Hennessey Viper Venom 1000 Twin Turbo History
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History
Hennessey began modifying Dodge Vipers in the early-to-mid 1990s, and the Viper became the car that built the company's reputation. The line of escalating Viper packages — branded Venom 600, 700, 800 and beyond — culminated in the Venom 1000 Twin Turbo, introduced on the third-generation (ZB) Viper for 2006. It could be bought either as a complete turnkey car or as an upgrade applied to a customer's own Viper.
The Venom 1000 took the Viper's 8.3-liter V10 and added twin Garrett ball-bearing turbochargers and a front-mounted air-to-air intercooler, lifting output to about 1,000 brake horsepower and 1,100 lb-ft of torque. Hennessey advertised a theoretical maximum production run of 24 cars. The package continued to be offered on later Viper generations alongside Hennessey's other Viper builds before the Viper itself ended production in 2017.
Body styles
- Coupe
- Convertible
Notable special editions & performance variants
Viper Venom 800TT
Hennessey's first twin-turbo Viper — around 800 hp (later quoted at ~833 hp) on the 8.0-liter V10, a predecessor to the Venom 1000; it began around 2000–2001 (sources vary on the exact year).
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