This thing is absurd in the best way possible. What a treat to see it out, doing what you built it to do. It's rewarding to watch, so I can't imagine how good those jumps felt in person. Keep it up, I can't wait to see the landspeed car out there breaking a record next.
Been there. Used to get 'randomly selected' for search on my way to work on base all the time 'till I got to know the guards and found they were just wanting to fan boi under the hood.
I will be honest, when you announced this project I did not expect the viper to ever drive, let alone go offroad. I was proven wrong and I am glad I was!
I knew it would work. With enough engineering, even a Koenigsegg Regera could go off road and do well. I think its just that the Viper is almost as ideal as you can get for a robust supercar to be converted into a rally car, its already prepared largely for having its underpinnings replaced with rally capable components, it just unfortunately doesn't have enough space to add a transfer case or a front differential, but that just means Baja Claws :P
I think its a good thing he didn't take off the hardtop, the only thing worse than _not_ having a convertible convertible is having sand in the interior. Its coarse, and its rough, and it gets _everywhere._
This thing's like a bald eagle diving head-first into an apple pie with Bruce Springsteen blaring in the background. It is a triumph of man over sense and reason. It brings a tear to my eye just basking in such greatness.
Spent years hearing a man that says "I don't have the money for it" compared to my 25 years of sim racing without the money to get a racing license do, build and drive some of the most incredible things I've dreamed of and I still can't be happier for him. Living the best life, Matt. Enjoy it, you're earning it 😊 🤙
Matt, I've got to hand it to you. I really thought you had lost your mind for cutting up a viper but this thing is 100% tight. This is what the Internet was meant for.
Imagine being lost in the desert, completely dehydrated, exhausted & partially hallucinating, then you see THIS in the distance doing donuts, while thinking it's an off road Miata.
I'm in my 40s..to this day if i see a viper i turn my head. They still have a special place for us that grew up when they came out. Gorgeous cars even now.
about 25 years ago my parents bought me and my brother RC trucks, the ones from Traxxas, the real ones. my brother bought a standard truck shell that he easily painted and trimmed to look natural. I, instead, bought a viper shell made for a road car because it was my favorite car. by the time it was fitted to the truck without rubbing i had trimmed off almost as much as you've removed for your real one. thanks for making a silly childhood fantasy of mine into real life
Mad Max certified. Genius and madness once again find each others love. Both in "This car should not be offroading like this" sense, and the "Old-School Viper was not dangerous enough on its own" sense.
I'm storked to finally seeing her get dirty woo hoo. Good job my friend. Fantastic first off-road test! Stiffen up compression all 4 corners, you can get away w/12-15psi. Youve got it over tire, a lil shroter and skinner will make a huge different you will not regret. Your build reminds me of a '73' pinto I raised up about 3" wide street tires and the rest stock. Great memorys in the AZ. desert. Enjoy my friend! I'm 67yrs now and pinto was only one year old when lifted it lol yes been off-roading all my life.
it's probably not strong enough, but imagine if the OEM roof panel and the tent roof panel were quick swappable such that you could just choose which one you wanted that day
No joke, 28 years ago my friend and I were arguing about vehicles and he said the Viper was the best. I told him "not offroad," and he replied "give me a viper, 2 years, and $200,000 and it will be.". Because of that, I am SO EXCITED for this build! Who would have thought a stupid conversation between children would come full circle! Edit: spelling
I really love your humor and sarcasm. I had a buddy in the 70's who got similar gas mileage, but it was 4.2 GPM, and only in a straight line. Keep entertaining.
My dad had a Dodge Viper once, and he got into a wreck with another car and landed in the median. Whether a Viper goes off the road by accident or on purpose, it will always be a mistake that the driver will be devastated by. Just like my dad when he wrecked his Viper. But somehow, some way, this dude managed to break that curse with his off road Viper. Awesome build man, hope to see more of it.
I came to your channel for the electric Jag initially (technically the 4Runner bed build actually), but this is has been hands down my favorite project so far.
This video fills me with joy! I once (1980) helped a friend make an off road 1967 Belvedere with a 440. This day would have killed it gloriously. Aloha
I'm frankly impressed the Viper managed 4.2 MPG going (I'm hailing the algorithm here) full throttle most of the day. That's only about half what my daily gets on surface streets. I couldn't stop smiling through the entire video, good enough.
