Turning up the wick.

A stock 2009 Viper has gone in the 10s off the showroom floor with a good driver...

I prob would cage it later IF it ran that fast, but not before. The car lives on the street and sees a track maybe 10 times a year. I am not building some purpose built race car just a pump gas street car that is good at what it does.

I can understand your logic. But if you race a car in the 1/4 anywhere and it runs that hard, you'll only be sloing it down or driving home. A cage helps a car go 10s. You can have all the power you want, but in a few years the A pillars show cracks, the windsheild cracks, doors dont close right, and you're wasting a ton of power twisting the car. It's up to you, but there are reasons for having and running a cage. You're obviously pretty young and experience hopefully won't come hard for you.