georgethedog
Enthusiast
My Gen 3 just does not feel that fast anymore... 
What to do... What to do... What to do... 
What to do... What to do... What to do... 
Bad news for the wallet... and my begging knees...
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C.Hermsen
Enthusiast
Buy a Gen IV??
georgethedog
Enthusiast
Buy a Gen IV??
Somehow I have to be more subtle than that...
Paul Hawker
Enthusiast
3:54 gear...3:54 gear...354 gear...
Sonoman
Enthusiast
Nitrous injection was the cheapo fix for this on my old Z28. Fun, but I wouldn't do it on a Viper. Maybe switch to a twin-turbo or Paxton Gen III? It is amazing how many Vipers have been boosted, relative to the small number of cars sold. I guess if you're the type of guy that can't get enough HP and are willing to pay for that, sky is the limit. Recently met a guy in town here with a twin-turbo 560 cubic inch Chevy Bel Air. Dynoed at over 1500 HP on race gas with race-level boost pressure, but it's a street-driven machine. Lot of money in that car (looked good, too), and the re-engineering of every driveline and frame detail to handle that power makes for a heckuva project.
cubican
Enthusiast
+1 on the gear chage, I did 3:55 first and it made a big big diference , now I have 3:73 and love them . Doing the motor mounts, shifter and gears( I recomend 3:73 for a gen 3) it made the car feel like it had 75 extra hp.
Nine Ball
Enthusiast
Stock Gen 3's are fast....by 2003 standards. Paxton is the best bang for the buck solution here, easy 625-650 rwhp out of the box without even changing the pulley.
georgethedog
Enthusiast
What brand did you get and did you do it yourself?
Headers&Exhaust
Heads or Paxton
Heads or Paxton
swexlin
Viper Owner
Pretty fast even by today's standards! I can't use all my Gen 3's power now. I guess I'm just getting old.....!
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.C'MON GEORGE: GOT GEARS? GET GEARS! Poor Man's Supercharger
Little money, lottsa acceleration, and better braking.
Gears, We are talking 10% $$ of a blower package and tuning.
Gears We are talking 30% of the $$ of headers/exhaust.
Can you give up driving above 165 mph? How many minutes in your life were you gonna do that anyway? GET GEARS!
{But do NOT get 3:54..... I am an A.R.P. and those GM gears will fit your car but are NOT as strong and durable as 3:55s. Do 3:73 or 3:55, your planned mods matter.}
Then GoLikeHell
georgethedog
Enthusiast
It already has 3:33s in it, so I would suppose that 3:55 would not be a big enough difference, therefore 3:73 would be best bang for the buck I would imagine. Never going to drive anywhere near 165... What I like is 0-120. I will be in touch if I decide on any of these mods. Thanks Jon, and thanks to the others for suggestions.
Keik SRT-10
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So whats the price for gears?
georgethedog
Enthusiast
They are on the Parts Rack website.
georgethedog
Enthusiast
I guess I am used to the 2 Gen II's I had that would burnout in gears 1-3 and this Gen III won't. Yes, and I did have new tires on the other cars too. I guess the Gen III hooks up better.
cubican
Enthusiast
RSI did all the work for me one more thing have you done an SCT tune on the car, Dyno tune and gears will don it for you.
georgethedog
Enthusiast
Thanks, but I did too much to mine this year to start over with another car. (Roll-bars, seats, stripe, rear fascia black, spoiler, dash painted, emblems changed, etc.) I would want to do those things to another silver car. I stand a better chance at finding a little money to change the gears and open up the exhaust and intake a little. Thanks.