I was thinking the same on his MPG while hammering on it lol, my dad's truck got about the same(4.5l daily driving when I was a kid. '76 F-250 Highboy with a 460 sitting on 40" tires
When you asked us subscribers what the next project should be I thought the offroad viper was a joke. Here you are now, and I am very glad you are. Bless the algorithm!
being born in 1990, the viper always had some legendary status for me. you could be driving a ferrari, a porsche, hell even a lamborghini. but when the viper rolled in, my jaw would REALLY drop. seeing your rally viper, i am 100%´agreeing that WHY has no one done one earlier, it looks unbelievable
I think everyone's inner-child jumped up and down in their seats this say! We finally see the Viper offroad. Still one of the craziest ideas I have seen and I fully support it! You built the travel perfectly I was worried about the body. But, the bumpstops did their job and the shocks look to be valved and have the right pressure/oil. Really, great job on this Matt!
This is so sick!! With the untapped trunk space you could design a small 3x4 truck bed. Instead of just tire mounts have a lil extra storage + tires out the back of the bed. Love this built 🦾
ngl, the shots in the intro looked more like beamNG than real life. kudos on making something so ridiculous its more at home in a vehicle destruction simulator video game than irl
A few days ago Sampson Boat Co released a video of Tally Ho sailing for the first time. Now you release a video of your Viper off-roading for the first time. Coincidence? I think not. Man, what a time to be alive.
Spare tires in the back would look amazing. I would pass the tent idea. Keep the spirit of the fast prerunner theme. Amazing work. Owner of two myself.
Fun fact. A fully loaded 80.000 pounds 18 wheeler averaged 5-8 MPG. So, for a little car that "only" 4.2 MPG is an achievement. LMAO. For European people 4.2 US MPG is 56 L/100km
@@lptomtomwell I mean it was probably going close to redline for the entire duration of the trials. My car gets close to that MPG when it does that too even though it's in very short bursts (it's a normal sedan)
Ahh yes very clever to highlight the Viper series off road scene prop, because I have done my homework on the Viper show's making lol, and recently watched a show about how they made the series and used look- alike props for the show's offroad scenes, because the Viper was too expensive to use like that lol. I immediately seen the resemblance, which is epic btw because that prop looked sooo good lol. I waited years to see a real life off road Viper! Great video!
My testing procedure for making motorcycle parts is exactly the same as yours for testing your home built parts. Build it twice as strong as you originally think it needs to be, and then punish the machine in ways you'll probably never do again and see what breaks. Redesign the broken part, build it, install it, and repeat the cycle until parts stop breaking. It's fun, educational, and a little bit dangerous... which is fun, as well.
Clicked on the video because I love vipers and offroading (but how could they mix?). Love your pragmatic and forward thinking approach to all of this though. Once you got to the turn radius and the upright/arm you designed and how you needed to tweak them - and it simply is what it is, to be readdressed in the future. So many possibilities, and so many constraints. What a rad project.
I had a dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 that only 4mpg. Built 383,manual shift 727 with a reversed shift valve body. That was back in the 80's and cheap fuel. Very cool build, way more than good enough, it's a viper.
This is absolutely unhinged and I love it just from the sound of the words "off-road viper". The picture of it is enough to make me giddy. You're an absolute madman, PLEASE DO MORE
So awesome to finally see this BEAST on the road / dirt! It's not as I ever doubted your capabilities to get this thing together - but still I'm hugely impressed by how a stupid idea turned out to be such a great looking and working car.
Man, ya did it! Minor prototype growth pains aside, definitely Good Enough. Thanks again for sharing. I jumped my '75 International Harvester Scout ii and bent 4 wheels, blew out the shocks, and broke the rear diff gears. Drove home on the front diff, slowly. I had forgotten about that. FYI, stock ford couriers don't jump well.
For about 2.5 months in early 2016 I began building a 4wd and 4ws pedal kart I had been buying parts for for several years. The design was very very unique. I basically finished the frame so the next step was the drive train. I was looking at possibly $800 in machining splines. Then the Lyme I had been treating in 2015 began to return and I was too sick to work on it. Lyme treatments were making my health go wildly up and down. August 2022 I dismantled the steel frame I made it out of which was mostly 1” square tube perforated steel. I’d love to gather aluminum tube to rebuild the frame but I want to pay off my $9,000 in credit cards.
this randomly popped up on my feed and i really enjoyed this video. i like how you are knowledgeable about everything and your cadence. i also like how you get the point in interesting ways. its kind of addicting. this was a well made, sharp video.
