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Originally Posted by CdocZ

Well, it isn't like they had a rich, leather interior with lots of trimmings and a huge sound system and complicated a/c system in there or anything to take out in the first place.

And how do you know how much down force it'll be getting? I agree that does sound rather far fetched, but there haven't exactly been a wealth of reports available to look at other than this one....if there is another article, with a different number, feel free to show it, it'll be nice to read more about this car.

EDIT: Light, the Viper isn't. I think it weighs a good ~3,100lbs nowadays?

There are several online reports concerning the '08 Viper ACR. The following link is from the Viper Club of America website. Also, it has a nice video:

The VCA and SRT are very proud to present... - Viper Club of America Discussion Forums

Although they have only trimmed about 80 lbs with the hardcore package the most significant reduction takes place where it counts...wheels, tires and brakes. They have reduced both unsprung weight and rotation mass.

Finally, I am surprised SRT did not use some of the carbon fiber body panels developed for some of their recent Viper concepts. They could have cut at least 100 lbs by using those panels. However, they probably did not use them because they wanted to keep the cost of the ACR below $100K.