This article, originally published October 6th, 2018, has been updated with a new record time, set by the same car in December 2019.

We've seen twin-turbo Dodge Vipers before, none more brutal than this one. Thanks to some forced induction and a whole lot of tuning, it was able to run the quarter-mile in just 7.26 seconds at a speed of 196 mph. That is incredibly quick.

This orange fifth-generation Viper was built by Vengeance Racing, the same shop in Georgia responsible for that monstrously quick 1100-horsepower naturally aspirated Corvette we wrote about back in 2018. It has a fully upgraded twin-turbo V-10 engine making over 2000 horsepower, and an aftermarket drag-ready automatic transmission.

The driver, Ned Dunphy, was able to set nine sub-eight-second times during the car's session on December 4th, breaking the record for quickest fifth-gen Viper in the quarter-mile overall. The best part? The car is totally street-legal, and he drove it to and from the event. If that's not the coolest thing you've heard today, we don't know what is.

Vengeance recorded the fastest run for us all to see, and it includes plenty of turbo spooling and fire-spitting action. We can't stop watching it.

Dunphy previously held the quarter-mile record for manual fifth-gen Vipers with a time of 8.6 seconds at 174 mph, back when the car still had its original six-speed. The video from that run, set in October 2018, can be seen here:

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