Matt, I thoroughly love the off-road viper. The speed runs on your custom built vehicle. However, what I love the most is your humor. It kills me every time.
After following the project for so long, it's incredibly cool to see this thing finally tearing up the desert. You've done what all of our inner childs whished we could do and built a proper, real-life, reason-be-damned Hot Wheels car. I half-expected to see flames shooting out of those side-pipes every time you accelerated (that would be a pretty cool addition actually). Looking forward to seeing more of it. For the steering, I wonder if it might help to build some give into the linkage somewhere. Maybe a cup & pin arrangement with a stack of Belleville washers in the tie rods. Not enough to let the wheels flop around, but just to take a little edge off of the hard hits. Doesn't take much to improve on a completely rigid linkage.
A cabin air filter i highly reccomend, not just cause or the dust but if youre running the AC the dust sticks and builds up to the evaporatoe core and will eventually limit the airflow through the vents to nothing.
I don't know anything about the viper, but something I saw in the old 4runners, even some Suzuki's is some people putting a bracket around the air inlet in the cowl, and adding a removable filter. The only problem is you have to remove that trim every time which if you know old cars, loves to snap. You likely have to cut into the plastic for access and also need a beauty cover made, which I assume would be done by Sendcutsend.
You must be an enginee and its awesome that you are putting your skills to use in a hobby. This car makes my inner child smile. It reminds me of an awesome video game version of this car. Awesome job man!
After almost three decades in the automotive aftermarket in SoCal, things get old and lame, especially in Newport, but I was smiling all the way through this video 😊
Amazing for a first time offroad on a build like this, only 1 catastrophic failure! Very cool build, when are you putting on paddles and hitting some dunes? 😈
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90's Dodge interior failing before mechanical components: Good Enough
very much so 😂
Essentially most 90s cars. I've never seen a toyota or honda from the 90s that has power windows that all work.
30 years later: 2020s dodge interior failing before mechanical components. Good Enough
Dodge owner grindset
@@rubiconnn I drive a 1990 Sera. Windows work.
“I fixed this by mashing down on the throttle” is by far the best solution for the viper in any off-road encounter
From the Clarkson school of vehicle control. SPEED and POWER!
Also onroad.
"so i started blasting"
'when in doubt flat out'
There's a saying with dirt bikes: When in doubt, open the throttle. If it doesn't solve the problem it will at least end the suspense.
This thing is absurd in the best way possible. What a treat to see it out, doing what you built it to do. It's rewarding to watch, so I can't imagine how good those jumps felt in person. Keep it up, I can't wait to see the landspeed car out there breaking a record next.
Hi stanceworks
I'd like to see the Viper go for a land speed record in the absurd class.
Offroad Ferrari When? Haha
Take it for a drive!!
Thanks, Mike!
The officer that pulled him up:
"Do u know why i stopped u?"
"No, sir"
"Sick car bruh"
Good Enough
Been there. Used to get 'randomly selected' for search on my way to work on base all the time 'till I got to know the guards and found they were just wanting to fan boi under the hood.
- Building an off-road Viper: crazy human
- Building it on jack stands: super human
I will be honest, when you announced this project I did not expect the viper to ever drive, let alone go offroad. I was proven wrong and I am glad I was!
Same here! This is the most complete project I've ever seen on this channel. I love it in its absurdity.
I knew it would work. With enough engineering, even a Koenigsegg Regera could go off road and do well. I think its just that the Viper is almost as ideal as you can get for a robust supercar to be converted into a rally car, its already prepared largely for having its underpinnings replaced with rally capable components, it just unfortunately doesn't have enough space to add a transfer case or a front differential, but that just means Baja Claws :P
@@Avetho oh I didn't question that the viper could go offroad but that Matt would actually finish a project as ambitious as this xD
@@casualpequod6054 Well, see, that doubt is far more reasonable, I was starting to think he got distracted by something else XD
Imagine transforming your car to this degree and never looking into how to take off the hardtop. Love this guy
I'm surprised the sawzall didn't come out for it
@@the21andonly he should make a new roof panel out of fiberglass
I’d make him one out of fabric if he wanted, like a snap on convertable top
Priorities
I think its a good thing he didn't take off the hardtop, the only thing worse than _not_ having a convertible convertible is having sand in the interior. Its coarse, and its rough, and it gets _everywhere._
This thing's like a bald eagle diving head-first into an apple pie with Bruce Springsteen blaring in the background. It is a triumph of man over sense and reason. It brings a tear to my eye just basking in such greatness.
