Yahoo Autos Fearless Engineer Turns 1999 Dodge Viper Into a Rowdy Off-Roader
Back in the mid-90s, there was a show called Viper on NBC featuring a crime-fighting chariot masquerading as a Dodge Viper. (Don’t worry, I missed all four seasons too.) Through the magic of 90s-era CGI, the Viper in the show transformed into a go-anywhere vehicle with an arsenal inside like a modernized K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider.
About a year ago, YouTuber and engineer Matt Brown skipped the whole transform-on-the-fly part and turned his 1999 Viper RT-10 into a full-time off-roading vehicle that punches way above its capabilities as a stock sportscar. This lifted, dirt-ready Viper was intended to “blast through sand washes and whoops in the desert” and Brown opted for a full 12-inch lift.
The engineer noted that adding off-road tires to this sports car would increase road noise, but that the car was already “as loud as a monster truck anyway” so it wouldn't matter. He scoffed at the idea of putting a Viper body on a truck frame, saying "that wouldn’t make it an off-roading Viper; it would be an off-roading truck wearing a Viper hat."
