viper GTS-R race motor under its bright orange clamshell hood. If you squint your eyes, you can almost see the Chevy SSR in its design, a similarity we’re sure isn’t…

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Dodge Tomahawk Concept

At the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, Dodge surprised and impressed the world with its 4-wheeled, 500bhp, Viper V10 powered motorcycle. While we doubt it’ll reach its claimed top speed of 350mph, we want to believe this is what Batman would be cruising around on instead of that goofy Batpod bike that he had in Dark Knight. In …

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