This was a dumb idea, and a waste of everyone's time and Matt's money. Thank you, Matt! I loved it.
WELL SAID!
You put it best, my guy.
Bruce Springsteen is just noise
Men of culture we meet again...
This is by far the coolest thing anybody has ever done to a Dodge Viper. I wish more people did this sort of thing more often.
Spent years hearing a man that says "I don't have the money for it" compared to my 25 years of sim racing without the money to get a racing license do, build and drive some of the most incredible things I've dreamed of and I still can't be happier for him. Living the best life, Matt. Enjoy it, you're earning it 😊 🤙
Matt, I've got to hand it to you. I really thought you had lost your mind for cutting up a viper but this thing is 100% tight. This is what the Internet was meant for.
Comes in at a strong 2nd to the best thing you've made competition. After the ham sandwich ofc.
how does the ham sandwich inside of his land speed car stabiliser compare?
@@Sonofthestig01 Have you ever had a SuperfastMatt ham sandwich? Then you wouldnt understand.....
The ham sandwich in resin episode gave me the most laughs out of all his episodes.
I love "let's figure out how to put a cabin air filter into this" after it's already been filled with dust. Never change, Matt.
I was eating that moment. Bad idea.
Imagine being lost in the desert, completely dehydrated, exhausted & partially hallucinating, then you see THIS in the distance doing donuts, while thinking it's an off road Miata.
I'm in my 40s..to this day if i see a viper i turn my head. They still have a special place for us that grew up when they came out. Gorgeous cars even now.
40 years old...same.
"I fixed it by mashing the throttle"
Perfect solution and I love it
Damn. Seeing that Viper jump was beautiful enough to get a grown man to cry.
about 25 years ago my parents bought me and my brother RC trucks, the ones from Traxxas, the real ones. my brother bought a standard truck shell that he easily painted and trimmed to look natural. I, instead, bought a viper shell made for a road car because it was my favorite car. by the time it was fitted to the truck without rubbing i had trimmed off almost as much as you've removed for your real one. thanks for making a silly childhood fantasy of mine into real life
Mad Max certified. Genius and madness once again find each others love. Both in "This car should not be offroading like this" sense, and the "Old-School Viper was not dangerous enough on its own" sense.
I'm storked to finally seeing her get dirty woo hoo. Good job my friend. Fantastic first off-road test!
Stiffen up compression all 4 corners, you can get away w/12-15psi. Youve got it over tire, a lil shroter and skinner will make a huge different you will not regret.
Your build reminds me of a '73' pinto I raised up about 3" wide street tires and the rest stock. Great memorys in the AZ. desert.
Enjoy my friend!
I'm 67yrs now and pinto was only one year old when lifted it lol yes been off-roading all my life.
A roof mounted tent! Part of me laughs and another thinks that would be sick!
it's probably not strong enough, but imagine if the OEM roof panel and the tent roof panel were quick swappable such that you could just choose which one you wanted that day
@@BrennanLetkemanhe said he wants to build a frame/rollbar so yeah he can def build it strong enough for a 70kg tent
He's got switches so he could wire it up to just open from the cockpit lol paint it so it looks like one of those fighting lizards getting mad
Some Koenigsegg owners have roofboxes for their snowy mountain camping, a Viper is infinitely more suited for it :P
It's best for safety. Out of reach of most night time predators and pests.
1:16 You can take the man out of the 4Runner, but you cannot take the 4Runner out of the man
Can confirm as of yesterday when I took my partner's Subaru through a rocky trail at half speed.
This sounds like borderline manslaughter.
It was landing jumps and hitting bumps with composure. Nothing even really broke. I'm impressed. Good job Matt.
No joke, 28 years ago my friend and I were arguing about vehicles and he said the Viper was the best. I told him "not offroad," and he replied "give me a viper, 2 years, and $200,000 and it will be.". Because of that, I am SO EXCITED for this build! Who would have thought a stupid conversation between children would come full circle!
Edit: spelling
I really love your humor and sarcasm. I had a buddy in the 70's who got similar gas mileage, but it was 4.2 GPM, and only in a straight line. Keep entertaining.
1:36 I love seeing Matt finally winning the war against his 3d printer.
