We’ll take credit for being the first to notice that the cover of Road & Track’s February issue gave up the goods on the 600-hp power rating of the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10, but we’ll pass the honor of being the first to post the Viper’s catalogue of press material to our friends over at Jalopnik who, in turn, acted only after said Feb. issue of R&T was released to the public.
The snake’s out of the bag now, and the big news is a bump in displacement for the Viper’s V10 motor from 8.3 liters to 8.4, which is accompanied by a corresponding increase in power to the aforementioned 600 hp (up 90 hp) and 560 ft-lbs. of torque (an increase of 25). As many already know, McLaren Performance Technologies (the U.S. company, not the German one associated with Mercedes-Benz) assisted Dodge in massaging the V10, though one could still argue that with 8.4-liters of displacement, the Viper’s engine is still not reaching its full potential. 
The only change to the car’s exterior is the new hood with six vents that will help dissipate the crazy amount of heat coming from below. Of course, heat will likely waft off the new Viper pretty fast considering its owners will be able to reach 60 mph even faster, sometime in the mid to high 3-second range, and return back to 0 mph in less than 100 ft.