I didnt last long, print failed due to heat
@@darekmistrz4364 PLA is a good prototype, now we will find out if he can master printing PETG
Probably printed it in PLA. I made the same mistake once. Had something that clipped into the heater vent that deformed due to heat.
3D printing is a meme
I just finished building an off road Mercedes 500SL roadster for the Gambler 500. It's absurd in the best way. Highly recommend.
GREAT...please show!
I need to see it please 🥺
@@jpkatz1435 I'll put something up on my channel soon.
yeah sure you did
It is never about miles per gallon, it all about smiles per mile. And this exceeded all my expectations
⛽️>😁
I get about 8 mpg with my Miata.... on the track. 😎
In this economy? bruh have you seen the price of gas, ideally I want to have a good time and also not go broke at the same time
@@StephenDeTomasi lol I wouldn't recommend cars then.
honor to that
My dad had a Dodge Viper once, and he got into a wreck with another car and landed in the median. Whether a Viper goes off the road by accident or on purpose, it will always be a mistake that the driver will be devastated by. Just like my dad when he wrecked his Viper. But somehow, some way, this dude managed to break that curse with his off road Viper. Awesome build man, hope to see more of it.
I came to your channel for the electric Jag initially (technically the 4Runner bed build actually), but this is has been hands down my favorite project so far.
I forgot about electric Jag. What a machine that was!
2:38 but I DO care about this! 😭
who?
Buuuuut no body cares about this so let's go offroad.
Same. If more people are supposed to be doing it we need to know!
Just absolute poetry in motion. I love the post-subscribe scene showing how bent those steering mounts were. 14/10 no notes.
man's lucky to be alive
This video fills me with joy! I once (1980) helped a friend make an off road 1967 Belvedere with a 440. This day would have killed it gloriously. Aloha
Didn't know I wanted an off-road Viper till now! It looks and sounds amazing!!
Man, that suspension tuning is impressive! just the right amount of 'nuh uh' when hitting bumps
I'm frankly impressed the Viper managed 4.2 MPG going (I'm hailing the algorithm here) full throttle most of the day. That's only about half what my daily gets on surface streets.
I couldn't stop smiling through the entire video, good enough.
I was thinking the same on his MPG while hammering on it lol, my dad's truck got about the same(4.5l daily driving when I was a kid. '76 F-250 Highboy with a 460 sitting on 40" tires
When you asked us subscribers what the next project should be I thought the offroad viper was a joke. Here you are now, and I am very glad you are. Bless the algorithm!
i'm still a bit emotionally attached to that wheel of smart cars
being born in 1990, the viper always had some legendary status for me. you could be driving a ferrari, a porsche, hell even a lamborghini. but when the viper rolled in, my jaw would REALLY drop.
seeing your rally viper, i am 100%´agreeing that WHY has no one done one earlier, it looks unbelievable
I love the bumper grills and then precise luck of the nose dive. I'm in love.
I think everyone's inner-child jumped up and down in their seats this say! We finally see the Viper offroad. Still one of the craziest ideas I have seen and I fully support it! You built the travel perfectly I was worried about the body. But, the bumpstops did their job and the shocks look to be valved and have the right pressure/oil. Really, great job on this Matt!
Amazing! When a shake-down is better than many highlight reels! That top-down drone shot of the drag race? Superb!
Loved the 'Certified good enough' sticker flapping, hanging on for dear life. Cracked me up 😂
The best part about build series is seeing the completed build in action. Thank you for doing that unlike so many other channels
This is so sick!! With the untapped trunk space you could design a small 3x4 truck bed. Instead of just tire mounts have a lil extra storage + tires out the back of the bed. Love this built 🦾
ngl, the shots in the intro looked more like beamNG than real life. kudos on making something so ridiculous its more at home in a vehicle destruction simulator video game than irl
A few days ago Sampson Boat Co released a video of Tally Ho sailing for the first time.
Now you release a video of your Viper off-roading for the first time.
Coincidence? I think not.
Man, what a time to be alive.
Oh man, are the stars aligning... Heading right over to the Project Biny channel...
Well shit, now I have a new channel to follow.
@@NotSean269 I haven't checked in on Binky in a few years...if this is the week that it finally (runs, races, what?) it'll be nerdvana.
@@cycle61 @notsean269 I would not put money on Binky being sorted right now… but I’d love to be wrong!
another person here with the same crossover!
It turned out way better than I could've imagined! Great job Matt!
What a beautiful machine. Love to see that realtime
Poetry in motion....Slam poetry...very heavy handed slam poetry... love it
Your videos are seriously cool, keep 'em coming!
This is a thesis on how you can turn a dodge viper into a better offroad vehicle than the cybertruck
You don't need to mod a Viper at all to make it a better off-road vehicle than the Cybertruck.
NO
My 2007 Prius is a better off road vehicle than the cybertruck
@@CyrusdVulture Yes, it is...lol
Perforated semi truck exhaust stack covers for your side pipes. I'd love to see this in the sand with some paddle tires!
Great build Matt!
That is really Awesome!
Spare tires in the back would look amazing. I would pass the tent idea. Keep the spirit of the fast prerunner theme. Amazing work. Owner of two myself.
Love it, congratulations 🎉 Looks like one of those vehicles, where owning it is it's own reward. Those are the best kind.
Honestly, better mileage than I was expecting!
Seriously? 4.2 MPG is abysmal, the only way to make it worse would be to tow a boat!
Fun fact. A fully loaded 80.000 pounds 18 wheeler averaged 5-8 MPG.
So, for a little car that "only" 4.2 MPG is an achievement. LMAO.
For European people 4.2 US MPG is 56 L/100km
@@KarrasBastominot just Europeans. Nearly everyone else in the world. We use l/100km in Canada as well
@@KarrasBastomi Honestly I expected 100l/100km so about 2.35 mpg.
@@lptomtomwell I mean it was probably going close to redline for the entire duration of the trials. My car gets close to that MPG when it does that too even though it's in very short bursts (it's a normal sedan)
I hope this makes somebody at dodge happy
Ahh yes very clever to highlight the Viper series off road scene prop, because I have done my homework on the Viper show's making lol, and recently watched a show about how they made the series and used look- alike props for the show's offroad scenes, because the Viper was too expensive to use like that lol. I immediately seen the resemblance, which is epic btw because that prop looked sooo good lol. I waited years to see a real life off road Viper!
Great video!
My testing procedure for making motorcycle parts is exactly the same as yours for testing your home built parts. Build it twice as strong as you originally think it needs to be, and then punish the machine in ways you'll probably never do again and see what breaks. Redesign the broken part, build it, install it, and repeat the cycle until parts stop breaking. It's fun, educational, and a little bit dangerous... which is fun, as well.
you should install one of those dakar fans in the rear windscreen. insane build, great vid!
Matt wins the internet for the week.
Again.
This will probably mean nothing from an anonymous person on the internet but I am legit proud of you lol. This is amazing.
I dont think parasocial relationships work both ways but if they do then i'm disappointed in us.
Clicked on the video because I love vipers and offroading (but how could they mix?). Love your pragmatic and forward thinking approach to all of this though. Once you got to the turn radius and the upright/arm you designed and how you needed to tweak them - and it simply is what it is, to be readdressed in the future.
So many possibilities, and so many constraints. What a rad project.
I had a dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 that only 4mpg. Built 383,manual shift 727 with a reversed shift valve body. That was back in the 80's and cheap fuel. Very cool build, way more than good enough, it's a viper.
The perfect lunch break, and so nice to see this project finished. It's been a long way since the first videos but we're finally here :)
One of the craziest yet functional car conversions ever!
This is absolutely unhinged and I love it just from the sound of the words "off-road viper". The picture of it is enough to make me giddy.
You're an absolute madman, PLEASE DO MORE
something about a off-road viper jumping dirt makes me smile
So awesome to finally see this BEAST on the road / dirt!
It's not as I ever doubted your capabilities to get this thing together - but still I'm hugely impressed by how a stupid idea turned out to be such a great looking and working car.
That Viper jumping shot at 7:27ish is so cool
Man, ya did it! Minor prototype growth pains aside, definitely Good Enough. Thanks again for sharing. I jumped my '75 International Harvester Scout ii and bent 4 wheels, blew out the shocks, and broke the rear diff gears. Drove home on the front diff, slowly. I had forgotten about that. FYI, stock ford couriers don't jump well.
I love this car and this build. So happy to see it actually going off road!!
For about 2.5 months in early 2016 I began building a 4wd and 4ws pedal kart I had been buying parts for for several years. The design was very very unique. I basically finished the frame so the next step was the drive train. I was looking at possibly $800 in machining splines. Then the Lyme I had been treating in 2015 began to return and I was too sick to work on it. Lyme treatments were making my health go wildly up and down. August 2022 I dismantled the steel frame I made it out of which was mostly 1” square tube perforated steel. I’d love to gather aluminum tube to rebuild the frame but I want to pay off my $9,000 in credit cards.
this randomly popped up on my feed and i really enjoyed this video. i like how you are knowledgeable about everything and your cadence. i also like how you get the point in interesting ways. its kind of addicting. this was a well made, sharp video.
Matt, I thoroughly love the off-road viper. The speed runs on your custom built vehicle. However, what I love the most is your humor. It kills me every time.
The Delorean from back to the future ISNT REAL?
Oh the Delores is real…
That's what they WANT you to believe...
What no Santa?
@@daleolson3506 I thought for sure he of all people existed
It doesn't shoot out sparks like in the movie. It does shoot vapour out of those giant exhausts at the back after travelling in time though.
Congratulations on such a cool project
After following the project for so long, it's incredibly cool to see this thing finally tearing up the desert. You've done what all of our inner childs whished we could do and built a proper, real-life, reason-be-damned Hot Wheels car. I half-expected to see flames shooting out of those side-pipes every time you accelerated (that would be a pretty cool addition actually). Looking forward to seeing more of it.
For the steering, I wonder if it might help to build some give into the linkage somewhere. Maybe a cup & pin arrangement with a stack of Belleville washers in the tie rods. Not enough to let the wheels flop around, but just to take a little edge off of the hard hits. Doesn't take much to improve on a completely rigid linkage.
A cabin air filter i highly reccomend, not just cause or the dust but if youre running the AC the dust sticks and builds up to the evaporatoe core and will eventually limit the airflow through the vents to nothing.
That is insane. MecE student here, doing shit like this is my dream!
There isn't a single thing cooler on RUclips. Grind hard plumbing monster chopper is a close second
Check out C90adventures! Guy took a mini jeep to Moab and latest is taking it to Area 51
Depends how much you like Vipers, I guess? I never really thought them THAT cool, so the monster chopper is cooler to me.
@@nomindseyeIt's less about how cool the Viper is or isn't. It's moreso that fact that the Viper wasn't built for this in any way.
Currently, there is more cool builds on yt than ever, I think 😁
@@nomindseye I'm 38 years old. The Viper was the coolest car in the world when I was a kid
I love that philosophy "all of your offroad problems can be solved with an 8 liter v10"
The rally scene hit my feeds from outta no where. All the sudden I’m seeing everyone getting into rally. Pretty cool build.
This is engineering I can support. Great content, you're giving me positive vibes for my own future builds.
420 centi-miles per gallon. Nice!
Hope you brought a whole case of air filters with ya! :D
And.... I'm pretty sure I coughed when you turned on the blower. :O
I LOVE WHEN PPL DO SPORTCARS OFFROAD
THAT'S MY FAVORITE TUNING/MODIFICATION THING
OMG this is amazeballs! I never ever imagined this combination!
Missed opportunity to say the Viper got 4.20 MPG at 10:05 😂
I don't think Ive ever clicked a video so fast
Same here!!
AWESOME!
Okay now make it four-wheel drive by adding two electric wheel hub motors and a teeny tiny battery somewhere. Off-road viper hybrid!
Bonus points if the weight to battery ratio is so bad it results in a net MPG reduction
@@piedpiper1172 haha yeah and maybe strap the batteries to the hood so it has like a 90% to the front weight balance.
I don't know anything about the viper, but something I saw in the old 4runners, even some Suzuki's is some people putting a bracket around the air inlet in the cowl, and adding a removable filter. The only problem is you have to remove that trim every time which if you know old cars, loves to snap. You likely have to cut into the plastic for access and also need a beauty cover made, which I assume would be done by Sendcutsend.
You must be an enginee and its awesome that you are putting your skills to use in a hobby. This car makes my inner child smile. It reminds me of an awesome video game version of this car. Awesome job man!
I stopped everything I was doing at work to watch this, I was looking forward to this day 😭
It drives so gooooood!
Edit: "enough"
That thumbnail!!!!
I've been here far longer than I remember and I'm truly glad to see the Offroad Viper in action!!! AMAZING AND WILD is all I can say!!!
That's sick. Really sick
After almost three decades in the automotive aftermarket in SoCal, things get old and lame, especially in Newport, but I was smiling all the way through this video 😊
Amazing for a first time offroad on a build like this, only 1 catastrophic failure! Very cool build, when are you putting on paddles and hitting some dunes? 😈